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CHAPTER 7 SECTION 2The South
Linking Climate to Vegetation
Location- closer to the Equator makes it warmer than other regions farther north- Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea bring precipitation to most of region (Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida)
Linking Climate to Vegetation
The warm/wet climate produces…- Mangroves- tropical trees that grow in swampy ground along coastal areas.- Bayous- marshy inlets of lakes and rivers of Louisiana
Linking Climate to Vegetation
- Everglades- a large area of swampland covered in places with tall grass
Linking Climate to Vegetation
Semiarid Climate- the farther west you move within South, the less average precipitation- Oklahoma/Texas - prairies
Linking Climate, History, and Agriculture
Rich Fertile Soil- Native American groups (Cherokee) grew maize, melons, squash- Europeans migrated to area/built plantations/enslavement- to grow rice, cotton, etc.
* First permanent European settlements were located in South
Linking Resources to Industrypage 163
Textile Mills- What do they produce?- Where are they built
Oil Industry - Where did the oil industry begin in the south?- What is the leading source of industrial income?
Linking Resources to Industry
1840’s - Textile Mills- built on the fall line
- an imaginary line between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain
- where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from plateau to coastal plain- produce a variety of fabrics (Carolinas)
Linking Resources to Industry
1901- Oil Industry
- began in eastern Texas- largest oil reserves located in this
region
Petrochemical Industry-leading source of industrial income
A Changing Region
Continued Growth of Industry- Not all industry was related to agriculture.- New industries started to develop in Florida, Alabama, Texas (ex: the space industry)- Other industries moved/migrated to the south.
A Changing Regionpage 164
Why did the South attract business?1.2.3.
A Changing Region
South attracted businesses for several reasons..- industrial plants were newer, better condition, more efficient- new factories could be built on land that was cheaper (than land in the megalopolis of the Northeast)- labor unions less common (cheaper labor costs)
A Changing Region
The Sunbelt- because of the South’s mild climate- this region has grown into a large retirement and tourism center- The sunbelt- is a band of southern states from the Carolinas to southern California (*is actually overlaps two regions- the South and the West*)
Southern Population Major Cities
- New Orleans (major trading center near the mouth of the Mississippi River)
- Miami (gateway to Caribbean and South America)
- Georgia (airlines)- Houston, Texas (National
Aeronautics and Space Administration –NASA). Also center for oil and banking industries
Southern Population
Major Cities- Washington D.C.
- not located in any state but in a district
- carved from the states of Maryland and Virginia
- chosen as nation’s capital in 1790