GEO 350 Midterm: Exam 2 Study Guide
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Highways, internet/phone systems, ports/rivers (st. lawrence seaway), railroad, school. Agriculture (lowest) , service (high), manufacturing (middle) Tech, goods, info systems, food, chemicals, phones, car/parts, planes medicines, computers. > 175 mill shop here globally; not all its ventures yield success. 1st store outside us opened in mexico (1991) Canada: cluster by st. lawr riv & great lakes; sparse bc climate. Us: dense on east coast (ny-boston); growing into megalopolis; mobile (3/4 moves every 5 years) Free market: can own bus/prop, have choices(us/can) Traditional: choices based on culture customs (nomads) Present: post indust. - want white collar service jobs. Northeast (us): urban, bus. biotech/media-south (us): farm, tour (tx/fl)- West (us): tour, good outdoors (co)- pacific (us): farm fruit, veg, fish, & timb. (ca, wa)-atlantic. Provinces (can): poor, manufac. , mine, tour-central & eastern (can): /ont. - paper, hydroelectric- west (can): farm (wheat), biggest oil/gas, export newsprint from forests- north (can): of can, indig. ppl, minerals (territories/nan) Canada - us mexico trade (canada perspective all facets)
