1. The United States and Canada
TEST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17!!!

2. Do NOW!! What is the cartoonist’s point of view?
What is renewable energy?
What is non renewable energy?
How does this cartoon relate to energy?

3. How do people in the USA/Canada Depend on their Environment?
Food
Water
Shelter
Oxygen
energy

4. How do people in USA/Canada Modify their environment?
Dams
Large Scale Agriculture for food production
Manmade waterways
Hoover Dam is a source of Hydroelectric power
St. Lawrence Seaway is a valuable set of canals that help with shipping of products throughout the US and Canada

5. Modification Political Cartoon
Optic
Overview
Parts
Title
Inference
Conclusion

6. How do people in the USA/Canada Adapt to their environments?
Beach homes on stilts
Think Pair Share:
Look at your physical maps of US/Canada in your notebook. What other ways may humans need to adapt to their environment?

7. Environmental Issues Gallery Walk
In a group of 4, you will be given a folder. In the folder are readings/images/cartoons about different ways that humans modify their environments in the United States and Canada
Your job is to INTERPRET the information and input your responses into the Graphic Organizer.
You can work with your group, everyone needs to see EVERY handout.
You will have about 4-5 minutes per section.

8. Migration

9. In the beginning…..
Humans in north America migrate here from Asia through the BERING STRAIT (land bridge)
Came in search of food

10. Early Settlement in the US/ Canada: Where did people settle?

11. Major International Migration Patterns, Early 1990s
Why do people migrate?
Push Factors
Pull Factors
Emigration and immigration
Change in residence.
Relative to origin and destination.
Major International Migration Patterns, Early 1990s
Slide graphic courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Hofstra University

12. World Migration Routes Since 1700
Source: adapted from Getis et al. (1991) “Introduction to Geography”. 3rd edition.
European
African (slaves)
Indian
Chinese
Japanese
Majority of population descended from immigrants
Slide graphic courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Hofstra University

13. Ellis Island National Monument
U.S. Immigration
Prior to 1840, 90% of U.S. immigration was from Britain
Two Big Waves:
: W. and N. European transitioning to Southern and Eastern European by 1910
Irish (potato famine in 1840s) and Germans
During 1900s: Italians, Russians, Austria-Hungary (Czech, Poland, Romania, etc.)
Today: Asians and Latin Americans; declining Europeans
Asians: China, India; 1980s -1990s: Phillipines, Vietnam, and South Korea
Latin America: Mexico, Dom. Rep., El Salvador, Cuba, Haiti
1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act admitted former illegals in 1990,
Ellis Island National Monument

14. Ellis Island National Monument
U.S. Migration
Prior to 1840, 90% of U.S. immigration was from Britain
Three trends:
Destinations of U.S. Immigrants - ethnic neighborhoods often result of chain migration
Mexicans: California, Texas, Illinois, New York
Caribbean: Florida or New York
Chinese and Indians: New York & California
Other Asians: California
Armenians: ????
Ellis Island National Monument

15. U.S. Immigration Policies
1882, Bars Asian immigration for ten years (extended)
1921, Quota Act - country by country quotas
1924 National Origins Act - country by country quotas
1965, Immigration Act - quotas for countries replaced, in 1968, with hemisphere quotas of 170, 000 for East and 120,000 for West
1978, Immigration Act - global quota of 290, 000
1980, Refugee Act - quotas do not apply to those seeking political asylum
1986, Immigration Reform and Control Act admitted large numbers of former illegals.
1990, Immigration Act raised global quotas to roughly 675,000
1995, visas issued Preferentially:
480,000 - to relatives of people here
140,000 - to those with special skills and education
55,000 - to diversity candidates (i.e., mostly not from Latin Amer. or Asia)
Current Total: 675,000

16. U.S. Immigration Patterns

17. US Population by Race and Ethnicity, 1990-2050
Source: US Census Bureau.
Slide graphic courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Hofstra University

18. Top 10 Countries of Origin for US Legal Immigrants, 1998
Source: INS.
Slide graphic courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Hofstra University

19. Illegal Aliens in the United States by Country of Origin, 1996 (in 1,000s)
About 5.0 million undocumented immigrants were residing in the United States in October 1996, with a range of about 4.6 to 5.4 million (about 1.9% of the total US population). The population was estimated to be growing by about 275,000 each year. 41 percent, of the total undocumented population in 1996 are nonimmigrant overstays. That is, they entered legally on a temporary basis and failed to depart.
Source: US INS.
Slide graphic courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Hofstra University

20. Population Pyramid of Native and Foreign Born Population, United States, 2000 (in %)
Male
Female
Age
Male
Female
Source: US Census Bureau, 2000.
Slide graphic courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Hofstra University

21. America, The land of Opportunity
Silently read the information on why people have moved to the USA.
Compete your chart.
Answer the following question on your own sheet of paper.
Why is their large scale migration to the United States? What conditions exist that encourage migration?

22. ESPN US and Canada

23. Economic Geography US/Canada
Command
Canada
USA
Market
Both the USA and Canada have a Free Enterprise Economy
Prices and economic decisions are controlled by Supply and Demand
Little government intervention

24. Post Industrial Economies: US and Canada
Economic output is focused in Tertiary and Quaternary Economic Activities
Both the United States and Canada are DEVELOPED nations
Book page 140 discuss and answer questions regarding Major Sectors of the US Economy.

25. TERTIARY and quaternary activities are SERVICE/ MANAGEMENT levels of industry… they would mostly be found in the URBAN (city) parts of the U.S. and Canada.

26. Tertiary (service) industries include things like: finance, medicine, sales, education…anything that provides a SERVICE to consumers.
Again…most Americans and Canadians work at the tertiary (service) and quaternary (management) levels of industry.

27. Urban Sprawl In your Geography Textbook read pages 176-178.
Complete the questions on your guided notes.

28. Urban Sprawl and Modification
What type of modification of the environment occurs to make room for urban settlements?

29. SOCIAL: Culture US and Canada
Language: English in the USA, English and French in Canada
Religion: Christianity
Protestantism and Catholicism

30. Culture Multi-Cultural Societies
Melting pot of many different cultures
One or more cultures exists
Assimilation: is the process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group.
Brain Drain: Occurs when talented (athletic, intellectual, doctors, etc.) leave an LDC or NIC for an MDC in search of opportunity

31. Brain Break! Reference your immigration chart in your spiral:
Which immigrant was having a hard time assimilating into the American way of life? Why did they experience these challenges?
Provide and example of brain drain from your case studies. Explain.

32. Ethnicities
Think about the following questions as we view the following slides!
What is an ethnicity?
Who lives where?
Why do certain ethnicities live where they do?
Where did the early immigrants come from?

37. megalopolis- part of NE
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York City
Boston

38. Birth of Suburban America – post WWII
(#15)

39. Levittown Levittown- 1950’s A suburb is a…
community outside of a city.
Levittown- 1950’s

41. Political Systems Federal Republic Constitutional Monarchy Democracy
United States
Canada
Federal Republic
Power split between Federal Government and local, state governments
Constitutional Monarchy
Democracy

42. Federal Government USA Canada:Parliment
Three Branches: Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Balance of Power: was created so that powers overlap, and no one branch could ever have more power than the other.
Queen, Senate (appointed), House of Commons (elected)
Steven Harper
Prime Minister
Serves at her majesty’s
pleasure

43. US and Canada Sub Regions Map
Sketch a map of the United States and Canada in your spiral.
Using the text book pages______ identify the Sub regions of the United States and Canada on your map.
Create a modified map key, identifying the region by color and a couple of sentences identifying specific characteristics about the region.
This will be for a grade in your notebook check, test day!
TEST ON Wednesday!