Chapter 18

Hawaii

Hawaii's most valuable crops are sugar and pineapples but coffee, macadamia nuts, avocados, bananas, guavas, papayas, and tomatoes are also grown. Louisiana's major crops include sugar cane, rice, soybeans, cotton, corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peaches, strawberries and melons.

Tourism in Hawaii is one of their largest industries unlike Louisiana. The production of minerals (oil and natural gas) and chemical processing make up the largest industries in Louisiana. Tourism is still important to their economy; New Orleans French Quarter, the Cajun Country, plantation homes, Jazz, Mardi Gras, swampland tours, hiking and camping are some of the major tourist attractions in Louisiana.

Sources:

http://www.netstate.com/economy/hi_economy.htm

http://www.netstate.com/economy/la_economy.htm

http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/A643749E-01FC-4C2A-B841-0127FB4B329B/76680/LouisianaCropsNewsletterVol1Issue1March2010headeri_w200.jpg 
http://doa.louisiana.gov/about_economy.htm 
http://cicotello.com/Pictures%20and%20Information/USA/States/Louisiana/Welcome%20to%20Louisiana%20sign.jpg

Chapter 16

The North Pacific Coast

Louisiana does not have a lot in common with the North Pacific Coast. This area is a land of high mountains and rugged terrain and Alaska's McKinley mountain is the tallest mountain that peaks at 20,300 ft. 

From the peak of Driskill Mountain

The North Pacific coast is wet, the highest average precipitation on the continent is found here. Annual precipitation in the North Pacific Coast is 75 inches. In Louisiana, the annual precipitation averaged 65 inches between 1981 and 2010.

Rainy day in New Orleans

Sources:

http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Louisiana/average-yearly-precipitation.php
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/From_the_peak_of_Driskill_Mountain.jpg 
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lps3451u7r1qb62c4o1_500.jpg

Chapter 15

California

California and Louisiana have very little in common. First, the elevation from lowest to highest is extreme in CA, the tallest point is Mt. Whitney which peaks at 14,505 ft vs. Louisiana's 535 ft Driskill mountain. Death Valley is 282 ft below sea level and it is the lowest in the United States, New Orleans is a mere 8 ft below sea level. The mean elevation in California is 2800 ft higher than Louisiana. California is home to the tallest trees in the world (Redwoods), earthquakes are common and smog consumes the metropolitan areas unlike Louisiana.

Ethnicity in California is made up of 38% Hispanic or Latino and 62% non-Hispanic or Latino people. Race is split into 58% white, 6% black, 13% Asian, 1% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 17% other and 5% identified by two or more races. In Louisiana, the majority of the population is split into white and black. 63% of the population are white, 32% are black.

Sources:

http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/mapcom/ca_mapscom.htm

http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/la_geography.htm

http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=22

http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06

http://geology.com/lakes-rivers-water/california-elevation-map.jpg

http://geology.com/lakes-rivers-water/louisiana-elevation-map.jpg

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Chapter 14

The Southwest Border Area: Tricultural Development

This area is distinguished by coexisting Spanish Americans, American Indians and northwestern Europeans. The Spanish population coexisted for 250 years before the Anglos trickled in the middle of the 19th century. Louisiana was controlled by Spain between 1763 to 1800. Spanish culture makes up part of the creole identity; it refers to people of French and Spanish descent born in Louisiana.  

A group of Hispanic people who refer to themselves as "Isleños" (islanders) are descendants from the Canary Islands who live in the St. Bernard Parish. Today, the heritage is preserved by the Los Isleños Heritage and Cultural Society who maintain an Isleños museum and multi-cultural village. They are also dedicated to preserving the Spanish language, legends, crafts, customs, folklore, rituals, music and history.

Young Isleño descendants and society members do a traditional folk dance.

Sources:

http://www.mystatehistory.com/la/book/ch_1_4.pdf

http://www.losislenos.org/ 

http://www.louisianacreole.com/db3/00222/louisianacreole.com/_uimages/La.jpg

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/es/la/es_la_islenos_1_e.jpg

Chapter 13

The Empty Interior

Population density is very low in
this area that spans from Texas
to Alaska. The land extends 1000
miles east to west in the southern
section and 375 miles in the
northern  section. The East
of the empty interior is marked
by the Rocky Mountains, the West
by the Sierra Nevada-Cascades-
Coast Range mountains and the
Alaska and Brooks ranges in the
north. Most people are of northern
European origin, Hispanics and
American Indians form significant
proportions in the south.




Unlike Louisiana, mountains in the empty interior span up to 3,000 ft high. Sagebrush is a dominant low elevation species. The wildlife populations consists of buffalo, elk, white-tailed deer and wild turkeys. These animals attract both tourists and hunters. In Louisiana, hunting includes deer, waterfowls, doves, turkeys and alligators.

The Mormon population makes up 70% of Utah and 1 in 7 people in the Empty Interior. In Louisiana, Catholics and Baptists are the majority.

Sources:
Regional Landscapes of the United States and Canada. Birdsall, Stephen; Palka, Eugene; Malinowski, Jon; Price, Margo.
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/hunting
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