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Geog 3101 Final
American West / Midwest Cities
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
05/11/2009

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Toledo, OH
Definition
Mouth of a river, Grew on glacial plain
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Cincinnati, OH
Definition
Major hog producing city, grew with corn belt
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St. Louis, Missouri
Definition
Starting point for explaination
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Kansas City, Missouri
Definition
Jumping off point for Southwest, flour milling and meat planting
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Springfield, Illinois
Definition
Capital city only
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Urbana-Champaigne, Illinois
Definition
University city
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Peoria, Illinois
Definition
Farm machinery manufacturing
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Detroit, MI
Definition
Automobile manufacturer, long narrow blocks
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Chicago
Definition
-lakeshore mostly parks
-stockyards to the south
-light manufacturing in NW corner
-heavy industry in SE corner and Indiana
-O'Hare airport in the NW
Term
Pine City, MN
Definition
rebuilt fur trading post
Term
Pulp and Paper
Definition
Grand Rapids, International Falls, Cloquet
Term
Manufacturing
Definition
Roseau County (windows and snowmobiles)
Little Falls (boats
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Duluth, MN
Definition
Ore and Grain shipping
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Kiwinah peninsula, MI
Definition
copper mine
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Yellowknife, Canada
Definition
Gold Mine
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McKenzie River
Definition
main highway of northern canada
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Churchill
Definition
Port developed by farmers for grain shipping
Frozen 9 months of the year
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Eskimo Point
Definition
Sealing is main way to gather food
People subsidized by the government
Term
Inuvik
Definition
McKenzie River Delta
Term
Toktyuktuk, Canada
Definition
Oil port
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Sorgum
Definition
Kansas and North Texas
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Wheat Production
Definition
Winter - Oklahoma, Kansas
Spring - Montana, North Dakota
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Warren Manfred
Definition
Centralizer of beef production in Southern US
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Garden City, Kansas
Definition
Major center of beef production
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SW Kansas and North Texas
Definition
Major meatpacking center
Term
Hog Production
Definition
South Central Oklahoma
Term
Potash
Definition
Saskatoon
Term
Oil
Definition
OK panhandle
Edmonton & Calgary
Term
Coal
Definition
NE Wyoming
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Denver, CO
Definition
Metropolis of Great Plains
Boarder between plains and rockies
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Tetons
Definition
Glaciated Mountain Peaks
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Valleys
Definition
U-Shaped = glacier
V-Shaped = stream
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Bingham Canyon Mine
Definition
Salt Lake City
Term
Colorado Plateau
Definition
Heavy Native American Population
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Grand Canyon
Definition
Colorado River, Northern Arizona
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Sante Fe, NM
Definition
Large Hispanic and Native Population
Term
Salt Lake City
Definition
Mormon Oasis
Term
Phoenix
Definition
Aerospace and Retirement
Term
Las Vegas
Definition
Casino Gambling
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Columbia Plateaus
Definition
Wheat Farming in Eastern Washington
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Yellowstone Nat'l Park
Definition
Geothermal features
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Potato Country
Definition
Southern Idaho
Term
Cascades Mountains
Definition
old volcanic peaks
Term
Mount St Helens
Definition
volcano in south washington
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Mount Mazama
Definition
erupted, formed crater lake
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Central Washington
Definition
apple orchards irrigated by snowmelt
hops producer
Term
Puget Sound
Definition
fjord from seattle to portland
Term
sawmills
Definition
central washington and oregon
Term
Portland, OR
Definition
Ships grain to Asian countries
Enviro-city
Term
Seattle, WA
Definition
Boeing is Seattle
Microsoft
Term
Seattle, WA
Definition
Boeing is Seattle
Microsoft
Term
Vancouver, Canada
Definition
Canadian port
3rd largest city
Term
Sierra Nevada
Definition
U-shaped Valleys (Yosemite)
Term
Central Valley
Definition
irrigated by snows of sierra nevada
damns hold snowmelt in reservoirs
Term
Selenis Valley
Definition
Bill Ramsey is "Mr. Broccoli"
Grow up to 3 crops of veggies per year
Cotton is a secondary crop
Term
Grapes
Definition
Table grapes grown in southern part of central valley
Term
Wine Vineyard
Definition
Napa Valley - North of San Francisco Bay
Finest valleys in the world
Term
Imperial Valley
Definition
Both in Mexico and Cali
Major Specialty crop area
Mildest winters in USA
Below sea level
Alfalfa growing for dairy lots in LA
Term
Los Angeles, CA
Definition
Military Aerospace manufacturing
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Hollywood, CA
Definition
North LA - Entertainment production
Term
LA Clothing and Furniture
Definition
Eastern part of LA
Term
Signal Hill Oil Field
Definition
Just south of Downtown area
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Long Beach, CA
Definition
20 miles south of LA
Largest port in LA
Term
San Fernado Valley
Definition
NW of main downtown area, swallowed by LA
Term
Dry Lot Dairy Farms
Definition
Originated in LA, moved to the east continually as the city swallowed up the land used by dairy farmers
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San Diego, CA
Definition
Superb Harbor used by Navy's aircraft carriers
Large military retirement center
Term
San Francisco Bay Area
Definition
"Golden Gate" entrance to harbor
One of the finest harbors in the world
Banking Capital of the gold rush
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Oakland
Definition
Continental side of the bay
Blue Collar twin of San Francisco
Term
San Jose
Definition
Center of high technology
"Silicon Valley"
"Tokyo California"
Term
Hawaii
Definition
formed by hot spot on ocean floor
heavy rain on east side, little rain on west
Term
Oahu
Definition
Most populous island
Home of pearl harbor - Large military presence
Term
Honalulu
Definition
Wakiki beach is main attraction for tourists
Surfing capital
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