Chapter 7 - The Region Today

Chapter 7: The Region Today: The United States and Canada

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Essential Questions

How have the economies of the United States and Canada grown and changed according to where and how people live?

How have human actions modified the environment in the United States and Canada?

Chapter 7 Section Assignments

True Cost of Oil

Locating a Fish Cannery

T-Chart on forms of government and on the economies.

Public speaking for all students- Have each student share one item, including details, about the demographics of the United States and Canada and create a class chart to compare and contrast the demographics.

The Global Economy

P 180-183

Academic Language- Basic

market economy

Academic Language- Complex

postindustrial

central business district

retooling

commodity

arable

monopoly

global economy

trade deficit

tariff

trade surplus

outsourcing