#19 The Future of North America

San Diego will encounter some environmental issues in the future. The issues include pollution, global warming, and shortages of natural resources. The San Diego population will also increase as the years go by. Life expectancies continue to rise in the United States. For the economy, tourism will still be helping San Diego. "North America in the 21st century is a dynamic and vibrant place, and it is a place that will undoubtedly play a critical role in developing a sustainable future." (374)

# 17 Hawi'i

Hawi'i the state, is part of a group of chained islands on the Pacific Ocean. These Islands were tops of volcanoes formed as they moved over hot spots. The Pacific Ocean is what separates San Diego and Hawi'i. The weather there can vary. It could snow on one volcano and be tropical on another volcano. It could  have heavy rainfall as well as being dry. The Climate is affected by the trade winds. In 1940 Hawi'i became the world's leading producer of pineapples.

#16 The Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest region includes Oregon, Washington and parts of Alaska. It's cut off from the rest of North America. For example the Klamath Mountains divides southern  Oregon from northern California. San Diego is further south, which is not part of this region. There is more rainfall in this area than in San Diego. Russian explorers  were the first settlers to explore. San Diego had Spanish explorers.

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#15 California

San Diego is part of the state of California. The most famous fault is the San Andreas fault. San Diego is close to this fault. San Diego is part of the Peninsular Ranges, which is one of California's landform regions. The climate varies across California, but they follow the same seasonal trends. California became part of the United States in 1848 after the Mexican War. According to the textbook, "San Diego has long been the site of major naval installations and the Navy remains one of the city's major employer. San Diego is a gateway to Mexico, since it's close by. San Diego is part of the five largest metropolitan areas in California.

#14 MexAmerica

MexAmerica stretches from parts of California to parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. San Diego is part of this region. The common climate in this region is that a some point it gets hot and dry throughout the year. San Diego is strongly influenced by Mexico's culture. This whole region is influenced being close to Mexico.

#13 The Intermontane West

The Intermontane West stretches from the west of the Rockies to the west of the Sierra Nevadas and Cascade ranges. It also stretches from Canada to Mexico. San Diego is in the Intermontane West region. Just like San Diego the Intermontane West had Native American settlers, Spanish and Mexican settlers. Tourism is a major economic activity. Although San Diego is the region, it is not part of the five largest metropolitan areas.

#12 The Rocky Mountain Region

The Rocky Mountains extends about 2,000 miles from New Mexico to northeastern Canada. According to the textbook The Geography of North America, "Some parts of the region get more days of sunshine per year than San Diego. (231) Fur trappers from Europe were the first to explore in this region. Today recreation, tourism and government  have replaced mining as the regions economic focus. As San Diego, this region has large population of Latinos. The population has been increasing for Latinos in this region.

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#11 The Great Plains

San Diego was not part of the Great Plains region. Native American groups have lived in the Great Plains before European settlers arrived. Most of the Great Plains region was acquired by the United States through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The first settlers arrived in the 1800's. During the 19th and 20th century, farming was the foundation of the Great Plains. Wheat is major crop grown and used.

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#10 The Coastal South

The Coastal South is the land along the coast of the golf of mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive to the places like Florida just like San Diego.  Although San Diego is not part of the Coastal South, they do have similarities.  Tourism has contributed to the Coastal South's economy. Places like Walt Disney World in Orlando or the American Airlines Area, home of the Miami Heat attract tourist that are visiting.  San Diego tourism sites as stated before places like the San Diego Zoo attract tourist.

#9 The Inland South

The Inland South incudes Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, parts of Missouri, Louisiana and Texas. It is common for this region to experience flash floods.  In San Diego, flash floods are not common.  In this region, events like the Civil War took place.  This was the area were slavery was legal, this was also where many civl right movements occurred. During the 1960's-1970's, NASCAR mostly took place in the Inland South.  This is where it gained its popularity.

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#8 The Great Lakes and Corn Belt

The Great Lakes and Corn Belt is known to be the Agricultural Core. The Agricultural Core is the area of cultural intensity, of rural and small town. (ppt slide 2). There are eight states that are located with this region. They are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri.
"Late 19th Century the Great Lakes and Corn Belt becomes the leading heavy-industry region in the U.S." (158).  This region had family farms, they are farms run by an individual family.  San Diego benefits through this be receiving the products mad by this region.  

#7 Megalopolis

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Megalopolis covers from Maine down to Delaware and a part of Virginia.  San Diego also does not fall under this region.  In the textbook, "Megalopolis is occasionally threatened by hurricanes that sweep northward along the atlantic coast." (131).  Megalopolis gets heavy snow and blizzards during the winter. San Diego does not see these conditions during the winter.  Megalopolis has multiple big cities in the region, while San Diego is only one big city by itself.

#5 The Atlantic Periphery 

The Atlantic Periphery does not apply to San Diego. San Diego is on the opposite side, which is the West Coast. The region the Atlantic Periphery is under, summer are normally cool to mild and in the winter it's cold and snows.  It is rare to see snow in San Diego throughout the year. San Diego does get precipitation, that is one similarity it has to the Atlantic Periphery. "The culture of the Atlantic Periphery has been influenced by it's settlement patterns and it's physical environment." (101) San Diego has influence from the physical environment and the settlor's from the past. Just like the Atlantic Periphery, tourism is popular during the summer for San Diego.  Tourist can head out to the beach or visit the famous Sea World.

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#4 North American Political Economy

There are different economic sectors that different cities in the United States can fall under.  San Diego can belong to the Quaternary & Tertiary sector. It falls under the Quaternary sector due to having the Marine corps and Navy around. San Diego also is Tertiary due the tourism.  Tourist come to San Diego to visit such places as Legoland and the San Diego Zoo. In 2010 San Diego was still part of the ten largest city in the United States. 

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#3 Historic Settlement

 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claimed the area that is now known as San Diego, California in 1541. San Diego became a part of of Mexico in 1821. In 1850 San Diego was apart of the United States after the Mexican American War. There was recorded human activity evidence as far back as 25,000 years ago. The Chumash group settled along the coast during that time in history. The Spanish were the first settlers from Europe to arrive in this part of the United States.  This city got its name in 1602, which was named after San Diego bay.  

#2 Environmental Setting

San Diego lies on the Pacific Plate. It is also part of the San Andreas fault, which this fault begins from the Salton Sea all the way to San Francisco. Earthquakes are common on this area of the United States. It is part of the complexsoil region when it comes to growing crops. San Diego has Mediterranean climate. San Diego mostly precipitation and has dry summers. The bioregion it is a part of is the Californian region.

#1 Introduction:          

San Diego home to 1.38 million residents, is the eighth largest city in the United States. It is part of California, the largest U.S. state by population. San Diego is the second largest city in this state, it is also part of Southern California. This city is 120 miles south of Los Angeles and just twenty miles north of Mexico.  According to the textbook, Joel Garreau has San Diego falling in the MexAmerica region.      

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