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.