Population Patterns of the Western Hemisphere Unit 2 Lesson 6 Population Patterns of the Western Hemisphere

Where are people likely to settle when they move to new areas? Settlement patterns are linked to physical features of the Earth as well as human features Where are people likely to settle when they move to new areas? Remember early settlements in the United States along the eastern seaboard. Prior to that time of settlement the Spanish explored coasts and traveled inland searching for gold.

coastal and inland waterways were early paths of exploration study maps in textbooks, historical atlases, or use other reference materials, following the paths of Dutch, English, French, and Spanish explorers. What other physical features, besides water, drew settlers to a specific area?

Where do people choose to live? Look at a map of the Western Hemisphere Where do you think few people would choose to live? Where will there be the highest population density? What other factors influence where people live?

Top Ten Cities in 1500 or 1600 Which cities appear on both lists and which ones changed. Look for patterns.

Top Ten Cities in 1500 or 1600 1500: · Beijing (China) ·        Vijayanagar (India) ·        Cairo (Egypt) ·        Hangzhou (China) ·        Tabriz (Iran) ·       Constantinople (Turkey) ·        Gaur (India) ·        Paris (France) ·        Canton (China) ·        Nanjing (China) 1600: ·        Beijing (China) ·       Constantinople (Turkey) ·        Agra (India) ·        Osaka (Japan) ·        Kyoto (Japan) ·        Hangzhou (China) ·        Paris (France) ·        Naples (Italy) ·        Cairo (Egypt) Bijapur (India).

“Land Facts” complete the “Land Facts” worksheet write and share with the class where in their selected countries they believe people would have settled and in what directions people continued their population movement in those countries

Megacity over half of the world’s population is urban discuss what this means Have you ever heard of a ‘megacity’? This is a designation given for a metropolitan area with a total population in excess of 10 million people.

10 largest megacities in the world as of the year 2000 ·        Tokyo, Japan 26.4 million ·        Mexico City, Mexico 18.4 million ·        Bombay, India 18.1 million ·        Sao Paulo, Brazil 17.8 million ·        Shanghai, China 17.0 million ·        New York City, USA 16.6 million ·        Lagos, Nigeria 13.4 million ·        Los Angeles, USA 13.1 million ·        Calcutta, India 12.9 million Buenos Aires, Argentina 12.6 million

, “Why do people live where they do?” quickly list answers to the question share their answers with a partner and discuss what you have written discuss what you have learned and how you might use this information in the future. Now write your answer in your notebook.