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