Living in the United States and Canada

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Urban Lifestyles

• Respect traditional rural values• Inventiveness and Hard work

Economic Activities

• Free Market Economies– Businesses can hire who they want– Sell what they want within the law

Agriculture

• Commercial farming prevalent • Large commercial corps account for only 5% of

all farm ownership• 1 Billion acres of land is used for Agriculture in

the USA• 167 Million in Canada

Key Agricultural Products

• Great Plains- Wheat Belt• Corn Belt from Ohio to Nebraska• And fruits and vegetables are grown in many

other parts of US and Canada

Perceptual Regions of Texas

Perceptual Regions of the USA

Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and the West

Name the Regions

• Red• Blue• Green• Yellow• Purple

Manufacturing and Service Industries

• 20% of Americans and Canadians work in Manufacturing

• Prior to the Technological revolution more than half of the pop. Worked in manufacturing

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Post-industrial Economies

• 75 percent of Americans and Canadians work in service industries such as government, health care, and education.

Retooling the Rust Belt

• U.S. economy shifted from manufacturing to services

• Areas in the Great Lakes and Northeast were left with abandoned factories and steel mills.

• These rusting plants gave the area its name• The Rust Belt

Transportation and Communications

Extensive Automobile use in US and Canada required government to invest in building and maintaining millions of miles of highways, roads and bridges

Other means of Transportation

• Americans and Canadians travel long distances by airplane

• Railroads carry few passengers but 35% of regions freight

Communications

• In Canada telephone and broadcasting systems are owned by the government

• In US these are privately owned

Trade and Interdepence

• USA exports 10% of the worlds exportsHuge energy imports and foreign tariffs on USA good have created an enormous trade deficit.Canada Exports less than the USA but has a trade surplus

Trade Deficit

• Importing more goods than you export• Why is it bad?• Country not self sufficient• Other countries can control the USA by

limiting their supplies

Trade Surplus

• Export more than you import• Why is it Good?• The country is self sufficient• Only depend on its self• Can make decisions without having to think

about trade issues

NAFTA

• North American Free Trade Agreement– Allows USA, Mexico, and Canada to export goods

to one another with no tariffs.– Free trade means (no tariffs)

United Against

• The WAR ON TERROR started after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

• Who was responsible for the attacks?• Osama bin Laden

How did they get into the country?

A. MexicoB. CanadaC. CaliforniaD. IDK