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Chapter 7 Section 2

Chapter 7 Section 2. The South. Linking Climate to Vegetation. Location - closer to the Equator makes it warmer than other regions farther north - Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea bring precipitation to most of region (Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida). Linking Climate to Vegetation.

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Chapter 7 Section 2

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  1. Chapter 7 Section 2 The South

  2. Linking Climate to Vegetation • Location - closer to the Equator makes it warmer than other regions farther north - Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea bring precipitation to most of region (Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida)

  3. Linking Climate to Vegetation The warm/wet climate produces… - Mangroves- tropical trees that grow in swampy ground along coastal areas. - Bayous- marshy inlets of lakes and rivers of Louisiana

  4. Linking Climate to Vegetation - Everglades- a large area of swampland covered in places with tall grass

  5. Linking Climate to Vegetation Semiarid Climate - the farther west you move within South, the less average precipitation - Oklahoma/Texas - prairies

  6. Linking Climate, History, and Agriculture • Rich Fertile Soil - Native American groups (Cherokee) grew maize, melons, squash - Europeans migrated to area/built plantations/enslavement- to grow rice, cotton, etc. * First permanent European settlements were located in South

  7. Linking Resources to Industrypage 163 • Textile Mills - What do they produce? - Where are they built • Oil Industry - Where did the oil industry begin in the south? - What is the leading source of industrial income?

  8. Linking Resources to Industry 1840’s - Textile Mills - built on the fall line - an imaginary line between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain - where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from plateau to coastal plain - produce a variety of fabrics (Carolinas)

  9. Linking Resources to Industry • 1901 - Oil Industry - began in eastern Texas - largest oil reserves located in this region • Petrochemical Industry -leading source of industrial income

  10. A Changing Region • Continued Growth of Industry - Not all industry was related to agriculture. - New industries started to develop in Florida, Alabama, Texas (ex: the space industry) - Other industries moved/migrated to the south.

  11. A Changing Regionpage 164 • Why did the South attract business? 1. 2. 3.

  12. A Changing Region • South attracted businesses for several reasons.. - industrial plants were newer, better condition, more efficient - new factories could be built on land that was cheaper (than land in the megalopolis of the Northeast) - labor unions less common (cheaper labor costs)

  13. A Changing Region The Sunbelt - because of the South’s mild climate- this region has grown into a large retirement and tourism center - The sunbelt- is a band of southern states from the Carolinas to southern California (*is actually overlaps two regions- the South and the West*)

  14. Southern Population • Major Cities • New Orleans (major trading center near the mouth of the Mississippi River) • Miami (gateway to Caribbean and South America) • Georgia (airlines) • Houston, Texas (National Aeronautics and Space Administration –NASA). Also center for oil and banking industries

  15. Southern Population Major Cities - Washington D.C. - not located in any state but in a district - carved from the states of Maryland and Virginia - chosen as nation’s capital in 1790

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