living in the united states and canada
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Living in the United States and Canada. Chapter 7 sec.1. 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Living in the United States and Canada
Chapter 7 sec.1
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Urban Lifestyles
• Respect traditional rural values• Inventiveness and Hard work
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Economic Activities
• Free Market Economies– Businesses can hire who they want– Sell what they want within the law
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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
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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
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Perceptual Regions of Texas
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Perceptual Regions of the USA
Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and the West
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Name the Regions
• Red• Blue• Green• Yellow• Purple
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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.
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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
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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
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Other means of Transportation
• Americans and Canadians travel long distances by airplane
• Railroads carry few passengers but 35% of regions freight
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Communications
• In Canada telephone and broadcasting systems are owned by the government
• In US these are privately owned
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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United Against
• The WAR ON TERROR started after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
• Who was responsible for the attacks?• Osama bin Laden
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How did they get into the country?
A. MexicoB. CanadaC. CaliforniaD. IDK
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