3.9- Summary Unit 2

What you did

• You read Chapter 3 in your textbook
• You watched the Instructor's Videos and read the Canvas Content
• You completed the Economic Inequality Assignment
• You participated in two online class discussions
• You took two quizzes

 

What you learned

• the location and names of important physical features in North America
• what a "shield" is and where one is in North America
• what a "cordillera" is and where one is in North America
• what environmental issues face North America
• about the Native Peoples of North America
• about the location and features of North America's major population centers
• about the four "waves of immigration"
• the definition of "megalopolis"
• the definition of "gentrification"
• the characteristics of the region's rural population
• the definition and process of "deindustrialization"
• about the service sector and the "knowledge economy"
• about free trade in North America
• about "trade wars" and the relationship between China and the United States
• about tariffs
• about the population characteristics of North America including fertility rates, aging, education, infant mortality, life expectancy etc.
• about the cultural similarities and differences between Canada and the United States: language, religion etc.
• about immigration, race and wealth inequality
• the definition of "wealth" and "income"
• the definition of "gerrymandering"

 

Coming Up

• Unit 3 Exam
• Unit 4 - Latin America