Agenda 1. Warm-Up 2. Discuss Population Patterns 3. CLOSE Reading- Immigration

Warm-Up 1. How would you describe the climate of the Great Planes region? 2. What affect did Hurricane Katrina have on the Gulf Coast region?

Population Patterns: North America 6-1

The People Immigration constant theme in history of U.S. and Canada Contain 5% of world’s population Native Americans immigrated from Asia 1000’s of years ago European came for economic, religious, social freedom Most recent wave is from Asia and Latin America

Population Density and Distribution Canada has density of 8 peo./sq. mile U.S. 78 90% of Canada’s pop along boarder with U.S. U.S. and Can. Dense along great lakes b/c of poor soil of Canadian Shield Other areas of high density in U.S.: Northeast, Sunbelt, Pacific Coast American Southwest fastest growing part of country

The Cities N. America has become urbanized in recent history Most people live in metropolitan areas and their suburbs 80% of Americans live in 276 metro areas & 60% of Canada lives in 25

Coastal Cities Port of New Orleans Vancouver, B.C., Canada Most population centers in coastal areas Megalopolis of Boswash has 42+ million people Port cities important to econ include Miami, New Orleans, Houston Pacific Coast cities gateway to Pacific Rim Vancouver handles vast majority of Canadian trade with Asia

Inland Cities Rivers, lakes waterways promoted settlement Helped fuel region’s rapid industrialization St. Lawrence River used by Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal Great Lakes home to Detroit, Megalopolis of Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland St. Louis major city along Mississippi River Dallas was agriculture/trading center