Chapter Objectives

After reading and studying this chapter you should be able to:

1. Understand the label "Anglo America" and the language make up of the region.

2. Identify Anglo America's share of the world's GDP and how the region compares with Western Europe and Japan.

3. Describe the colonial period and its impacts on native Americans.

4. Outline Anglo America's wealth of natural resources.

5. Explain manufacturing structures and processes that helped the U.S. achieve rapid economic growth.

6. Differentiate Canada from the U.S.

7. Define gentrification and describe its consequences for urban areas.

8. Understand the growing gap between rich and poor people in the U.S.

9. List characteristics of affluent living in the United States of America.

10. Examine the range of natural environments within the U.S. and Canada.

11. List the numerous natural hazards that afflict Anglo America.

12. Define the Megalopolis region.

13. Compare and contrast the Midwest and the Great Plains region with the South region.

14. Trace the history of changing origins of immigrants to the U.S.

15. Outline the broad historical patterns of economic development in the U.S.

16. Understand Canada's relationships with the U.S.

17. List the problems facing Canada's Atlantic Provinces.

18. Compare and contrast the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.

19. Discuss the characteristics of American and Canadian urban areas.

20. Identify the future prospects of the U.S. and Canada.

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