Regional Regional Landscape of the Landscape of the

United States United States and and

CanadaCanadaand …and …

Regional landscapes reflect the cultural Regional landscapes reflect the cultural characteristics of their inhabitants. This can characteristics of their inhabitants. This can be seen in the architectural structures used in be seen in the architectural structures used in a region, and in the statues and monuments a region, and in the statues and monuments of local, national, or global significance. This of local, national, or global significance. This is your assignment: Winston-Salemis your assignment: Winston-Salem

Let’s practice on other random places…Let’s practice on other random places…

Important cities Important cities (centers of culture and (centers of culture and trade)trade)

Washington DCWashington DC ChicagoChicago New York CityNew York City Los AngelesLos Angeles HoustonHouston

TorontoToronto MontrealMontreal OttawaOttawa QuebecQuebec Vancouver, Vancouver,

British ColumbiaBritish Columbia

Both have varied Both have varied climate regions—they climate regions—they range from the tundra range from the tundra in Alaska to a in Alaska to a

tropical wet tropical wet

climate in climate in

Hawaii!Hawaii!

Religious places such as Religious places such as mosques are culturally mosques are culturally preserved rather than preserved rather than destroyed because they are destroyed because they are valuable in the Eastern valuable in the Eastern culture. They are clustered culture. They are clustered in the Middle East and in the Middle East and Indonesia where Islam is Indonesia where Islam is prominent. They are prominent. They are scattered throughout North scattered throughout North America where people have America where people have relocated.relocated.

Churches-ChristianityChurches-Christianity

Just as Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and more, Christianity has ceremonies or sociofacts that need structures to celebrate these moments. This is my niece, Ava, who was baptized.

Picture taken by M Stanford

Scanned photo from St Teresa of Avila Church in Norristown, PA bulletin

Dwellings Dwellings (homes)(homes)

Roofs, change in climate, ideas…popular…Roofs, change in climate, ideas…popular…

http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/earthday2008/story.html?id=5e36c7d5-d240-4bbc-a035-3cef9bcb1d7f

http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/Colorado-Cabin-Stone-Lumber-HTOURS0206-de.jpg

Tin Roof aboveSolar panels left

Folk ArchitectureFolk Architecture

http://therealgalveston.com/

http://correresmidestino.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/first-nations-and-inuits.gif

Sharecropper Sharecropper homehome

Anne of Green Anne of Green Gables Canadian Gables Canadian FarmhouseFarmhouse

Statutes and MonumentsStatutes and Monuments

Many have Many have local, local, national or national or global global significancesignificance

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/travel/031229history.htmlPhoto by Laurie Williams Sowby

Canada’s Parliament Building and Canada’s Parliament Building and Independence HallIndependence Hall

http://www.buyusa.gov/harrisburg/76.jpg

Picture taken fall 2001 by M Stanford

Soccer fieldsSoccer fields

Amusement Amusement ParkPark

Pictures taken by M Stanford

Wheat fieldsWheat fields SkyscrapersSkyscrapers Shopping mallsShopping malls Bilingual signsBilingual signs Influence of Influence of

automobiles (ex. automobiles (ex. Gas stations, Gas stations, motels, interstate motels, interstate highways, drive up highways, drive up services)services)

Human interaction affects the Human interaction affects the environmentenvironment Deforestation—examples are the Deforestation—examples are the

Amazon Basin, Nepal, and Amazon Basin, Nepal, and MalaysiaMalaysia

Acid Rain—example is the Black Acid Rain—example is the Black Forest in EuropeForest in Europe

Decreased soil fertility—Example Decreased soil fertility—Example is the Aswan High Dam in Egyptis the Aswan High Dam in Egypt

Examples of other well know Examples of other well know monumentsmonumentsKaaba (Mecca), Western Wall Kaaba (Mecca), Western Wall

(Jerusalem), Church of the Holy (Jerusalem), Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Jerusalem), Sepulcher (Jerusalem), Washington Monument, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Kremlin Lincoln Memorial, Kremlin (Moscow), Statute of Liberty, (Moscow), Statute of Liberty, Virginia State Capital buildingVirginia State Capital building

KaabaKaaba

Western Wall (Wailing Wall)Western Wall (Wailing Wall)