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The Cultural Geography of the United States and
CanadaMr. Marston
Dominion Christian High SchoolMarietta, Georgia
Geography Fall 2009
Chapter 6: The Cultural Geography of the United
States and Canada• Objectives• 1. Describe the peoples of the region,
and explain how physical geography affected population and economic development patterns
• Identify factors that led to the rise and expansion of the region
• Explain how culture reflects the region’s past, and discuss present-day educational and health care systems
Time for a little Canadian payback
• http://video.google.com/videosearch?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=active&q=Canadians%20making%20fun%20of%20americans&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iv&start=0#
Top 5 things Canadians admire about their country
• Maple leaf • Hockey • Canadian Flag • Beaver • Canadarm
Population Patterns
• Immigration: the movement of people into one country from another.
5% of the world’s population lives in the U.S. and Canada.
350 million U.S.35 million Canadians
“Indigenous peoples”
• “First Peoples” in Canada• Native Americans: well, they
happened to arrive a little earlier than the Europeans, but were they “native” or indigenous? Ehhh, No.
• Migrated to North America
Population Density and Distribution
• Canada: 8 people per square mile• U.S.78 per square mile
• Most Canadians live within a few miles of the border with the United States (most of the country is uninhabitable)
• Fastest growing part of U.S. is sunbelt (American south and southwest) Why??
Answer
• Economy• Mild climate (Hey Im tired of
shoveling snow)• Why are you Yankee types here?• Retirees
Additional Terms
• Urbanization: the concentration of population in cities.
• Most people in Canada and the U.S. live in urban areas. For what reasons?
• Metropolitan area: city with a population over 50,000 and outlying communities called suburbs.
• 80% of U.S. lives in metropolitan areas• 60% of Canadians live in metropolitan
areas
Important Cities
• Megapolis: super/mega city (NE United States)
• California: San Francisco to San Diego• U.S. (New York, Washington, D.C.,
Boston, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, and Seattle)
• Canada: Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa)
Future Trends
• U.S. and Canada have low birth rates
• Immigration accounts for most of population increase
National Anthems
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk&feature=fvw
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNc5YldLcHs&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBoItR59REQ&feature=related