Warm up: Directions

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Warm up:

Directions: There are many important elements that contribute to the development of an area. These elements are often unique to that region and are shaped as a result of the geography and people. You live in Greensburg. Describe Greensburg’s climate, transportation, economy, and society. (Bullet Points) Compare those factors with Alaska and Tokyo.


Greensburg, PA (USA)

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Climate



Economy



Housing



Transportation



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Tokyo, Japan

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Economy



Housing



Transportation

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   Describe how a particular factor (ex. Climate, Population, Religion etc.) impacts an aspect of society (ex. Housing, transportation, economy etc).
   

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   How did the geography impact the way of life for the Homesteaders? EXPLAIN.
   

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3. 
   How might living in Tokyo, Japan be very different from living in Greensburg, PA? EXPLAIN.
   

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Transportation (Section 7)

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Society (Section 8)

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Economy (Section 4)

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Geography (Section 3)

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Geography (Section 2)

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North



Transportation (Section 6)



Society (Section 9)

Economy (Section 5)


Answer Key:
South

Geography

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  Mild winters and long, hot, humid summers
  
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  Fertile coastal plains with swamps and marshes
  
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  Rolling hills and mountain hollows
  
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  Thick pine forests in North Carolina broad, flat rivers
  

Economy

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  Agriculture
  
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  Agrarians favored a way of life based on farming and policies that supported agricultural interests
  
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  Most whites worked their own small farms.
  
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  Plantations used slaves to raise cash crops, especially cotton
  
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  With Eli Whitney’s cotton gin, cotton became the South’s most important crop
  

Transportation

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  River travel was the main form of transportation
  
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  Cities sprang up along waterways
  
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  Southerners opposed federal funding for internal improvements
  
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  In 1860, the South had 10,000 miles of rail
  

Society

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  Wealth was measured in terms of land and slaves
  
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  Rigid social structure with rich plantation owners at the top, white farmers and workers in the middle, and blacks at the bottom
  
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  Wealthy plantation owners dominated the economy and politics
  
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  Most white families worked their own fields
  
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  Free blacks worked as craftspeople, servants, and laborers
  
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  Most blacks in the South were slaves
  

North
Geography

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  Four distinct seasons
  
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  Jagged New England coast with rocky soil
  
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  Thick forests in New England
  
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  Plains with rich soil in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
  
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  Large, forested region in the Central Plains
  
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  Region is undergoing deforestation
  

Economy

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  Center of the Industrial Revolution, the shift from hand manufacturing to machines
  
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  The economy was spurred by industrialists, people who owned large factories and other businesses based on manufacturing
  
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  New inventions and manufacturing methods, like steam-powered engines, made goods cheaper and more plentiful
  
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  Industrialists favored a strong national government
  

Transportation

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  The National Road connected the new western states with the East
  
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  Steamboats made river travel faster and cheaper
  
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  The Erie Canal linked the Central Plains to East Coast cities
  
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  20,000 miles of rail linked Northern factories to cities hundreds of miles away
  

Society

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  More Northerners were moving to towns and cities
  
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  Cities lacked sewers and paved streets
  
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  African Americans were free but not equal
  
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  Immigrants settled in cities.
  

Greensburg

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  Climate ---Four Seasons
  
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  Economy ---Small Businesses, Railroad, Mining, Courthouse
  
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  Housing—Suburban
  
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  Transportation –Amtrak, High Way, Arnold Palmer
  
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  Social –Small population, Various religious buildings/colleges, cultural centers
  

Tokyo, Japan

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  Climate –Four Season
  
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  Economy ---Fishing/ Technology
  
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  Housing / Apartments, condensed
  
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  Transportation---bullet train, bicycles
  
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  Tectonic Plates “Ring of Fire”---earthquakes, monsoons
  
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  Respect for elders, population 13 million, Shintoism