World Geography Test: Chapters 5, 6, 7

Tributaries

(little rivers flowing to major ones)

Shoreline of Northeast's benefit on the region.

Shipping, thriving fishing industry=Northeast's major resources other than minerals.

-Drainage Basins:

Also seperated by continental divide, areas of land that are drained by major rivers and their tributaries

How did the Midwest become and Industrial Center?

Due to Mercantile Exchange, Board of Trade, and Grain Elevators.

Continental Divide

Formed by Rocky Mountains, All rivers to east flow to east, all rivers to west flow to west.

Striations:

Glaciated areas causing polished rocks and scratch marks.

Factors of the South and West's Recent Flourishment

Transcontinental Railroad, cheap cost of living, rich minerals, good fishing opportunities.

How have residents of the West adapted to their environment?

Use aqueducts to obtain water.

Houston, Texas economic activity

large industrial and trading center, NASA (space)

Effects of the Development of the Transcontinental Railroad

linked East and West coasts, making there be people and goods in almost every settlement in the country and spurred economic growth.

Southern Population increase in 1970 due to..

lots of immigration

Common characteristics of most Midwest cities

mainly flat w/ fertile soil

Industrial revolution

makes power-driven factories, enabling companies to make large quantities of a product at a time.

per capita

per person

hieracrchy

rank of an urban place according to their function.

Sunbelt=

southern coastal states from Carolina to Southern California. Popular vacation spots, due to beaches and mild climate.

GNP

total value of a nation's output of goods and services,

ceded

transferred

Civil War

war between 2 parts of a region

USA Energy Resources

water, wind, nuclear, solar power, along with energy from fossil fuels.

3. Board of Trade

=largest grain exchnge-a place where buyers and sellers deal for grain.

1. grain elevators

=main business activities-tall buildings for loading, cleaning, mixing, and storing grain, ex. Flour mill in Minneapolis

. Mercantile Exchange

=world's busiest market for eggs, hogs, cattle, and other farm products.

Factors of Economic Development of USA

Advances in transportation, communication, telecommunication, and relationships between other countries. Developing cities, states, and modernizing. Also, becoming their own country after the Revolutionary War.

What attracted settlers to the South, originally?

Better industrial plants, cheaper land, less expensive labor unions.

Why did the population in the West rapidly increase?

Cheap cost of population, transcontinental railroad

Physical Characteristics of San Diego

Man-made resivoirs, many mountains, lakes, and rivers, a few valleys and islands

Physical Characteristics of Reno

Mead Lake (Hoover Dam), w/ great fishing

Importance of the Erie Canal

It linked North and West cities, and sparked settlement near the Great Lakes.

Why the Northeast became a leader in commerce

It's convenient location on the coast, NYC, accesibility

Physical Characteristics of Seattle

Lake Washington, Snoqualmie Falls, Puget Sound, Lake Washington Ship Canal.

How are advances in transportation and communications linked to the growth of U.S industry?

Linked the resources and work of one region to another, ex. "breadbasket of usa"

Why did Industry and trade grow rapidly in the Northeast in the 1900's?

Lots of rivers and precipitation, growth of the megalopolis,

Major Economic Activities of the West

Mining of things like gold, silver, and uranium, forestry, commerical fishing

Problems of the Megalopolis

People worry that they will run out of room and resources.

"Breadbasket" of USA

The Midwest, specifically major wheat producing areas.

What region of the USA has the most seismic activity?

The West (Earthquake Activity=seismic)

Influence of Industrial development in the South

The beginning of the oil industry

Importance of the Development of the Steam Engine

They turned the Great Lakes into important transportation route that went against both wind and currents.

Colony

any territroy seperate from but subject to a ruling power.

Rain shadow:

area with little or no rain due to mountains nearby.

hinterlands

areas influenced by metropolises. Some are huge, ex. The entire western hemisphere is a hinterland of NYC in terms of Finances.

Great Lakes and Missippi in the development of USA

brought people to Great Lakes area, made trading and transportation easier

-humus=

dark colored organic material made from decayed plants and animals, helps build more soil

Fall line=

imaginary line between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain. Where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from plateu to coastal plain.

annexed

incorporated