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Warm-upObserve the picture to the below
and explain what might cause the black sections at night. Give 3 reasons.
Warm-up (follow-up)
• What would the bright yellow yellow parts represent?• What areas would be represented in blue on the U.S?• Where are most of the yellow? Least of the yellow?• Where do you find yellow in Canada?
•5% of the world’s population live in the United States and Canada
•303 million in the U.S.A
•33 million in Canada
•Immigrants- the movement of people into one country from another
• Immigrants probably moved into the region from Asia 1000s of years ago (via the BERING Strait)
•Today their descendants are known as Native Americans
•The populations of the United States and Canada are among the world’s most diverse? Why?????
•Some came to America to seek political and religious freedom, others fled wars or natural disasters
Canada’s Population Density = 8 per square mile
About 90% of Canadians live along the U.S borders
United States Pop Density = 77 per square mile
Northeast and Great Lakes area most densely populated and historic areas of American commerce and industry, least
dense
More people live in California than any other state
Using the map on the next slide what areas appear to have the most density?
Sunbelt- nickname given to the mild climate region of Southwest U.S.
What are the states?
Urbanization- the concentration of population in cities
Metropolitan area- a city with a population of at least 50,000 and outlying communities called suburbs
example: houston
Suburbs- outlying community around a city
Example: Sugar Land, Richmond, Stafford, etc.
•80% of the population of the
United States lives in 276 metro areas
•Canada’s 25 metro areas are home to about 60% of the
population
“Super City” made up of several large cities
Nicknamed BOWASH- includes Boston, N.Y.C,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.
Home to about 42 million people
WHERE ELSE IN THE U.S. WOULD YOU FIND A MEGAOPOLIS??
Washington D.C, Miami, New Orleans, Houston, Los Angeles,
Vancouver
Most major cites are along the Coastline and inland waterways
Which major cities have sports teams and why????
•Like earlier immigrants people of North America enjoy
their mobility
•Mobility- the freedom to move
from place to place
•In a typical year 1 in 6 Americans relocates
POWER POINT WRAP UP
• GIVE THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE THE U.S. AND CANADA’S POPULATION
• GIVE THREE SENTENCES THAT DESCRIBE THE U.S. AND CANADA’S POPULATION
• GIVE THREE NEW WORDS YOU LEARNED ABOUT POPULATION AND USE THEM IN A SENTENCE.