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The United States pgs. 128-157
Capital:
Independence Day:
5 themes of Geography
1. Movement:Migration—moving from one area to anotherRailroads, cars, planes, trucks, boats2. Region: NortheastSouthMidwestWest3. Location: Northern hemisphereSouth of CanadaNorth of Mexico4. Human-Environment Interaction: people try to mini-mize impact on the environment—drive elec-tric cars, recycling-agriculture/farming
5. Place: big cities
has mountains, has plains (wide-open space), has rivers, big monuments\
Climate/Weather:Northeast and Midwest: continental cool sum-mer and continental warm summer
South: humid subtropical, tropical wet and dry, arid
West: arid, semiarid, mediterranean, conti-nental cool summer, maritime
Hawaii: tropical wet and dry
Alaska: subarctic
The United States Today (pg. 152-157)
U.S. Economy (pg. 152-154)• market economy = where individuals and businesses
make major selling and buying decision
• leaders in ____medical sci. __________, _______agri-culture_______, ___entertainment_____________, ____banking___________
• Examples of exports = farming products, • Examples of imports= clothing, cars, household items• The U.S. is trade partners with __Canada_________ and
_____Mexico____________
• Economic regions = place where people do particu-lar kinds of work
• What are some examples of economic regions in the U.S.?
Midwest = agriculture
American Culture (pg. 154-156)• Culture = pattern of activities, language, habits
that is common to group of people• Examples of culture =religion, foods, music, dress• What are some examples of religions found in the U.S.? Chris-
tian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim• What are some examples of American culture found around the
globe?• pop music, fast food, TV, internet,• What are some benefits of being an American citizen?
• Economic and cultural freedom, freedom of speech, freedom to go to school, right to vote in elections
• What are some examples of diverse communities found in the U.S.? • Washington D.C., L.A., New York, Chicago
U.S. as a World Leader (pg. 156-157)• diplomacy= process of making decisions through
discussion • What is diplomacy used for? • To make decisions, to address conflicts among
groups of people• Give a one sentence summary of what happened on September 11,
2001• There was a terrorist attack on the Twin Tow-
ers (and other places) in New York•• Afghanistan and Iraq posed a __threat__ to the U.S.
• What does the USAID and Peace Corp. do? •Provide efforts to provide people with
food and teach people skills needed to survive
• U.S. uses its __economic_______________, ______political_________, and _______mili-tary_________ to discourage conflict.
Name (First and Last)____________________
U.S. Timeline quiz
_______ 1. In 1733, 13 ____ were settled that later became part of the U.S.
_______2. Between 1754 and 1763Britain fought France and gained what?
______3. In 1783, the U.S. gained what?
A. Immigrants
B. Independence
C. World War II
D. New territories
E. Civil War
F. Colonies
______4. The ______ started in 1861.
______5. During the 1900s, what poured in from other countries?
______6. What started in 1939?
A. Immigrants
B. Independence
C. World War II
D. New territories
E. Civil War
F. Colonies