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Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 7
ReviewReview
vocabulary
•to travel regularly to and from work
•commute
vocabulary• a type of
region where cites and suburbs have grown so close together they form one big urban area
•megalopolis
vocabulary
• a substance such as plastic or paint that is made from petroleum
• petrochemicals
vocabulary• a broad area of
the U.S. stretching from the southern Atlantic coast to the coast of California – known for its warm weather
•the Sun Belt
vocabulary
•a downturn in business
•recession
vocabulary• large farms run
by a corporation, they may consist of many smaller farms once owned by families
•corporate farms
vocabulary
• money used to expand a business
•capital
vocabulary
•the first miners of the gold rush
•forty-niners
vocabulary• a system of
subways, buses, and commuter trains used to transport large numbers of people
•mass transit
vocabulary• Growing
several different crops so if one crop failed the farm had others
• Mixed-crop farm
vocabulary• Change from
an agriculture-based economy to an industry-based economy
• Industrialization
Cities• Place where
American founders adopted the Declaration of Independence and the Consitution
• Philadelphia
Cities
•What city is located in the Silicon Valley?
•San Jose, California
Cities
•What city is nicknamed “Motor City USA”?
•Detroit
Cities•What city is
considered the “Money Capital” of the U.S.?
•New York City
Cities
• Home to more than 20 colleges and universities
• Boston
Cities• Home to the
nation’s leaders and hundreds of foreign diplomats
• Washington D.C.
Cities• Center for
goods and people going to and from Central and South America
• Miami
Cities• Gateway
between the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River (host of Mardi Gra)
• New Orleans
Cities
• Biggest city in the Midwest
• Chicago
Cities• Located on the
Mississippi River; “Gateway to the West”
• St. Louis
Cities• Trade center
for lumber, furs, grain, salmon, and wool
• Portland
Cities
• Host of the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Atlanta
•the most densely populated region of the United States
•the Northeast
• most immigrants entering the U.S. in the 1890s to 1940s arrived at this place
•Ellis Island
• over the past 50 years the South has changed from an agriculture-based economy to . . .
•an industry-based economy
• What happened that caused many farmers to sell their farms in the 1980s?
•an economic recession
•What effect did the Gold Rush have on the West?
•the population grew quickly
• The District of Columbia is located between what two states?
•Maryland and Virginia
• What region of the U.S. is considered “the Heartland”?
•the Midwest
• What is the name of the oldest university in the U.S.?
•Harvard
• Features that make much of the South a great place for growing crops include . . .
• Rich soil and good climate
• What factor contributed to Chicago’s rise as a steel-making and manufacturing center in the late 1800s?
• Railroad were built
• At one time the South depended on this crop for their economy.
• cotton
• This city became one of the most prosperous cities in the United States during the Gold Rush.
• San Francisco