Idenfity the following as a Push or Pull factor



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 Density Government Health Programs Types of Government Climate

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

_____Civil War 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

Given what you know about settlement patterns:

Describe the ideal place for a permanent settlement.

List factors that would hinder settlement.

Population Pyramids

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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.

Rocky Mountains

Appalachian Mountains

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

Continental Divide

Ohio River

Mississippi River

Mt. McKinley

Continental United States

Alaska

Hawaii

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

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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.

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

More Developed (Wealthy) Less Developed (Poor)

What is the single most effective thing a country can do to lower birthrate?

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US and Canada –

Population Patterns and Movement

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