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WORLD GEOGRAPHY. CHAPTER 7 NOTES SECTS 1-2

• SECTION ONE.
• THE NORTHEAST
• PP. 156160

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I. THE NORTHEAST (NEW ENGLAND)

• A. MADE UP OF 9 STATES (CAPITALS)
• 1) MAINEAUGUSTA
• 2) NEW HAMPSHIRECONCORD
• 3) VERMONTMONTPELIER
• 4) NEW YORKALBANY
• 5) MASSACHUSETTSBOSTON
• 6) RHODE ISLANDPROVIDENCE
• 7) CONNCECTICUTHARTFORD
• 8) NEW JERSEYTRENTON
• 9) PENNSYLVANIAHARRISBURG.

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B) PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

• 1) SEVERAL MOUNTAIN RANGES
• a) Pocono Mts. ( Penn. New York)
• b) Catskill Mts. (New York)
• c) Adirondack Mts.--New York
• d) Green Mts. (Vermont) White Mts. (New
  Hampshire)
• e) Appalachian Mts. (Most of new England)

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2) SEVERAL FAST MOVING RIVERS AID INDUSTRY
TRANSPORTATION

• a) Susquehanna River Delaware River (Penn.)
• b) Mohawk River and Hudson River (New York)
• c) Kennebec River (Maine)

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3) LAND IS HILLY WITH ROCKY SOIL

• a) Small subsistent farms, not much agricultural
  production in Eastern areas.
• Larger farms in western New York and Pennsylvania
• b) Pennsylvania coal only major natural resource.

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C) NORTHEAST GREATEST RESOURCEWATER

• 1) NATURAL HARBORS MAKE IT A CENTER OF TRADE
• a) Great deal of Shipbuilding takes place here!
• b) Fishing Industry Grand Banks Fishing area in
  North Atlantic
• c) Fast rivers provide power (energy) to run
  industries.

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D) THE DEVELOPING MEGALOPOLIS (WHEN THE CITIES
GROW SO MUCH THAT THEY SEEM TO BE ONE GIANT CITY)

• 1) THE BOSTON TO WASHINGTON D.C. MEGALOPOLIS
• a) Along Atlantic Coast
• b) 40 Million people in this area.
• 2) PROBLEMS OF THE MEGALOPOLIS
• a) Lack of clean fresh water
• b) Not enough room for waste disposal
• c) Reduced population means higher taxes
• d) Attractive targets for
  terrorists

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E) DOMINANT CITIES OF THE NORTHEAST

• 1) NEW YORKFINANCIAL AND BUSINESS CAPITAL OF THE
  WORLD
• 2) BOSTONTRADE AND TOURIST CENTER
• 3) BUFFALOLOCATION OF ERIE CANAL, CENTER OF
  TRADE
• 4) PHILADELPHIACENTER OF AMERICAN HISTORICAL
  DEVELOPMENT
• (Birthplace of the American Government)

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Tourist Spots of the Northeast

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vrehLPyDCKxs

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SECTION 2

• THE SOUTHERN STATES

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SECTION TWO. THE SOUTH 161-166
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II. THE SOUTHA. MADE UP OF 16 STATES ( CAPITALS)

• 1) DELAWAREDOVER
• 2) MARYLAND ANNAPOLIS
• 3) VIRGINIARICHMOND
• 4) WEST VIRGINIACHARLESTON
• 5) KENTUCKYFRANKFORT
• 6) TENNESSEENASHVILLE
• 7) NORTH CAROLINARALEIGH
• 8) SOUTH CAROLINACOLUMBIA
• 9) GEORGIAATLANTA
• 10) ALABAMAMONTGOMERY
• 11) FLORIDATALLHASSEE
• 12) MISSISSIPPIJACKSON
• 13) LOUISIANABATON ROUGE
• 14) ARKANSASLITTLE ROCK
• 15) TEXASAUSTIN
• 16) OKLAHOMAOKLAHOMA CITY

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B) CLIMATES OF THE AREA

• 1) RAINY AND SUB TROPICAL(WARM WET CLIMATE)
• a) Areas from East Texas to the Carolinas
• b) Rainfall from 55-60 inches a year
• c) Growth of Tropical Trees called Mangroves
• d) Marshy areas of inlets and streams of
  Louisiana called the Bayous
• e) Swampy area of Florida called the Everglades
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vAu3NbCZ31lAlistSL
  
• 2) DRY SEMI-ARID AREAS OF WEST TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
• a) Rainfall from 8-30 inches a year.

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C) LINKING AGRICULTURE AND HISTORY

• 1) SOUTH HAS LONG HAD RICH FERTILE SOILS
• a) The Development of the South was based on
  Agriculture.
• b) Southern planters developed the plantation.
• 2) HISTORICALLYSOUTH IMPORTED SLAVES TO HELP
  THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR 3 MAIN CASH CROPS
• a) Tobacco, cotton, rice.

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C) LINKING AGRICULTURE AND HISTORY

• 3) TRADE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FOR SLAVES AND
  OTHER PRODUCTS IS CALLED THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
  
• 4) 1840S TEXTILE MILLS BUILT IN THE SOUTH THAT
  LINKED COTTON PRODUCTION TO THE MAKING OF CLOTH.
• a) Built on the FALL LINE between Appalachian
  Mountains and Atlantic coast Plain.
• b) Use water power from Mountain
  streams rivers to run the mills!

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NEW INDUSTRY OF THE SOUTH

• 5) NEW INDUSTRY HAS DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF
  CHANGE
• a) TexasPetrochemicals and Oil Products
• b) Florida TexasSpace Exploration
• c) Southern States from Carolinas to California
  (SUNBELT)-Tourism.
• d) Tennessee GeorgiaAutomobiles
• http//www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applicat
  ions/imaps/maps/g4n_u3/index.html

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D) PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOUTH

• 1) DOMINATED BY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ALL OF
  ITS TRIBUTARIES.
• a) Creates main port of New Orleans
• 2) EASTERN RIVERS ARE WIDE AND SLOW MOVING
• 3) POTOMAC RIVERLOCATION OF WASHINGTON D.C.
• 4) TWO CHIEF MOUNTAIN RANGES
• a) Appalachian Mountains.
• 1) Rocky soil makes it one of the poorest
  sections of the U.S.--APPALACHIA
• b) Great Smoky Mountains. (Carolinas
  Tennessee

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E) THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH

• 1) 3 OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE SOUTH (HOUSTON,
  DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO)
• a) Makes Texas the 2nd most populated state.
• 2) SOUTH HAS A DIVERSE (VARIED) CULTURE
• a) 50 of African American population lives in
  the South
• b) Growing Hispanic Population from Mexico and
  Cuba
• c) New Orleans has a strong French
  influence.
• Cajun CultureFrench-Hispanic Mix

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F) WHAT HAS SLOWED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH?

• 1) TRADITION OF RELIANCE ON AGRICULTURE
• 2) LACK OF RESOURCES
• 3) POLITICAL AND SOCIAL BIAS
• 4) WEATHERSOUTH EXPERIENCES MOST EXTREMES IN
  WEATHER
• a) Hurricanes and Tropical storms
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v24coWLD1rl4feature
  fvst

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