Transcript Metropolitan area

Warm-up
Observe the picture to the below and
explain what might cause the black
sections at night. Give 3 reasons.
Warm-up (follow-up)
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What would the bright 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
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.