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US & CANADA
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U.S.
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ECONOMIC
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Land use
SOCIAL
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– Farming(commercial and
subsistence)
– Forestry
– Ranching
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Resources
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Oil
Natural gas
Iron
Coal
Part of NAFTA
GDP= $14 trillion
Various family structures
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Two parent
Single parent
Blended
Grandparent
Woman and Men equal
Dress is westernized
Various forms of entertainment
– Sports
– Movies
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Various Religions
Population approx 314 million
U.S.
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POLITICAL
• Government
– Democratic Republic
• 3 branches (executive,
legislative, judicial)
– Many laws left to state
government
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
• Located in the North and
Western Hemisphere
• Landscapes vary (Desert,
Mountain, Coastal Plain,
Grassland, Tundra)
• Multiple waterways
including Mississippi R.
CANADA
ESPN
ECONOMICS
• Land Use
– Some commercial farming,
ranching and herding
– Forestry
– Most land is not useable
• Resources
– Coal, Iron, Zinc, Silver
• Part of NAFTA
• GDP $1736 billion
SOCIAL
• Similar to US in family
structure, entertainment, dress,
and gender roles
• Language majority
– English and French
– Religion
• Large Catholic population
• Various other religions
represented.
– Population approx 35
million
Canada
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NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
POLITICAL
• Democratic Constitutional • Northern Canada
Monarchy
– Tundra
– 4 branches (monarch,
• Southern Canada
legislative, executive,
judicial)
– Some forest
– Some grasslands/cropland
• Northern portion of
Rockies
• Canadian Shield
US and Canada
Political Map
• All states, provinces and
territories.
• All bodies of water
Physical Map
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Rocky
Mountains
Appalachain
Mountains
Coastal Plain
Great Plains
Canadian
Shield
Rio Grande R.
Mississippi R.
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Ohio R.
Colorado R.
St. Lawerence R.
Gulf of Mexico
Baffin Bay
Hudson Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Bering Sea