America’s Two Great America’s Two Great MountainsMountains
America’s Two Great America’s Two Great MountainsMountains
Appalachian Mountains- 480 million years old, 1,500 miles Rocky Mountains- 80 million years old, 3,000 miles
North American Historical Events
Urban areas grow rapidly
Shift from Agriculture to Industry
Western frontier became filled, and most available land was settled
Why? What is going on?
The Cities Grow
Megalopolis- a region that includes several large cities, their suburbs, and nearby towns.
The Cities Grow
Urban Sprawl- an inexpertly planned communities and developments in an area of increasing population.
The Cities Grow
Infrastructure- roads, power plants, schools and communication lines.
The Cities Grow
Sustainable Community- manage growth by creating communities where residents both live and work in the same area.
But Where Do We Live? And Why?
Population Distribution- means the pattern of where people live
A people apart
Government
Representative Democracy- The people elect officials to represent them.
Government
Federal Republic- Power is divided between the federal government, state and local governments.
Economics Free Enterprise System- the government exerts little control over businesses, resources, and technology operated for profit by private individuals.
Economics Service Industry fields such as information processing, finance, medicine, and education.
What level of economic activity?
Economics Postindustrial Economy manufacturing is no longer the country’s most important industry.
What is the next level of economic activity?
Our Neighbor To The North
Extends 2,340 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great LakesRanked as one of the outstanding engineering feats of the twentieth centuryIncludes 13 Canadian and 2 U.S. locks.One of the World’s most important shipping routes
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System
History
France comes to the New World
Unlike the British, the French intermarried with the natives
Métis
History
Issues Facing North America
Terrorism
Assimilation
Multiculturalism
Global Network
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