Notes

Environmental Geography- big effect in jobs and set up. How people work is what their environment connects to. Different forms in different region EX. Sub tropic. Climates different and landforms precipitation. Has affected our environment and 3 animals that were introduced here were cattle, horses and wheat. Manipulating all of America since we got here. Find places were to build.

Population and Settlement- divers population. 335 million people in north America. Agriculture played big part settlement. Came from Europe early on. Majority of America used agriculture. Some moves west and north. Changed drastically. Metropolitan clusters uneven patterns across NA. Megalopolis is the word for it and includes (look at blog).

Cultural coherence and diversity- North Americas immigration history. Phase 1 Europeans with African Americans before 1820 Africans over run Europeans but were slaves. Phase 2 1820 to 1870 was from Germans to Irish. Third phases 1870 to is immigrants went to over 1 million. 4th phase in 1920-1970 is close countries immigrating. 1970 to present day is Asians and total immigrants went up.

Geopolitical Framework- mainly about how country interacts with other countries. Continental neighbors like Canada and Us is trade treaty.

Economic and Social Development-