ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES How does geography affect economy Do

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES!! How does geography affect economy? ? ?

Do Now!! Put these words into the correct column, GEOGRAPHIC or ECONOMIC • Rural • Geographic Factors • Capital • Hemisphere • Continent • Consumer • Factors of Production Urban Entrepreneur Wants Labor Needs Oceans Latitude

Where You Live Affects How you Live!! • Geography affects everything you do, where you live, and even our economy!! Today we are going to talk about the GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS of Economy!

Remember What Economy is!!Who is a Producers? • * Economics studies how a societies’ PRODUCERS make goods and services to satisfy the CONSUMERS wants and Who is a needs. consumer?

What is a natural resource? • Oil • Gas • Salt • Sugar • Minerals • Gold • Copper • Silver

What natural resources might you find in a place like this?

What about here? What kinds of products could you produce?

Would this have an urban or rural population? What kinds of things could you produce?

Manufacturing and Trade Would manufacturing and trade take place In Urban or Rural Areas? * 1. What geographic factors do you see in this city? Name five URBAN cities where you might find this Manufacturing and trade.

Commercial Farming • \\ *This type of farming includes farming to sell. This is where most of the food in grocery stores come from! 2. What must the land be like in these areas? ? ? What states might this take place in? ? ? List four.

Forest Products (forestry) • *This is where your pencils and paper come from!!! 3. What landscape do you see in this picture?

Ranching and Grazing!! • 4. If you LOVE HAMBURGERS SAY: Ranching and Grazing, Yaaaayyyy! • *What does the land look like in this area? Why do you think cowboys have to move cattle so much?

#1 Manufacturing and Trade takes place in Urban areas with very high population. Which of the following geographic factors would you find in places with manufacturing and trade? A. Deserts B. Low Rainfall C. Rivers and Oceans D. mountains and valleys

#2 Remember that MANUFACTURING AND TRADE needs very Urban areas to be successful. Which of these states would have more MANUFACTURING and TRADE? A. Wyoming B. Nebraska C. New York D. Kansas

#3 Most of the COMMERCIAL FARMING in the United States takes place in the middle of the United States. Which of these geographic features would you NOT find in areas where there is COMMERCIAL FARMING. Use your map. A. Flat Land C. a good growing season B. High Rainfall D. Urban, high population

#4 To produce forest products, a region must have high rainfall, which of these states would you be able to produce forest products? A. Arizona B. Washington C. New Mexico D. Nevada

#5 For hundreds of years cowboys have driven cattle in the United States. This is called RANCHING and GRAZING Because of the dry climate and mountains, these large herds are always on the move. Which state might have RANCHING and Grazing? A. New York C. Florida B. Massachusetts D. Wyoming

Activity #1 Create the following Graphic Organizer States Texas Utah Pennsylvania Florida Economic Activity Geographic Factors Landscape

DOL-Answer in Complete Sentences • 1. Explain what the geographic factors are necessary for Commercial Farming. What does the land climate have to be like and Why? • 2. In order to have Manufacturing and Trade, explain what type of population density do you need? • 3. Explain what type of geographic factors would you find in a region that has Ranching and Grazing? • 4. Explain the geographic factors in an area with forestry products?

Warm Up: • Give an real life example of the following • 1. Capital • 2. Labor • 3. Entrepreneur • 4. Land resources

Let’s recap from yesterday! • Economic activities are activities that people do to provide for their needs and wants as well as earn money!! • Lets Look at some of the economic activities we talked about yesterday….

White board and markers needed • Tell me the answer on your whiteboards • Do not pick up the whiteboards until told • Give time to the other students to think about the answer.

What economy activity is this

What economic activity is this?

What kind of economic activity?

Which economic activity is this? What type of population density do you find in areas where there is Manufacturing and Trade?

What economic activity is this?

Turn and Talk • Talk to your neighbor about what kind of population density we find in places where there is commercial farming and Ranching in grazing. Why can’t you do this economic activity in large cities?

What kind of geographic landscape factor do you need for this economic activity

Subsistence farming: farm to keep for yourself

State #2 • This state is a Midwestern state. It has very low elevation. Climate consists of hot summer and cold winters. Average rainfall is around 55 inches a year. Agriculture is very important to this state which grow mostly corn and soybeans…

State #3 • Forests cover 50% of this state. Some areas receive as much as 160 inches of rain a year. It has hot summers and very cold winters…

Activity #1 1. What kind of economic activity does Mexico do in the 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. northern part of the country? What geographic landscape and climate factor explains this? What economic activity is done around Mexico City? What geographic landscape factor explains this? What is the country of Panama main economic activity? What geographic landscape factor explains this? What countries would you find Urban manufacturing and trade centers? What two economic activities does Guatemala do? What islands in the Caribbean do more than commercial farm?

DOL-Answer in Complete Sentences • 1. Explain what the geographic factors are necessary for Commercial Farming. What does the land climate have to be like and Why? • 2. In order to have Manufacturing and Trade, explain what type of population density do you need? • 3. Explain what type of geographic factors would you find in a region that has Ranching and Grazing? • 4. Explain the geographic factors in an area with forestry products?