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Published on Nov 18, 2015

Discovery-30 key terms

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RUST BELT

  • THE RUST BELT, LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN U.S., IS A LARGE INDUSTRIAL AREA DESIGNATED FOR OLDER FACTORIES
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THREE RIVERS

  • Three rivers is a park located in Pittsburgh PA. It is a waterfront park where three rivers meet.
Photo by UGArdener

LEBONON TRANSIT

  • The Lebanon transit is a company that helps transport people through bus transportation in Lebanon county. It also travels to Hershey/the Med center.
Photo by sludgegulper

WILLIAMSPORT

  • Williamsport is well known for the little league World Series, as it is the birthplace of little league baseball.

U OF PENNSYLVANIA

  • UPenn is an ivy league university located in Philadelphia. It is said to be the oldest university in America.
Photo by drquoz

CARNEGIE MELLON

  • CMU is a private college in Pittsburg, PA. It is ranked the 24th best university in the world (according to times higher education of London.)
Photo by elston

NAPA VALLEY

  • Located in California, it is one of the most popular wine regions in the world. Many people go to test out various types of wine.

SUN BELT

  • The sun belt is an area in America that stretches across the southeast and the southwest. This region is primarily warm year round.

MOTOR CITY

  • Motor city is located in Detroit and is where some of the biggest 3 United States car manufacturers are from.

CORN BELT

  • The corn belt is an area in the Midwestern U.S., where corn has been a substantial crop replacing various other plants. (Recently soybeans have also become important in this region)
Photo by Kay Gaensler

SILICON VALLEY

  • Located in the southern area of San Fran bay, Silicon Valley is home to many of the largest high-tech corporations in the world.

WHITE COLLAR

  • A white collar is a professional and usually has a college degree or high level training.
Photo by Tymtoi

BLUE COLLAR

  • someone in the working class such as labor or trades.

PINK COLLAR

  • Pink collars are in the service industry such as a waiter/waitress.
Photo by Alan Light

MANUAL LABOR

  • Manual labor is work that is done physically in contrast to factory work or work done by animals.
Photo by Hindrik S

YEN

  • Yen is the official currency of Japan.
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YUAN

  • Yuan is the official, former and present, currency in China.

RUBLE

  • Ruble is the official currency in Russia
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EURO

  • The Euro is the official currency of the Eurozone (which is 18 out of 28 states belonging to the European Union).

POUND

  • A pound is the official currency of England.
Photo by wwarby

MICROSCOFT

  • MICROSCOFT develops, manufactures, and sells computer software/technology items.
Photo by afagen

MACK TRUCKS

  • This is a truck manufacturing company and a former creator or buses and trolling. (Mack Brothers Company).
Photo by RyanP77

APPLE

  • Apple is a technology company that designs, creates, and sells many products such as consumer electronics.

RUE 21

  • Rue 21 is a clothing store for girls and boys (primarily teens) and is found to have affordable prices.

AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITERS

  • American Eagle is a popular clothing store for primarily teens and is found in many malls and outlets.

GOOGLE

  • A popular search engine.
Photo by Josh Bancroft

KODAK

  • a technology company that is focused on cameras.
Photo by VinothChandar

HEINZ

  • food and condiments such as ketchup. It's headquarters are in Pittsburg, PA.

AMTRAK

  • source of transportation to over 500 locations.
Photo by jurvetson

CLERGY

  • someone with strong religious beliefs with duties in the church.
Photo by Terry Hassan