Chapter 5, Section 1



1. Rivers like the Mississippi in America help with trade processes as boats can be used to transport goods up and down the river. Coastal waters can be used for aquaculture and fisheries. Areas around America and Canada are rich with petroleum, minerals, and fossils fuels that could allow those regions to create several different products like gasoline and numerous metal compounds. Timber can also be found in several areas around these areas which could be used to build various structures.



2. Large rivers and the coastal regions of America and Canada play an important role in both countries. Rivers can be used for transporting goods, fishing, and can be used for easy, cheap, and clean water. Coastal regions of these countries can be used for aquaculture and for ports. All throughout America and Canada, there are many natural minerals, renewable resources and a large amount of fossil fuels that could make a very large profit.

Creative Writing: If I were on an airplane going from Virginia to Washington, the first major geographical feature I would see would be the eroded Appalachian Mountains stretching across to both sides of the horizon. Shortly afterward, I would being noticing some of the tributaries of the Mississippi River constantly joining together and picking up speed as they slowly become one river. From then until the Rocky Mountains, I would see almost nothing except the flatlands of the Great Plains and the Central Lowlands and the animals that inhabit it. Then I would see the seemingly endless landforms of the Rockies, along with (if I was taking a path near California) the Sierra Nevadas, the Great Basin, the Columbian Plateau, and finally the Cascade Range, where I would soon be able to see Seattle.