CH 8 section 1:
1. geographers divided the large region that is known as Latin America into Middle America, the Caribbean, and South America. (the largest masses)
2. Oil and natural gas make Latin America an economically important region.
Creative Writing: People use rivers to transporting people and goods to other places in the region and other areas of the world. The rivers also provide commercial water routes between cities in the region and hydroelectric power.
CH 9 section 2:
1. Latin America has a mostly tropical climate with lush vegetation.
2. Latin America's coasts consist of mostly a tropical dry climates and the omre inland you go, the wetter it gets. The inland consists of mostly tropical wet and humid subtropical climates. Also, in areas with mountains, the climate is usually cooler and have rich natural resources.
Creative Writing: Today, I entered a tropical wet climate. Warm, moist air is carried throughout the land on prevailing winds and heavy rains drenches much of the densely forested lowlands throughout the year. Also, the region has very rich vegetation and the trees grow close, forming a canopy.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Chapter 7 homework
CH 7 section 1:
1. The development of a postindustrial economy in the United States and Canada has affected where and how people live by reducing the need for an agricultural economy. Postindustiral economys can be located anywhere and is similar to that of a person's choice of where to live. Weather, proximity to work, and access recreational centers are key influences of where postindustrial economies choose for location.
2. Expanding trade between countries around the world has led to a global economy, the merging of economies in ehich countries are interconnected and become dependant on one another for goods and services.
Creative Writing: Market economies are economies that allow people to own, operate, and profit from their own businesses. This is much like postidustrial economies because in both you choose where you want you business to be and you operate it the way you want to. These are both related to a global economy because you can get things and materials for your business from other countries around the globe.
CH 7 section 2:
1. Examples of three or more ways that the United States and Canada could manage their natural resources more responsibly are we could stop clear-cutting forests, overfishing in the oceans, and conversion of wetlands into urban lands for agricultural uses.
2. The causes of pollution are when cars, power plants, and factories release chemical emissions that react with water vapor in the air. The affect is when acid rain corrodesstone and metal buildings, damages crops, and pollutes the soil.
Creative Writing: Some of the consequences would be possibly burning a hole right through the pipe. This would drastically changing the physical features of the area. It wouldmelt the ice, causing the oceans to become bigger, much like global warming. Also, since gas in a nonrenewable resource, it would be gone much faster.
1. The development of a postindustrial economy in the United States and Canada has affected where and how people live by reducing the need for an agricultural economy. Postindustiral economys can be located anywhere and is similar to that of a person's choice of where to live. Weather, proximity to work, and access recreational centers are key influences of where postindustrial economies choose for location.
2. Expanding trade between countries around the world has led to a global economy, the merging of economies in ehich countries are interconnected and become dependant on one another for goods and services.
Creative Writing: Market economies are economies that allow people to own, operate, and profit from their own businesses. This is much like postidustrial economies because in both you choose where you want you business to be and you operate it the way you want to. These are both related to a global economy because you can get things and materials for your business from other countries around the globe.
CH 7 section 2:
1. Examples of three or more ways that the United States and Canada could manage their natural resources more responsibly are we could stop clear-cutting forests, overfishing in the oceans, and conversion of wetlands into urban lands for agricultural uses.
2. The causes of pollution are when cars, power plants, and factories release chemical emissions that react with water vapor in the air. The affect is when acid rain corrodesstone and metal buildings, damages crops, and pollutes the soil.
Creative Writing: Some of the consequences would be possibly burning a hole right through the pipe. This would drastically changing the physical features of the area. It wouldmelt the ice, causing the oceans to become bigger, much like global warming. Also, since gas in a nonrenewable resource, it would be gone much faster.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Chapter 6 homework
CH 6 section 1:
1. Population patterns in the United States are influenced by the region’s physical geography and by the development of industry and technology because the immigrants are drawn towards the sunbelt, where it has a mild climate and maunfacturing, service, and tourism industries flourish.
2. Four cultural elements influenced by the immigrant roots of the United States are language and religion, eduscation and health care, the arts, and family life.
Creative Writing: An early settler in 1845 would be bewildered and excited when he reached New York Harbor with his family. He would find a job in one of the growing industries of the time and would be supported for the rest of his life. He would have a job that would support his family and owuld have a nice, steady income of money until his death at the age of seventy.
CH 6 section 2:
1. Two economic factors that encouraged growth of Canada’s western population are Klondike Gold Rush and the fertile soil of the prairie provinces.
2. The country’s religious practices and languages reflect the immigrant history of Canada by reflecting the history of power struggles between british and french sttlers and their descendants.
Creative Writing: The history and development of Canada would have been very different. The british would have taken over and ruled Canada, forcing all the french out. This would drasticaly alter the language and religion of Canada, and it would be very differet than it is today.
1. Population patterns in the United States are influenced by the region’s physical geography and by the development of industry and technology because the immigrants are drawn towards the sunbelt, where it has a mild climate and maunfacturing, service, and tourism industries flourish.
2. Four cultural elements influenced by the immigrant roots of the United States are language and religion, eduscation and health care, the arts, and family life.
Creative Writing: An early settler in 1845 would be bewildered and excited when he reached New York Harbor with his family. He would find a job in one of the growing industries of the time and would be supported for the rest of his life. He would have a job that would support his family and owuld have a nice, steady income of money until his death at the age of seventy.
CH 6 section 2:
1. Two economic factors that encouraged growth of Canada’s western population are Klondike Gold Rush and the fertile soil of the prairie provinces.
2. The country’s religious practices and languages reflect the immigrant history of Canada by reflecting the history of power struggles between british and french sttlers and their descendants.
Creative Writing: The history and development of Canada would have been very different. The british would have taken over and ruled Canada, forcing all the french out. This would drasticaly alter the language and religion of Canada, and it would be very differet than it is today.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Chapter 5 homework
CH 5 section 1:
1. River systems and landforms of the United States and Canada played important roles in this region’s development by satisfying the needs of cities and rural areas, providing power for homes and industries, and moving resources across the country.
2. Some of the major geographical factors and natural resources that have played an important part in the economic development of the United States and Canada are fossil fuels, minerals, timber, fishing, and ample ammounts of freshwater.
Creative Writing: The landforms that would be visible from an airplane window if you were flying across North America, from Norfolk, Virginia, to Seattle, Washington would be mountains, plains, and plateaus. You would also see waterways, such as rivers and lakes.
CH 5 section 2:
1. The climate regions found in the United States and Canada are interior, coastal, warm and wet, warm and dry, and high-latitude climates.
2. Three of the weather-related hazards found in the United States and Canada are hurricanes, summer thunderstorms called supercells, and a warm, blizzards.
Creative Writing: Two cities at about the same latitude, such as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Salt Lake City, Utah, have widely differing climates due to their different climate regions and their different natural landforms.
1. River systems and landforms of the United States and Canada played important roles in this region’s development by satisfying the needs of cities and rural areas, providing power for homes and industries, and moving resources across the country.
2. Some of the major geographical factors and natural resources that have played an important part in the economic development of the United States and Canada are fossil fuels, minerals, timber, fishing, and ample ammounts of freshwater.
Creative Writing: The landforms that would be visible from an airplane window if you were flying across North America, from Norfolk, Virginia, to Seattle, Washington would be mountains, plains, and plateaus. You would also see waterways, such as rivers and lakes.
CH 5 section 2:
1. The climate regions found in the United States and Canada are interior, coastal, warm and wet, warm and dry, and high-latitude climates.
2. Three of the weather-related hazards found in the United States and Canada are hurricanes, summer thunderstorms called supercells, and a warm, blizzards.
Creative Writing: Two cities at about the same latitude, such as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Salt Lake City, Utah, have widely differing climates due to their different climate regions and their different natural landforms.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Chapter 4 homework
CH 4 section 2:
1. The factors that define a culture are language, religion, social groups, government, economy, and cultural regions.
2. The developments of new idea, lifestyles, and inventions have affected interaction between cultures in recent years. Also, trade, migration, and war can bring these developments.
Creative Writing: If the information revolution had not occured, cultures throughout the world would not be nearly as linked as they are today. My day would consist of going to school, comming home and doing my homework, eating, and sleeping. That would be different than today because we would not know much about the other countries around the world, all our homework would be on paper, and there would be less trees worldwide.
CH 4 section 3:
1. The differences between the major types of national government in the world today are some give all their key powers to the national or central government and some divide the powers of government between the national government and state governments.
2. Examples of the major types of economic systems in the world are traditional economies, market economies, and command economies. Capitalism is an example of a market economy, and communism and socialism are examples of command economies.
Creative Writing: The advantages of living within a democratic government system and a market economy are indiciduals and private groups make decisions on what to produce and there is no central power. Also, people, as shoppers, choose what products they will or will not buy, and businesses make more of what they believe people will buy. However, some disadvantages are that governments in modern mixed economies also influence their economies by spending tax revenues to support social services.
CH 4 section 4:
1. A major factor in determining a country’s economic development and trade relationships is its resources. Countries specialize in the economic activities best suited to thier resources.
2. Human economic activities have affected the environment by releasing toxic elements into the air, water, and land.
Creative Writing: I disagree with the statement that “only developed countries need to replace their dependence on fossil fuels with the use of renewable energy resources.” All countries need to replace their dependance on fossil fuels with the use of renewable energy sources because once they are gone, we will never be able to get them back.
1. The factors that define a culture are language, religion, social groups, government, economy, and cultural regions.
2. The developments of new idea, lifestyles, and inventions have affected interaction between cultures in recent years. Also, trade, migration, and war can bring these developments.
Creative Writing: If the information revolution had not occured, cultures throughout the world would not be nearly as linked as they are today. My day would consist of going to school, comming home and doing my homework, eating, and sleeping. That would be different than today because we would not know much about the other countries around the world, all our homework would be on paper, and there would be less trees worldwide.
CH 4 section 3:
1. The differences between the major types of national government in the world today are some give all their key powers to the national or central government and some divide the powers of government between the national government and state governments.
2. Examples of the major types of economic systems in the world are traditional economies, market economies, and command economies. Capitalism is an example of a market economy, and communism and socialism are examples of command economies.
Creative Writing: The advantages of living within a democratic government system and a market economy are indiciduals and private groups make decisions on what to produce and there is no central power. Also, people, as shoppers, choose what products they will or will not buy, and businesses make more of what they believe people will buy. However, some disadvantages are that governments in modern mixed economies also influence their economies by spending tax revenues to support social services.
CH 4 section 4:
1. A major factor in determining a country’s economic development and trade relationships is its resources. Countries specialize in the economic activities best suited to thier resources.
2. Human economic activities have affected the environment by releasing toxic elements into the air, water, and land.
Creative Writing: I disagree with the statement that “only developed countries need to replace their dependence on fossil fuels with the use of renewable energy resources.” All countries need to replace their dependance on fossil fuels with the use of renewable energy sources because once they are gone, we will never be able to get them back.
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