GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Interior Plains, Krastyo Sarafov National Academy For Theatre And Film Arts, Bering Sea
4 Dec 2017
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Great plains: canadian shield, mountains and highlands. Great lakes/great rivers: 5 great lakes, st. lawrence river, mississippi-missouri. Other key rivers: chesapeake, colorado, columbia, other key water bodies, chesapeake bay, gulf of mexico, hudson bay, bering sea. Native american and european settlement: native americans in us, first nations in canada, european. Languages: english is lingua franca in canada and us, spanish dominant minority language in canada, many other minority languages in us and canada. Interior west centered on utah: roman catholics. United states: southwest- hispanics, northeast- irish & italians. Energy and mineral deposits: oil production area, gulf coat. Coastal zones and offshore: midcontinent district. Western texas to eastern kansas: alaska"s north slope. Facing and extending below arctic ocean: canada"s. Alberta (tar sands: natural gas (similar geological formations as oil areas, coal reserves, appalachian mountains, great plains, southern midwest, rocky mountains. Industrial revolution: american manufacturing belt, spatial economy. Primary sector: extracting materials/resources (miners, farmers, fishermen, lumber, timber)
