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PENNSVALLEY
Pacific Region
Lesson 40:
Natural Resources and Economy
of the Pacific Region
ACTIVITY:
Use the industry chart to answer the questions on the next page.
INDUSTRY CHART FORTHE PACIFIC REGION
Manufacturing/
Agriculture
Minerals
Services
California
Fruits, nuts,
Oil, natural gas,
Food processing, wineries,
vegetables, grapes,
sand, gravel
computers and electronics,
milk, beef, hay,
chemicals, transportation,
Greenhouse and
aircraft, motion pictures and
nursery products
television programs, tourism
Oregon
Potatoes, wheat,
Coal, sand, gravel
Food processing,
sugar beets and
lumber products,
vegetables,
machinery, computers/
livestock,
electronic equipment,
nursery stock, grass
tourism
seed, timber
Washington
Orchard fruits, vegetables,
Food products, wineries,
grapes for wine,
lumber and paper products,
timber, dairy products,
computers and software,
wheat, beef cattle, hay,
aerospace industries, tourism,
fishing
shipping and transportation
Alaska
Seafood and shellfish,
Oil, natural gas,
Petroleum products,
vegetables,
gold, silver, zinc
shipping and transportation,
Dairy products,
food processing,
subsistence hunting
lumber products,
and fishing, forests
tourism
Hawaii
Pineapples, sugar cane,
Tourism,
nursery stock/flowers,
food processing,
tropical fruit, livestock,
petroleum refining,
macadamia nuts, bananas,
U.S. defense industries
fishing
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline begins at Prudhoe Bay on the North
Slope. Using the Internet, draw the route of the pipeline on your
regional map.
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&
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