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