Chapter 7, Section 1
1. Postindustrial economies put less emphasis on heavy industries and traditional manufacturing and more on service and high-tech businesses. High-tech industries are less dependent on location so that most locations are influenced by weather and nearby-housing. About 75 % of workers are employed in service jobs (government, education, health care, and banking). Many service jobs are located in the central business district of urban areas where the high concentration of office building and retail shops is easily accessible from industrial areas and the suburbs.
2. Expanded trade between countries has led to a global economy which is the merging of economies in which counties are interconnected and become dependent on one another for goods and services. The United States and Canada are involved in trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement that also includes Mexico, which eliminated trade barriers, increased economic activity, and strengthened their political and economical positions in the global economy. The United States and Canada created the Smart Border action plan to enhance border security.
Creative Writing:
The United States and Canada have market economies which allow people to own, operate, and profit from their own businesses. It allows businesses to hire employees and pay them for their work. Both countries are developing postindustrial economies, which place less emphasis on heavy industry and traditional manufacturing and more emphasis on service and high-tech businesses. A businesses’ ability to hire employees helps the growth and prosperity of service industries. A global economy is the merging of economies in which countries are interconnected and become dependent on one another for goods and services.
Because the world’s economies are interdependent if one country’s economy begins to fail all other economies will be affected and altered.
Chapter 7, Section 2
1. Clear-cutting, which is the taking out of whole forests when harvesting timber, should be eliminate. Once eliminated old-growth forests would not be destroyed and wildlife would be less endangered. Wetlands should be more protected under law to defend against pollution and human interference. People should be more aware of the affects of overfishing and should be limited to the amount of fish allowed to be caught.
2. Industrial development in the United States and Canada has led to an increase in human-made population. Acid rain is formed when cars, power plants, and factories release chemical emissions such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide that react with the water vapor in the air. It corrodes stone and metal buildings, damages crops, and pollutes soil. It especially damages the region’s waters because plant life and fish cannot survive in highly acidic waters. Smog is also created by the same chemicals that create acid rain. When the sun’s rays interact with these chemicals it forms a visible haze that damages and kills plants and harms people’s eyes, throats, and lungs.
Creative Writing:
The part of the pipeline that is elevated is at some point supported by the permafrost and once it melts supports will become weak and will break leading to the destruction of the pipeline. The part of the pipeline that is frozen underground will become heated and will probably become elevated because once the permafrost melts the land will be less elevated.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Chapter 6 homework
Chapter 6, Section 1
1. The Northeast and the Great Lakes regions are densely populated because they are historic centers of American commerce and industry. There is a population cluster along the Pacific coast because it attracts people looking for a mild climate and economic opportunities. The subarctic region of Alaska, the Great Basin, and parts of the arid Great Plains are the least densely populated areas of the county. The Sunbelt area, California, Arizona, and New Mexico, draws people to its growing manufacturing, service, and tourism industries and draws immigrants from Mexico and the Caribbean.
2. Language, religion, education, and the arts have been influence by the immigrant roots of the United States.
Creative Writing:
After arriving in the New York harbor Bill traveled South to begin a job in agriculture. At first he was just a worker at a cotton plantation but soon owned his own land. He started his own plantation with his wife growing corn and wheat and became a wealthy man. As he aged he became more sympathetic to his African American workers and treated them as family. As soon as he became too weak to run his plantation he handed it over to his oldest son who ran it as efficiently as his father.
Chapter 6, Section 2
1. The discovery of oil and natural gas encouraged people to move west to the Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
2. Immigrants from Great Britain brought the English language to most of Canada. In Quebec French is the dominate language, brought by French settlers. Other languages spoken include German, Italian, Chinese, and many native languages such as the language of the Inuit. Christians make up the largest religious group in Canada. Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Sikhism reflect the nation’s diverse immigrant populations.
Creative Writing:
Canada would probably also be part of the British Empire along with the American colonies and would not have become a dominion. Canada would not have expanded and become as diverse as it is now because immigration would be less welcome.
1. The Northeast and the Great Lakes regions are densely populated because they are historic centers of American commerce and industry. There is a population cluster along the Pacific coast because it attracts people looking for a mild climate and economic opportunities. The subarctic region of Alaska, the Great Basin, and parts of the arid Great Plains are the least densely populated areas of the county. The Sunbelt area, California, Arizona, and New Mexico, draws people to its growing manufacturing, service, and tourism industries and draws immigrants from Mexico and the Caribbean.
2. Language, religion, education, and the arts have been influence by the immigrant roots of the United States.
Creative Writing:
After arriving in the New York harbor Bill traveled South to begin a job in agriculture. At first he was just a worker at a cotton plantation but soon owned his own land. He started his own plantation with his wife growing corn and wheat and became a wealthy man. As he aged he became more sympathetic to his African American workers and treated them as family. As soon as he became too weak to run his plantation he handed it over to his oldest son who ran it as efficiently as his father.
Chapter 6, Section 2
1. The discovery of oil and natural gas encouraged people to move west to the Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
2. Immigrants from Great Britain brought the English language to most of Canada. In Quebec French is the dominate language, brought by French settlers. Other languages spoken include German, Italian, Chinese, and many native languages such as the language of the Inuit. Christians make up the largest religious group in Canada. Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Sikhism reflect the nation’s diverse immigrant populations.
Creative Writing:
Canada would probably also be part of the British Empire along with the American colonies and would not have become a dominion. Canada would not have expanded and become as diverse as it is now because immigration would be less welcome.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
chapter 5 homework
Chapter 5, Section 1
1. Niagara Falls has been a major source of hydroelectric power for the United States and Canada. Many large rivers such as the Mississippi and the St. Lawrence River have become commercial waterways and are depended on for trade.
2. Near the Great Lakes there are large deposits of coal, iron, and other minerals that favored the development of industries and urban growth in the area. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system has provided a link between inland and coastal waterways that has been crucial to the economic development of North America.
Creative Writing:
Once leaving Virginia you would be able to see the Appalachian Mountains, North America’s oldest mountains. Once near Central America you would see one of North America’s largest rivers, the Mississippi River. Soon you would fly over the Rocky Mountains, which connect the United Stated to Canada. Before reaching the Pacific Ranges you would fly over the Columbia Plateau, which separates the Pacific Ranges from the Rockies.
Chapter 5, Section 2
1. In the United States and Canada there are humid subtropical, tropical wet, steppe, desert, Mediterranean, humid continental, highland, marine west coast, subarctic, tundra, and ice cap climates.
2. Dry Santa Ana winds cause widespread brush fires in hills around Los Angeles and Oakland. In the Great Plains and the eastern U.S, violent spring and summer thunderstorms called supercells often spawn tornadoes. In northern North America winter blizzards cause heavy winds and snow, and little visibility.
Creative Writing:
Being closer to the Atlantic Ocean and at a higher elevation, Pennsylvania has humid continental climate with humid and hot summers and cold winters. Salt Lake City is much further away from the coast and is at a lower elevation causing a drier and hot desert climate.
1. Niagara Falls has been a major source of hydroelectric power for the United States and Canada. Many large rivers such as the Mississippi and the St. Lawrence River have become commercial waterways and are depended on for trade.
2. Near the Great Lakes there are large deposits of coal, iron, and other minerals that favored the development of industries and urban growth in the area. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system has provided a link between inland and coastal waterways that has been crucial to the economic development of North America.
Creative Writing:
Once leaving Virginia you would be able to see the Appalachian Mountains, North America’s oldest mountains. Once near Central America you would see one of North America’s largest rivers, the Mississippi River. Soon you would fly over the Rocky Mountains, which connect the United Stated to Canada. Before reaching the Pacific Ranges you would fly over the Columbia Plateau, which separates the Pacific Ranges from the Rockies.
Chapter 5, Section 2
1. In the United States and Canada there are humid subtropical, tropical wet, steppe, desert, Mediterranean, humid continental, highland, marine west coast, subarctic, tundra, and ice cap climates.
2. Dry Santa Ana winds cause widespread brush fires in hills around Los Angeles and Oakland. In the Great Plains and the eastern U.S, violent spring and summer thunderstorms called supercells often spawn tornadoes. In northern North America winter blizzards cause heavy winds and snow, and little visibility.
Creative Writing:
Being closer to the Atlantic Ocean and at a higher elevation, Pennsylvania has humid continental climate with humid and hot summers and cold winters. Salt Lake City is much further away from the coast and is at a lower elevation causing a drier and hot desert climate.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Chapter 4 homework
Chapter 4, Section 2
1. Language, religion, daily life, history, art, government, and economy define a culture.
2. Both the Industrial Revolution, which caused economic and social changes, and the Information Revolution, which allowed information to travel faster than ever before, have affected interaction between cultures.
Creative Writing :
My morning would be the same as always: wake up, eat breakfast, get ready for school, and get dropped off. At school class would be different: there would be no power points, instead everything would be a verbal discussion. After school I would not be able to check what my homework on the computer, I would have had to written it down during school. I would not be able to email my friends; instead I would probably call them if I need help. I would eat dinner, watch TV and then go to bed.
Chapter 4, Section 3
1. An autocracy allows the power and authority to rule belong to a single individual. An oligarchy allows a small group of people to hold power, getting power from wealth, military power, or social position. A democracy is a system of government in which leaders rule with the consent of the citizens. In a democracy people hold sovereign power.
2. A traditional economy allows habit and custom to determine the rules for all economic activity. In a market economy, individuals and private groups make decision about what to produce. People choose what products they will buy and business make more of what people will want. Instead of having a pure market economy, many have a mixed economy where the government supports and regulates free enterprise through decisions the affect the market place. In a command economy, the government owns or directs the means of production (land, labor, machinery and factories, and business managers) and controls the distribution of goods.
Creative Writing:
In a democracy we are given the right to influence decisions made by the government. We are represented by people we have elected and believe will make the best decisions. Unfortunately once a person is in office they do not always act upon their promises and the people have no control over this. Being in a market economy we are given control and influence over the economy and the products we purchase. Since we live in a mixed economy some of that control is taken away by the government.
Chapter 4, Section 4
1. Most natural resources are not evenly distributed; this affects the global economy and allows countries to specialize in the economic activities best suited to their resources. Countries export their specialized products, trading them to other countries that cannot produce those goods. When countries need a certain good they import it from another country.
2. Economic activities have led to pollution, the release if unclean or toxic elements into the air, water, and land. The main source of air pollution is the burning of fossil fuels by industries and vehicles.
Creative Writing:
I disagree with this statement because if developing countries become reliant on fossil fuels it is going to be harder for them to replace them once they become a developed country. This will cause the amount of fossil fuels to deteriorate causing many economies to fall.
1. Language, religion, daily life, history, art, government, and economy define a culture.
2. Both the Industrial Revolution, which caused economic and social changes, and the Information Revolution, which allowed information to travel faster than ever before, have affected interaction between cultures.
Creative Writing :
My morning would be the same as always: wake up, eat breakfast, get ready for school, and get dropped off. At school class would be different: there would be no power points, instead everything would be a verbal discussion. After school I would not be able to check what my homework on the computer, I would have had to written it down during school. I would not be able to email my friends; instead I would probably call them if I need help. I would eat dinner, watch TV and then go to bed.
Chapter 4, Section 3
1. An autocracy allows the power and authority to rule belong to a single individual. An oligarchy allows a small group of people to hold power, getting power from wealth, military power, or social position. A democracy is a system of government in which leaders rule with the consent of the citizens. In a democracy people hold sovereign power.
2. A traditional economy allows habit and custom to determine the rules for all economic activity. In a market economy, individuals and private groups make decision about what to produce. People choose what products they will buy and business make more of what people will want. Instead of having a pure market economy, many have a mixed economy where the government supports and regulates free enterprise through decisions the affect the market place. In a command economy, the government owns or directs the means of production (land, labor, machinery and factories, and business managers) and controls the distribution of goods.
Creative Writing:
In a democracy we are given the right to influence decisions made by the government. We are represented by people we have elected and believe will make the best decisions. Unfortunately once a person is in office they do not always act upon their promises and the people have no control over this. Being in a market economy we are given control and influence over the economy and the products we purchase. Since we live in a mixed economy some of that control is taken away by the government.
Chapter 4, Section 4
1. Most natural resources are not evenly distributed; this affects the global economy and allows countries to specialize in the economic activities best suited to their resources. Countries export their specialized products, trading them to other countries that cannot produce those goods. When countries need a certain good they import it from another country.
2. Economic activities have led to pollution, the release if unclean or toxic elements into the air, water, and land. The main source of air pollution is the burning of fossil fuels by industries and vehicles.
Creative Writing:
I disagree with this statement because if developing countries become reliant on fossil fuels it is going to be harder for them to replace them once they become a developed country. This will cause the amount of fossil fuels to deteriorate causing many economies to fall.
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