5 THEMES OF THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA

ByMs. Smith

LOCATION•Absolute Location: 38.8833° N, 77.0167° W

•Relative Location: The United States is located to the west of the Atlantic Ocean and to the west of the Pacific Ocean. Canada is to the north of the United States and Mexico is to the south. It lays within the Northern and Western hemispheres.

PLACE•The News From- The USA Today

The third-largest nation in the world

Possesses a land area of over 3.5 million square miles.

The physical features of the United States PlainsMountains Approximately 250,000 rivers.

PLACE•Population: As of August 29, 2015, the United States had a population of 321,628,000•3rd most populated country in the world

•Texas and California are the most populated states

•New York City is the most populated city in the United States

•Median Age: 36.8 years

•Life Expectancy: 78.74• At age 85 and older, there were more than twice as many women as men

•Population Density: 71/sq mile.

PLACE•Natural Hazards:

•Tornados•Hurricanes•Wild fires•Flooding

•Natural Resources: coal, copper, lead, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber•World's largest coal reserves with 27% of the world's total

Year Type Fatalities Article Location

2015 Wild fire 3 Okanogan Complex fire

Okanogan County, Washington

2015 Flood 13 2015 Texas–Oklahoma floods

Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma

2014 Snow storm 24 November 2014 North American winter storm

Buffalo, New York, Great Lakes region

2014 Tornado 35 April 2014 tornado outbreak

Nebraska,Louisiana,Oklahoma,Illinois,Florida, North Carolina

2014 Mudflow 432014 Oso mudslide

Oso, Washington

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HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION•Current Environmental Issues: •Fracking- use of water to extract oil and gas

•Irrigated Land:•920,149,600 acres as of 2010

•50 acres an hour are developed

•Land uses:•Cropland, pastures, forest uses, special uses, urban area

MOVEMENT• Imports

• $2.334 trillion in imports (2014)• agricultural products• industrial supplies 32.9% • capital goods 30.4% • consumer goods 31.8%

• From where:• China 19.6%• Canada 14.6%• Mexico 12.3%• Japan 6.1%• Germany 5% (2013)

• Exports: • $1.62 trillion in exports (2014)

• agricultural products 9.2%• industrial supplies 26.8%• capital goods 49.0% • consumer goods 15.0%

• To (as of 2013):• Canada 19%• Mexico 14.3%• China 7.7%• Japan 4.1%

MOVEMENTThe Gaurdian (hyperlink)

According to Sarah Palin, a supporter of Donald Trump for President, immigrants to America should speak “American”, not their native language.

Jeb Bush, another Republican running for President, stated that he does not believe people in America should only speak English. His wife is Spanish and he speaks Spanish fluently.

REGION•Continent: North America•Climate:

•Very different in each area of the USA

•Greatest average rainfall amount-•237” in Little Port Walter, Alaska

•Lowest average rainfall amount- •2.36” in Death Valley, California

•Terrain: vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii

Guns, Germs and Steel• The United States is 15th in

the world based on GDP-per capita.

• GDP- per capita in 2014 was $54,800

• When compared to Qatar (YOU WILL COMPARE TO THE USA!!!)

• Qatar GDP- per capita $143,400

REASON #1-• Qatar’s main exports

liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel.

• These are high dollar exports compared to the USA.

REASON #2-•The unemployment rate in Qatar is .4% compared to the USA with 6.2%

• This means more of the population is employed and this benefits the country with additional tax dollars and spending ability.

REASON #3- •In the USA, 15.1% of the population is below the poverty line. •In Qatar, 0% of the population is below the poverty line.

• This requires the country to provide no tax dollars to welfare/unemployment allowing that money to help elsewhere.

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