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.