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Piedmont/Fall line impact on settlement

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Small ships could easily get to the fall line but couldn’t pass it so many settled there. Also the fall line created a water fall ( fresh water and hydropower)

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Continental divide

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Divides North America’s major rivers and streams into those flowing eastward and those flowing westward. It is important because continental ice sheets created all the lakes

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Consequences of population growth in SW

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Less water, drought in aquifers, more wildfires

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Locks and canals impact on Chicago

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Allow an easy entrance for boats to transport goods from chicago

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Ring of Fire

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Makes the Western US rugged with mountains, basins, and plateaus bc the ring is full of volcanoes and earthquake faults

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Where did the Spanish settle

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Florida to California

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Where did the English settle

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East Coast

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Where did the French settle

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By major river systems and great lakes

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How did the economics of the northern English colonies differ from the Southern colonies

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South-farming

North- trade

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Westward Expansion

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People moved out west because of cheap land

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What effect did the Westward expansion have on the American Indians

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Pushed Indians further west and on reservations

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Agricultural growth of the Great Plains

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Irrigation and better plows

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Heartland definition

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Central and most important part of country

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What was the Heartland

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Ontario and Quebec

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Hinterland definition

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Region that lies far away from major political centers

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Regionalism

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Feelings of strong political and emotional loyalty to ones own region

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Separatism

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Believe in certain parts of the country should be independent
Ex: Quebec

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How do landforms in the Eastern US differ from the Western US

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The eastern landforms are older so they are more weathered than the western landforms

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Average American gender

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Female

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Average American race

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White

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Average American religion

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Protestant

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Average American language

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English

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Average American living place

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East coast

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Megalopolis Boswash

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Boston-Washington DC

Collection of big cities (one gigantic urban center)

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Megalopolis (San San)

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San Diego to San Fransisco

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Megalopolis’s

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Most of them are on the fall line

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Canadian population distribution

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  • 90% of them live on border of US bc north is too cold

- most in SE (heartland)

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Canadian Languages

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1) most speak english
2) SE and heartland is where the french are
3) Ontario is Bilingual

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Corn Belt

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Stretches from Nebraska to Ohio

👉🏻 Illinois to Iowa

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Dairy Belt

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Includes Wisconsin, most of Michigan, and Minnesota

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Rust Belt

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Area where a bunch of companies shut down. It is located in the Northeast to midwest along fall line and Great Lakes

32
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Center pivot irrigation

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Pulls water up from water table/aquifer

Sprinklers rotate around slowly from center

33
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Ogallala Aquifer in Great Plains

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  • Supply 30% of irrigated ground waters
  • Some zones have been emptied
  • Fills up through rain fall
34
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How did Rust belt change the population

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The population distributed throughout the whole US bc more jobs opened up in the US

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Deindustrialization

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Decline in industrial activity in a region or economy

36
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How has Detroit been affected by deindustrialization SOCIALLY

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  • 2/3 of population moved
  • lots of crime, and cops aren’t reliable
  • houses were abandoned
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How has Detroit been affected by deindustrialization ECONOMICALLY

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  • Bankrupt

- fireman didn’t have money to put out fire

38
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Free trade

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Exchange of goods with no restrictions

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Tariff

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Tax on imported goods

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Quotas

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Fixed amount of imported goods allowed

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Subsidy

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Aid to business in support of that industry

Allows you to lower price

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NAFTA

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Eliminates many tariffs on products flowing between US, Canada, and Mexico in 1994

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Results of NAFTA

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Allows American companies to move factories to countries with lower wages and business costs (unemployment), but it allows American companies to sell more products (more jobs)

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Trade deficit

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Imports(buy) exceed exports(sell)

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Trade surplus

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Exports(sell) exceed imports(spend)

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Canada’s natural resources

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  • by border it is mostly mining
  • a lot of minerals
  • # 2 leader in oil (oil sands)
47
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Great American dessert

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Described Great Plains east of the Rockies

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Drainage basin

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Area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

49
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which force has made the Easter US so flat

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glaciers

50
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Piedmont

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rolling hills and fast flowing rivers

51
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Where is the Ring of Fire located

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pacific region

52
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what are Quebec people called

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Quebecois

53
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why was there a recent shift in population

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population moved out west for jobs and cheaper land

54
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In what region of the Western US do rivers not reach the ocean

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Great Basin

55
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Where is the Wheat Belt located

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Great Plains

56
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positives of oil fracking

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  • Allowed US to become a leading oil exporter

- drove oil prices down

57
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negatives of oil fracking

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  • increase contamination in water supply

- more earthquakes

58
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Manifest destiny

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In the 19th century, Americans were going to stretch across the whole US

59
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balance of trade

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the difference in value between a country’s imports and exports.

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