• 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