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US/Canada Characteristics
Why are Canada’s climates generally so much colder than the climates of the United States?
Where do populations in US and Canada cluster?
Canada and the United States differ in their: (choose all that apply)
Population DensityGovernment Health Programs Types of GovernmentClimate
Which French speaking province is interested in gaining independence from Canada?
____T/F Most people of the United States and Canada are immigrants or their descendants.
Migration/Push-Pull Factors
What is the most important pull factor for people moving to the United States?
Immigration policies in the US and Canada:
____Allow refugees from countries with political conflicts and wars
____Invites technicians and scholars from every part of the world
____Discourage a diverse culture
____Does not welcome immigrants under any circumstances
Classify the PUSH/PULL factor as: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, or ENVIRONMENTAL
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_____CivilWar in Sudan
_____Communist Dictatorship in Cuba
_____Apartheid in South Africa
_____Genocide in Rwanda
_____Political Freedom
_____Irish Potato Famine
_____Religious freedom in the New World
_____Earthquakes in Ring of Fire
_____Drought kills all crops
_____Sugar Mill closing in Sugar Land
_____Food and Housing Shortages
_____Persecution of Jews in Germany
_____Healthy economy & job opportunities
_____Poverty in Less Developed Countries
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Given what you know about settlement patterns:
Describe the ideal place for a permanent settlement.
List factors that would hinder settlement.
Population Pyramids
Using the population pyramids above, explain the difference education of women would make in the shape of the pyramids (what would it look like before and after the education of women). Why?
What shape do most countries of the world look like?
Which of the above represent more developed countries?
Which of the above represent less developed countries?
Physical Features
Identify the following on the map. Explain the significance of each.
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Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Continental Divide
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Mt. McKinley
Continental United States
Alaska
Hawaii
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Regions
What is a formal region?
What is a functional region?
Define: urban; rural
What is urbanization?
A megalopolis is an urban area made up of adjoining cities and their suburbs. Using the map, describe what they all have in common.
Migrations in US History
For each of the different migrations that we read about in class, identify the push/pull factors that caused the migration for each. Where did each group go? (Use the maps and diagrams to help). What was the impact (financially, socially,…)?
- The Triangle Trade and Safe Passage
- Transportation: The Rail and Canal Era
- The California Gold Rush
- Settlers on the Frontier
- African-American Migration and Population, 1900-1940
- The Mexican Immigration Boom, 1910-1929
- Internal Migration During World War II
- Transportation: Interstates and Airplanes
- Routes of Illegal Immigration from Latin America
What does the graph above tell you about agriculture in the US? What would cause this decline in agriculture?
The Columbian Exchange
Use the graph below to answer the following questions.
What products were brought from the Old World (Europe, Africa, &Asia) to the New World (Americas)?
What are some positive results for the Americas from this exchange? Negative results for the Americas?
What products were brought from the New World to the Old World?
What are some positive results for the Old World from this exchange?
Demographic Indicators
Decide whether each indicator describes a more or less developed country. List them in the t-chart below.
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Higher GDP per capita
Lower GDP per capita
High % of population in agriculture
High literacy rate
Short life expectancy
Agricultural society
High tech jobs
Many factories
Low infant mortality
High number of children/woman
Modern technology
Efficient transportation system
Low % of population in agriculture
Low number of people/physician
Subsistence agriculture
Large working age population
Rural population
High number of people/physician
Oppressive government
Urban population
Long life expectancy
Low birth rate
High birth rate
High infant mortality
Land locked
Unfavorable climate
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More Developed (Wealthy)Less Developed (Poor)
What is the single most effective thing a country can do to lower birthrate?