1. Infrastructure

2. Background You are the CEO of Nike. Your job is to create a trading plan for regional trade and global trade. Key Questions: 1. What kind of infrastructure is best for regional trade? Global trade? 2. Will you need multiple types of infrastructure to conduct trade regionally? Globally? 3. How do goods go from secondary levels of economic activity to tertiary?

3. Global Trade  Trade with other countries. –I bought shoes at the mall that were produced in the Dominican Republic. Regional Trade  Trade in the United States. –I bought fruit that was grown in California at Kroger.

4. Transportation Education Sanitation Services Task  Use p. 94 and define infrastructure.

5. Infrastructure Sketch or write real-life examples for the three other things required to keep an economy going… 1.Power 2.Communications 3.Water services

6. Google Earth Tour The Vice President of Transportation put together a Google Earth Tour for you to view to help you make your trading plan. While viewing the tour… 1.Have a book open to p. A6 so you can follow along. 2. Explain how the St. Lawrence Seaway works? 3. List the types of infrastructure that you see on the tour.

7. 3. In at least one complete sentence  Explain how Nike could ship shoes made in the Dominican Republic to Chicago using the St. Lawrence Seaway. Use p. A10 4. What is another shipping route in the US Nike could use to ship shoes made in the Dominican Republic? - Hint  You may need to transport the shoes by rail at the end.

8. St. Lawrence Seaway Major shipping route on the US and Canada border.Major shipping route on the US and Canada border.

9. Infrastructure Prediction You are the CEO of Nike. What types of infrastructure do you need to trade regionally? (within the US) What types of infrastructure do you need to trade globally? globally?

10. TypeExplanationExamples 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Infrastructure Data Sheet

11. 1. Ports Ports provide shipping routes that allow cities to import and export goods. Examples: Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco Ports near New York City

12. 2. Railroads Railroads provide bulk transportation from region to region. Example: Transporting cattle from Houston to Dallas by rail. Then from Dallas to Chicago by rail. DALLAS CHICAGO

13. 3. Interstate Highway System Highways provide ground shipping from region to region. Task  Write or sketch a real-life example of ground shipping.

14. 4. Technology Communication  Internet, Cell phonesInternet –How can businesses use these tools for global trade? Transportation  New construction improving roads and traffic –Example  I-10’s finished construction, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.

15. 4. Technology – Construction Background: There are three major ports on the Chesapeake Bay near Virginia and Maryland on the Atlantic Coastal Plains. - Norfolk, Virginia - Washington DC (capital of the US) - Baltimore, Maryland Chesapeake Bay

16. What would you do?

17. Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel – A construction project in Virginia where they built a tunnel under the Chesapeake Bay to allow large cargo ships and cars to travel over the same area.

18. Construction How does the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel help regional trade? How does it help global trade?

19. 5. St. Lawrence Seaway Major shipping route on the US and Canada border. Led to development of major cities because of trade and jobs.

20. Other types of infrastructure 6. Airports 7. Internet 8. Cell phones

21. Assignment Help Assignment Help Hint  Don’t confuse infrastructure with type of transportation. Infrastructure = Airports Mode of transportation = Infrastructure = Highways Mode of transportation =

22. Physiographic Regions A group of places with similar physical characteristics.