1. 5 Themes of the United States of AmericaBy
Ms. Smith

2. LOCATION Absolute Location: 38.8833° N, 77.0167° W
Relative Location: The United States is located to the west of the Atlantic Ocean and to the west of the Pacific Ocean. Canada is to the north of the United States and Mexico is to the south. It lays within the Northern and Western hemispheres.

3. PLACE The News From- The USA Today
The third-largest nation in the world
Possesses a land area of over 3.5 million square miles.
The physical features of the United States
Plains
Mountains
Approximately 250,000 rivers.

4. PLACE
Population: As of August 29, 2015, the United States had a population of 321,628,000
3rd most populated country in the world
Texas and California are the most populated states
New York City is the most populated city in the United States
Median Age: 36.8 years
Life Expectancy: 78.74
 At age 85 and older, there were more than twice as many women as men
Population Density: 71/sq mile.

5. PLACE Natural Hazards: Tornados Hurricanes Wild fires Flooding
Year
Type
Fatalities
Article
Location
2015
Wild fire 3
Okanogan Complex fire
Okanogan County, Washington
Flood 13
2015 Texas–Oklahoma floods
Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma
2014
Snow storm 24
November 2014 North American winter storm
Buffalo, New York, Great Lakes region
Tornado 35
April 2014 tornado outbreak
Nebraska,Louisiana,Oklahoma,Illinois,Florida, North Carolina
Mudflow 43
2014 Oso mudslide
Oso, Washington
Natural Hazards:
Tornados
Hurricanes
Wild fires
Flooding
Natural Resources: coal, copper, lead, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
World's largest coal reserves with 27% of the world's total

6. PLACE
State Flags:
Flag of the United States
Source:

7. HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
Current Environmental Issues:
Fracking- use of water to extract oil and gas
Irrigated Land:
920,149,600 acres as of
50 acres an hour are developed
Land uses:
Cropland, pastures, forest uses, special uses, urban area

8. MOVEMENT Imports $2.334 trillion in imports (2014)
agricultural products
industrial supplies 32.9%
capital goods 30.4%
consumer goods 31.8%
From where:
China 19.6%
Canada 14.6%
Mexico 12.3%
Japan 6.1%
Germany 5% (2013)
Exports:
$1.62 trillion in exports (2014)
agricultural products 9.2%
industrial supplies 26.8%
capital goods 49.0%
consumer goods 15.0%
To (as of 2013):
Canada 19%
Mexico 14.3%
China 7.7%
Japan 4.1%

9. MOVEMENT The Gaurdian (hyperlink)
According to Sarah Palin, a supporter of Donald Trump for President, immigrants to America should speak “American”, not their native language.
Jeb Bush, another Republican running for President, stated that he does not believe people in America should only speak English. His wife is Spanish and he speaks Spanish fluently.

10. REGION Continent: North America Climate:
Very different in each area of the USA
Greatest average rainfall amount-
237” in Little Port Walter, Alaska
Lowest average rainfall amount-
2.36” in Death Valley, California
Terrain: vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii

11. Guns, Germs and Steel
The United States is 15th in the world based on GDP-per capita.
GDP- per capita in 2014 was $54,800
When compared to Qatar (YOU WILL COMPARE TO THE USA!!!)
Qatar GDP- per capita $143,400
REASON #1-
Qatar’s main exports liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel.
These are high dollar exports compared to the USA.
REASON #2-
The unemployment rate in Qatar is .4% compared to the USA with 6.2%
This means more of the population is employed and this benefits the country with additional tax dollars and spending ability.
REASON #3-
In the USA, 15.1% of the population is below the poverty line.
In Qatar, 0% of the population is below the poverty line.
This requires the country to provide no tax dollars to welfare/unemployment allowing that money to help elsewhere.

12. SOURCES

13. Advanced - 4
Proficient - 3
Basic - 2
Minimal - 1
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