Wednesday, November 11, 2009

noted from 11/10/09-11/11/09

Canada and the U.S. is in North America
Highly mobile- the population moves around a lot
Megalopolis- area containing large cities
Incredibly culturally diverse, people have come from all over the world to come into this country.
Economic diversity - we can make money in many different ways

Population and settlement-
People usually move because of job opportunities
They move from rural to urban
Urban communities have more job opportunities.
Over all population is growing
People were living here before the Europeans showed up but what happened when the Europeans came?

Cuteral coherence and diversity-
spanish speaking immigrants are making a huge difference
everybody is welcome here,
everybody brings there cultures here and is free to live there lives
in the 1900s nearly 100 million foreigners entered the united states anually.
most of the population lives west os the mississippi river.

economic and social development:
north america has a lot of resources
we have a lot of stuff that many countries would love to have

the Region-
U.S. and Canada
335 mill. people
culterally diverse
rich in natural resources
Ultra globalized
the last remaining global superpower (U.S.)- we could take over every country in the world

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