Unit 4 Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

• describe North America's physical geography and how it affected European settlement and westward migration;
• describe the effects of colonization on the indigenous landscape of North America;
• discuss North America's role in globalization, including the effect of location and economic development;
• describe industrialization in North America, including its access to raw materials and its impact on the urban landscape; and
  
• identify changes that have occurred in North American cities, including how they relate to spatial patterns of inequality at the local level.