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• Powerpoint: USA vs. Canada• Geography Alive – Ch 5 Sprawl
– Vocab– Read & Questions– Role Play
• Unit 2 Test Review (test A=Mon. 10/26, B= Tues
10/27)
Unit 2: North America10/20-21: Urban Sprawl
& Water Resources
USA vs.
CANADA
GEOGRAPHY
World’s longest coastline
WORLD’S 2ND LARGEST COUNTRY
HOLDS ALMOST 10% OF THE WORLD’S FRESH WATER (mostly in Nunavut)
49TH PARALLEL IS THE MAIN DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN USA & CANADA
COLONIAL HERITAGEMOSTLY BRITISH, BUT A LITTLE FRENCH & SPANISH
MAINLY BRITISH, BUT LOTS OF FRENCH TOO
INDEPENDENCEREVOLUTION –
USA REBELED AGAINST THE BRITISH – WE WON OUR INDEPENDENCE THROUGH THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN 1783
EVOLUTION- CANADA REMAINED PART OF THE U.K. UNTIL 1931, WHEN IT BECAME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY.
LANGUAGEOFFICIAL: ENGLISH OFFICIAL: ENGLISH
& FRENCH
SECESSION
In 1861 the SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY TRIED TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES, WHICH CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR.
FRENCH-CANADIAN PROVINCE OF QUEBEC WANTED TO SECEDE, BUT WAS NOT ALLOWED BY THEIR VOTERS OR SUPREME COURT
GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
3 BRANCHES:EXECUTIVE (PRESIDENT)
LEGISLATIVE (CONGRESS & SENATE)
JUDICIAL (SUPREME COURT)
PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE & EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS COMBINED
PARTY WITH THE MAJORITY CHOOSES THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT, CALLED THE PRIMEMINISTER
DEMOCRACY! !
HEAD OF STATETHE HEAD OF STATE IS THE PERSON WHO
IS THE VOICE FOR AN ENTIRE COUNTRY.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II IS THE SYMBOLIC HEAD OF STATE
THE PRESIDENT IS BOTH THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT & HEAD OF STATE
ECONOMY• BOTH ARE CONSIDERED
MARKET ECONOMIES.
• ECONOMIC SYSTEM BASED ON MARKET FORCES WITH VERY
LIMITED GOVERNMENT LAWS/OVERSIGHT – PRICES ARE
SET BY SUPPLY & DEMAND.
NAFTA
NORTH
AMERICAN
FREE
TRADE
AGREEMENT
1993 AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANADA, USA, & MEXICO TO LOWER BARRIERS AND INCREASE TRADE.
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMPRIVATELY PAID
FOR. MANY PEOPLE GET
INSURANCE THROUGH THEIR EMPLOYER TO COVER PART OF THEIR MEDICAL COSTS.
GOVERMENT PAYS ALL MEDICAL TREATMENT COSTS, BUT PEOPLE PAY HIGHER TAXES TO PAY FOR IT.
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
SYMBOL
FLAG
NATIONAL SPORT
LANDMARKS
Statue of Liberty Canadian National Tower
MASCOTS
Eagle & Uncle Sam Beaver & Canadian Mounty
NATIONAL FOOD
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