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The economy of the USA: The six regions (The North East (After 1960s:…
The economy of the USA: The six regions
The North East
Highly developed tourist industry
Winter and summer sports
Vermont, Hampshire, Maine for skiing, tracking and sailing
After 1960s:
Sometimes called "the Rust Belt"
many factories use outdated machinary
Close down/move somewhere else
Keep costs down: reduce labour force and increase automation systems
hard competition from manufacturing countries in Europe and Asia
Industries: glass, non-ferrous metal (ikke-jernholdig metall), Chemicals, rubber, machinery - make many of the industrial products we find in modern life
Three important resources
cheap transportation across the Great Lakes
coal from the Alleghenay mountains
Iron from the Lake Superior area
In the past:
Oversea trading
hunted whales - oil used in industry.
Several fishing ports (havnebyer) and fishing villages
Has some of the world's largest fishing banks
The sea is important for trade and industry
The industrial and financial region of America
The region reflects European culture and traditions
Millions of Europeans moved to this area
The American Industrial Revolution started here
The first settlers were Europeans
The most densly populated rgion(tettest befolkning)
The most industrialised region
Famous universities: University of Harvard, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Most heavily populated areas (mest befolkede områder)
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
Leading centres of industry
Pittsburgh area
Produces about one -fifth of the nation's steel
Detroit
The heart of the automobile industry
The Central Basin
Open grassland With fertile soil
Agricultural area from early 19th century
immigrants and farmers moved westwards
Called the breadbasket /corn belt of the USA
America's greatest corn-producing area
Corn used for animal feed and industrial material
Wisconsin: leading supplier of Dairy products
cattle and beef are raised throughout the area
The South East
Mild climate and crops grow easily
Florida: subtropical fruits
The Mountains: Source of coal and water-power
Largest oil-Fields: Louisiana and Texas
Rich isn fisheries, forests, minerals
18th Century: ideal for Cotton and tobacco
Slave Labour was cheap
Today: increasingly high-tech region
strong Growth in industries related to farm production
New Resources: the oil industry
Great oil cities: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio
Pipelines of Natural gas and oil from Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes
Hydroelectric Power: supplies region With cheap electricity
An increase in population and jobs
The Great Plains
The area between the Central Basisn and the Rocky Mountains
Almost flat
Area of Extreme heat of Extreme cold
Hot from July to September
snow in the winter
From mid 1870s: Area for cowboys and cattle
Cattle driven to meat-packing plants in Chicago
Great conflicts between homesteaders (farmers), cattle ranchers and Native Americans
Intensive farming has led to soil erosion
The mountains and the deserts
High Mountains and vast deserts
Streches from Mexico to the Arctic
Late 1800s: mines and mining camps in seach for gold
Irrigating Canals were built to have a steady supply of water
Large deserts have been irrigated and turned into fields
Hoover Dam and Grand Coulee Dam: produce energy and hold back flood
Greatest attraction: the national parks
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Yosemite
The West Coast Valleys
1579, Francis Drake: the first European to Discover the coast
Spanish missionaries had established missions along the coast
Trading posts built by British sea captains and merchants
From 1843: migration along the Oregon Trail. From east to west
Rain and warm climate in the north
Ideal for pine and fur. timber industry
California: redwood forests
State of Washington: large Commercial Fishing fleet
The Great Central Valley: a productive farm region. Fruits
farm regiaon
San Francisco: centre of Commerce, Finance, shipping, culture
A multicultural city
Wine industry
Silicon Valley: high-tech industries
Tourism is a major industry