Ogt Geography[1]

OGT Geography

10th Grade Social Studies

Learning TargetsYou WILL be able to:

A. Interpret data to make comparisons between and among countries and regions including birth rates, death rates, infant mortality, GDP, and education levels

B. Explain how perceptions and characteristics of geographic regions in the U.S. have changed over time

C. Analyze the geographic processes that contributed to changes in American society

Places and Regions in the U.S. 5 main regions

Northeast Midwest West Southwest South

Northeast Industrialization Urbanization Canals and Railroads Factories pop up

along rivers Steel production

helped to spread railroads

Midwest Farmland River valleys Central and Great

Plains Industrial and

Transportation center Meatpacking Steelmaking Chicago

West Railroads developed

Mostly Chinese Immigrants

Gold Mining Irrigation for water

sources

Southwest Ranch lands Cattle industry River damming Oil Major cities-Los

Angeles, Houston, Oklahoma City

South Very agricultural

Cotton and Tobacco

Jim Crow laws prevailed until Civil Rights

What affects People and Geography?

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Factors Agriculture Industry Natural Resources Social Changes

Ethnic groups language

Standards of living GDP-Gross Domestic

Product High GDP=longer

life expectancies (how long people live)

Infant mortality rates (deaths per 1,000 live births)

Literacy rates- those above 15 who can read and write

Standard of living-economic level achieved by those living in a nation

Human Development Index Measure of the standard of living

Ranks nations in terms of overall quality of life Top: Norway/Sweden Bottom: Sierra Leone (civil war)

Shifts in Population Population

pyramids show the relationship between population and GDP.