History & Gov't
The United States is a “nation of ____________,” settled by people from all over the world.
Who is immigrants?
Goods sold to another country
What are exports?
_______________ancestry accounts for 70% of population
Who are Europeans?
Has only 5% of land, but 20% of population
What is the Northeast?
Is a flat representation of a part of Earth.
What is a map?
The United States is the most diverse and highly __________________ and urbanized nation in the world.
What is industrialized?
Privately owned resources, technology, businesses
What is Free enterprise economy:.
_____________is dominant language at 78%
What is English?
Mid-Atlantic industry declined, so they moved south and west
What is the Rust Belt?
Is shown on a map by using a compass rose.
What are directions?
The movement of peoples within the country
What is constant migration?
Manufacturing no longer dominant
What is Postindustrial economy?
_______________ is the second most common language at 13.3%
What is Spanish?
Several large cities grow together
What is a Megalopolis?
Shows the distance measurements on the map.
What is the scale?
________________ are first Europeans to arrive in the “New World”
Who is the Spaniards?
Corporations that do business all over the world
What are Multinationals?
Hobbies, museums, libraries, TV, films, computers
What are American leisure activities?
Known as the American Heartland
What is the midwest?
Graphics that represent something on a map. They can be a dot, a line, shape, or an icon that looks similar to what it represents.
What are symbols?
The oldest permanent European settlement (1565).
What is St. Augustine (Florida) ?
_____________ is filmmaking center of U.S., supplies movies to the world
What is Hollywood?
Baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, tennis, skiing
What is are American sports?
The Midwest's central location, soil, climate make it nation’s_________________
What is “breadbasket”?
These types of maps illustrate the past.
What are historical maps?