Life in the United States West of the Mississippi C5L3 L0

Characteristics of the Cities and Rural Areas of West of the Mississippi

Groups:

(a) Urban Living

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(b) Major Port Cities

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(c) Interior Cities

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(d) Rural Areas

• Dependence on automobiles

• Modern cities with skyscrapers

• Modern industries

• Trade links with Mexico

• Gulf Ports

• Mining

• U.S.-Asia trade

• Modern technology

• farming, fishing, oil drilling, ranching

• 50% of Pacific import

Indicates the Challenges in the Region of West of the Mississippi

• Population Changes

• Water Scarcity

• Environmental Issues

• Urban cities

Challenges in the Region West of the Mississippi

Groups:

(a) Population Changes

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(b) Water Scarcity

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(c) Environmental Issues

• Historical droughts

• Natural disasters

• Agricultural expansion

• Oil spills

• Ethnic diversity

• Erosion from deforestation and farming

• Old population

• Low natural resources

• Population growth

Organize these options into the right categories of Economy on the West of the Mississippi

Groups:

(a) Agriculture

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(b) Mining

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(c) Aerospace Industry

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(d) Service and Technology Industries

• Telecommunications

• Financial centers

• Copper and uranium

• Fruits/vegetables

• Shift to Computer and software

• Tourism

• Timber

• Oil and gas

• Small family farms

• Historical significance

Match the following Agriculture Items

• Cotton

• Texas

• fruits/vegetable

• Idaho

• Wheat

• California

• Potatoes

• Northern/southern Plains

Match the following Mining items

• Northwest

• Timber

• Plains, Wyoming, California

• uranium

• Colorado Plateau

• Copper

• Montana

• Oil and gas

Reorder the following Trade and Relations of the West of Mississippi

Groups:

(a) International Trade

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(b) Immigration

• NAFTA: free trade among U.S., Canada, Mexico.

• Economic improvements in Mexico reducing migration

• illegal immigration.

• Major exports: food products, manufactured goods.

NAFTA: free trade among which countries?

• United States, Canada, and Mexico
• United States, Canada, and Brazil
• United States, Mexico, and Australia
• Canada, Mexico, and Japan