1. Key Features and Regions U.S. and NC Geography

2. What is a REGION? places that have similar characteristics that make them different from surrounding areas What are some things that might define a region?

3. Different Types of Regions Vernacular Regions: imprecise, not a formal name for a region, the sense of place that is revealed in ordinary people's language; examples: the southern part of NC, the far west Formal Region: precise, a formal name given to it Examples: The Piedmont Region, The Coastal Plain Region, The Southeast, The Northeast, The Midwest Functional Regions: regions with similar activity Examples: The Corn Belt, The Rust Belt, a cell phone tower region, an airplane route region, tobacco road

4. NC’S 3 Formal Geographic Regions

6. Atlantic Coastal Plain: Location NC’s Coastal Plain is a part of a larger plain that extends down the east coast of the U.S.

7. Coastal Plain known for it beaches This is Sunset Beach, NC

8. NC Outer Banks

9. Coastal Plain Loam Soil

10. Appalachian Mountains

11. NC Mountains: A Small Part of Appalachian Mountain Chain Appalachian Mountains : Chief mountain system of eastern North America, and oldest U.S. mountains. Blue Ridge Mountains Eastern ranges of the Appalachian Mountain System, extending from southeastern Pennsylvania to Northern Georgia. Grandfather mountain most famous. The name comes from the blue tone of the forested slopes when seen at a distance. Black Mountains : A range of mountains in North Carolina that includes Mt. Mitchell, Mount Craig, and Balsam Cone, some of the highest peaks of the Appalachian Mountains. Those mountains are a part of Pisgah National Forest, northeast of Asheville. Great Smoky Mountains Form the boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina. They got their name from the misty haze that often hovers.

12. Piedmont: red-clay soil and rolling hills

13. RegionsResourcesAffect on Settlement Affect on Economy MountainsRocky soil; cold weather; lots of gems and minerals; animals; lakes Hard to farm because of rocky soil and cold weather; hard to get to People worked with minerals and gems, some farming, fishing, hunting PiedmontRocky red-clay soil, lots of building materials, rolling hills, lots of good rivers Hilly and hard to reach, smaller farms because of rocky soil People used building materials for trade, people fished in rivers, farming Coastal PlainGood loam soil, flat land, moderate weather Easy to get to and easy to farm Lots of big farms, fishing

15. U.S. Geographic Features

16. SoutheastNortheastMidwestSouthwestNorthwest climatewarm- humid- moderate cold with cooler summers Upper Mw=cooler climate Hot and dryMarine (rainy and cool), very cold in places terrainFlat coastal plains and piedmont, few mountains, fertile soil rocky soil, small mtns on coast Fertile soil, rocky soil around Rocky Mountains Desert-like in places, rocky, dry soil Wet, mountainous, rocky landformsCoastal plain, App. Mtns, Intercoastal Waterway, Gulf Coast, Hudson River, Erie Canal, App. Mtns, Intercoastal Waterway Great Lakes, Great Plains, Missouri River, Mississippi River, Ohio River Grand Canyon, Rio Grande River, Colorado River, Mohave Desert, Sierra Nevada Mtns., Rocky Mtns, Salt Lake Rocky Mtns, Olympic Mtns, statesNC, SC, VA, AL, FL, GA, TN, KY, MS NY,NJ,VT,ME, CT,RI,NH MI,WI,OH,IL, KS, MO, AZ,TX,NM, NV,CA CA,WA,OR, MN, CO,SD, ND, IA

17. Climate Map

20. Immigration Human Characteristics

21. Populations in regions http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/

26. Asian Immigration Many Chinese immigrated to the U.S. (California mainly) between 1870-1890 due to the Industrial Revolution in search of jobs and because of the California Gold Rush. Nativist Americans complained that Chinese were cutting in on “their” gold and taking away American jobs. This led to the Chinese Exclusion Act which banned Chinese immigration for 10 years.

29. Political views change over time http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral- college/map/historic.html#1976 http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral- college/map/historic.html#1976

30. Lack of deep water ports limits NC’s slave populations

31. Lack of roads and infrastructure limits NC’s growth 1600s-early 1700s: Few counties are created in Carolina, and Lords Proprietors cannot convince people to move here because: Poor roads, lack of deep ports, and high taxes. Not to mention they had no way to protect anyone from Indian attacks or pirate attacks. (Tuscarora War, 1711) Plus, lots of political conflict going on: Anglicans and Quakers conflict leads to Cary’s Rebellion in 1712

32. Policies are human characteristics that can affect migration and immigration too: Indian Removal Act, 1830s

35. http://www.history.com/topics/trail-of-tears