North American Geography Quiz 6
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Niagara Falls
\-In Canada and USA
\-Water fall
\-Boats can take you out to see it
\-Water fall
\-Boats can take you out to see it
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Land of 1,000 lakes
Minnesota
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Lake effect snow
Weather patterns moving through the Great Lakes (west to east) gain moisture over the Lakes as it moves east. Buffalo, NY is greatly affected by this.
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Great Lakes profile
\-Centers of transportation, industry and commerce.
\-Most of the region < 2,000 ft. Elevation
\-Mostly flat and gentle hills
\-Mostly shaped by periodic glaciation over geologic eras
\-Most of the region < 2,000 ft. Elevation
\-Mostly flat and gentle hills
\-Mostly shaped by periodic glaciation over geologic eras
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Lake transportation economy
\-Shipping
\-Transportation hub
\-Transportation hub
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Iron ore
\-Natural resource
\-Shipped and sold for economy
\-Shipped and sold for economy
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Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
\-Sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975
\-Had the loss of the entire crew of 29 men
\-Was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes
\-It remains the largest to have sunk there
\-Had the loss of the entire crew of 29 men
\-Was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes
\-It remains the largest to have sunk there
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Environmental issues in the Great Lakes
\-Invasive species
\--Zebra mussels
\--Asian carp
\-Extinctions
\-Decrease in biodiversity
\-Habitat loss
\--Zebra mussels
\--Asian carp
\-Extinctions
\-Decrease in biodiversity
\-Habitat loss
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Geographic center of the U.S.
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Population growth around the Great Lakes
\-Rapid population growth enhanced by easy access by water
\-Great Lakes, Ohio River, Mississippi River
\-Enhanced by construction of locks and dams in rivers and canals
\-Enhances by construction of Erie Canal in 1825
\-Great Lakes, Ohio River, Mississippi River
\-Enhanced by construction of locks and dams in rivers and canals
\-Enhances by construction of Erie Canal in 1825
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Immigrant patterns before and after the Civil War
\-Appalachian natives
\-New England, New York, and Pennsylvania natives
\-England and Wales
\-England and Wales
\-Scotland and Ireland
\-Germany
\-The Netherlands
\-Scandinavia
\-Poles
\-Greeks and Italians
\-Hungarians and Czechs
\-Dutch, Swedes, Norwegians, Finns, and Danes
\-New England, New York, and Pennsylvania natives
\-England and Wales
\-England and Wales
\-Scotland and Ireland
\-Germany
\-The Netherlands
\-Scandinavia
\-Poles
\-Greeks and Italians
\-Hungarians and Czechs
\-Dutch, Swedes, Norwegians, Finns, and Danes
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The Great Migration
\-500,00 African Americans left rural south
\-Settled in Chicago, New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Kansas City
\-Push factors: Institutionalized racism, segregation, lynchings, beatings and limited education/ economic opportunities
\-Pull factors: Jobs at much higher wages, call to freedom, opportunity for equality
\-Settled in Chicago, New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Kansas City
\-Push factors: Institutionalized racism, segregation, lynchings, beatings and limited education/ economic opportunities
\-Pull factors: Jobs at much higher wages, call to freedom, opportunity for equality
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Chicago architecture
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Corn belt agricultural region
\-Corn (Iowa and Illinois nation's lead corn producing states)
-Soybeans (U.S. produces over ¾ of world's soybean crop)
\-Hogs (Iowa has about 5 hogs for every Iowan)
\-Cattle ranching
\-Dairy farming (Wisconsin)
-Soybeans (U.S. produces over ¾ of world's soybean crop)
\-Hogs (Iowa has about 5 hogs for every Iowan)
\-Cattle ranching
\-Dairy farming (Wisconsin)
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Corn production
Corn (Iowa and Illinois nation's lead corn producing states)
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Auto industry
\-Secondary sector
\-Historically agricultural sector complimented by equally important industrial sector
\-Area was once most productive industrial region of N. America
\-After exodus of steel mills & auto plants, area known as the “Rust Belt”
\-Historically agricultural sector complimented by equally important industrial sector
\-Area was once most productive industrial region of N. America
\-After exodus of steel mills & auto plants, area known as the “Rust Belt”
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Downturn of auto industry in Detroit
\-Declining population
\-Little economic development
\-Problems transitioning from Industrial to Post-Industrial
\-Little economic development
\-Problems transitioning from Industrial to Post-Industrial
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Cost of globalization
\-Industrial production declining
\-Lower production costs outside the U.S.
\-Diversified companies tend to survive
\-Highly specialized industrial bases are harder hit
\-Lower production costs outside the U.S.
\-Diversified companies tend to survive
\-Highly specialized industrial bases are harder hit
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Stagflation
Falling demand and rising inflation
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Deindustrialization
\-Decline in industrial activity in a region or economy
\-Detroit and other Rust Belt cities
\-Detroit and other Rust Belt cities
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Racial landscapes
Problems in racial integration and urban diversity Detroit is 2/3 African-American
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Quaternary economic activities in the Great Lakes/ Corn belt
\-Tourism and the military not a large part of the economy
\-Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
\-Government centers
\-University communities
\-Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
\-Government centers
\-University communities
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Minnesota
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Minneapolis/ St. Paul
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Duluth
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Wisconsin
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Greenbay
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Milwaukee
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Madison
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Iowa
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Davenport
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Des Moines
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Nebraska
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Omaha
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Kansas
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Topeka
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Illinois
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Chicago
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Champaign-Urbana
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Indiana
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Grey
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Indianapolis
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Michigan
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Grand Rapids
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Detroit
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Battle Creek
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Ohio
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Toledo
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Columbus
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Cleveland
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New York
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Buffalo
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Rochester
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Pennsylvania
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Erie
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Pittsburgh
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Ontario
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Toronto
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Hamilton
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Windsor
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Thunder Bay
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St. Lawrence River
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Niagara Falls
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Mississippi River
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Ohio River
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Lake Ontario
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Lake Erie
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Lake Huron
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Lake Michigan
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Lake Superior
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Finger Lakes, NY
