This document defines key vocabulary terms related to regions, governments, and maps. It includes definitions for region, populated, geographic place, breadbasket, climate, parliamentary, democracy, regionalism, bilingual, provinces, state, resources map, population map, climate map, and political map. It also provides information on the major climate zones of Canada and the United States, as well as important landforms and waterways in both countries, identifying the Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Great Lakes, and noting that the largest cities are New York City and Toronto.
This document defines key vocabulary terms related to regions, governments, and maps. It includes definitions for region, populated, geographic place, breadbasket, climate, parliamentary, democracy, regionalism, bilingual, provinces, state, resources map, population map, climate map, and political map. It also provides information on the major climate zones of Canada and the United States, as well as important landforms and waterways in both countries, identifying the Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Great Lakes, and noting that the largest cities are New York City and Toronto.
This document defines key vocabulary terms related to regions, governments, and maps. It includes definitions for region, populated, geographic place, breadbasket, climate, parliamentary, democracy, regionalism, bilingual, provinces, state, resources map, population map, climate map, and political map. It also provides information on the major climate zones of Canada and the United States, as well as important landforms and waterways in both countries, identifying the Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Great Lakes, and noting that the largest cities are New York City and Toronto.
Populated-number of people living in a given place Geographic Place-natural features that set a region apart Breadbasket-area of a nation that produces food supply Climate-the average or general weather conditions of an area over a long period of time Parliamentary-type of government in which legislative and executive branches are combined Democracy-type of government in which legislative, executive, and judicial are separated powers and are equalized by an established system of checks and balances Regionalism-divisions based on commonalities (similarities of a group of people) Bilingual-speaking 2 languages Provinces-political divisions of Canada State-political divisions of the United States Resources map-map to show minerals of a region Population map-map to show human settlement patterns Climate map-map to show weather patterns for a region Political map-map to show governmental divisions
WEEK 9 CONTENT
Major climate zones of Canada: Arctic, Taiga, Cordilleran,
Maritime, Boreal, Prarie, Southeastern
Major climate zones of the United States: Northwest Coastal
Region, High Plains, Midwest, MidAtlantic, Southeast, South
Important landforms and waterways in U.S. and Canada: Rocky
Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Great Lakes
Largest city in U.S. is New York City and the largest city in Canada is Toronto (Most populated)