Brain Boost: Get with a partner and review the STUDY GUIDE from last class POPULATION TEST TODAY!!!!!

 Where do you live now?  How long have you lived there?  Have more people moved in around you or away from you?  Have you ever lived somewhere else?  Why do some places have lots of people and some places have very few?

 Human population characteristics differ over time and from region to region because of  Environment  Natural Resources  Borders  Climate/ Weather  Natural Dangers  What else???

PUSH FACTORSPULL FACTORS  Factors or causes with which people tend to be pushed away or repelled from certain locations  Factors or conditions that attract people to a particular location

 Site: Site is defined as the actual location of a city  Situation: Situation is another name for relative location or the location of a city with respect to other geographic features, regions, resources, and transport routes

 Police Department  Fire Department  Rescue Services

 Jerusalem-religious center for Muslims, Jews, and Christians  Rome-religious center for Roman Catholic Christians  Varanasi, India-religious center for Hindus  Mecca, Saudi Arabia-religious center for Muslims  Local Cities-site of churches, mosques, temples, synagogues

 New York City-trade center for eastern U.S. and foreign trade  Tokyo, Japan-trade center for japan and foreign trade  Local cities-trade centers for local trade

 Local cities-seat of local government  Richmond, Virginia-seat of Virginia State government  Washington, D.C.-seat of national government

 Businesses and Factories- tend to be located in or near cities

 Once served as the capital of Brazil, the capital was moved from Rio De Janeiro to Brasilia

 First function was as a defense fort, the function of the city has changed to the steel industry because of its location at the confluence of two rivers, the Monongahela and Alleghany Rivers, it is presently a manufacturing and finance center with numerous service industries

 Trade has shifted from just local coastal trade to include trade with the Great Lakes region via the Erie Canal; it is presently a worldwide trade and financial center

 Gold, silver, coal etc. Mining towns are often abandoned after the resources are depleted, leaving the towns as “ghost towns”; resource depletion has a negative impact on the environment

Complete WG. Pre-Test and ANY MISSING WORK! Ask me if you have missing work!

Start, we will finish next class. Leave in folder!