1. How did the construction of the transcontinental railroad and the expansion of the highway system in the United States influence the settlement of the West? 2. What were some of the impacts of manifest destiny on territorial expansion in the United States over the years? 3. How do the events that unfolded during and after the Haymarket riot in Chicago illustrate the power of nativism in the United States? 4. What is the theory of first effective settlement and how does it help to explain the residual impacts of the English settlers at Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay Colony on North American cultural landscapes? 5. What is a culture hearth—and how and why did the colonial-era New England culture hearth differ from the Pennsylvania culture hearth? 6. What are some examples that illustrate the relationship between topographic barriers and human settlement on the North American continent during the Euro-American era? 7. What evidence seen in the physical environment of a particular area indicate that it was shaped by continental glaciation in the past? 8. What is the name of at least one major river system that flows into the Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans? 9. Find a map online that depicts physical features of the U.S. and embed it into your PA document. 10. Describe one of the features of the map you found for question nine and tell how it was formed. 11. Discussion Board: What do you think the West Coast would look like today if it had been settled by the Chinese? Talk about the culture, language, dress, food, and what the relationship with the rest of the U.S. would be like. This is a link to a youtube video that can help answer some of these question: Ezzo, D. 2008. History of the Colonization of America Map. History of the Colonization of America Map. https://youtu.be/f1Im20BAtaQ (last accessed 2 March 2017). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Im20BAtaQ This is the book and chapter we are on: Chapter 2 Hardwick, S. W., F. M. Shelley, and D. G. Holtgrieve. 2013. The geography of North America: environment, culture, economy 2ed ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.