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Title: Patterns of Settlement


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Patterns of Settlement
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Map of Early Human Migration
Source https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileSpread
ing_homo_sapiens.svg
Where did they settle? Why?
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If you were an earlier settler of North America,
how would the information in map help you decide
where to settle?
SOURCE CIA.gov
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How would the information in map help you decide
where to settle? What additional factors would
you consider when deciding where to settle?
5
Why do people settle where they do?
  • A combination of physical and human geographic
    factors.
  • Generally, higher populations are concentrated
    where factors contribute to helping make life and
    work easier.

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Physical Factors Influencing Where People Settle
  • Natural Resources
  • -people settle close to fertile soils and often
    near where resources are abundant
  • Bodies of Water
  • -people tend to settle near sources of fresh
    water but also concentrated near the coast not
    far from the ocean
  • Climate
  • -people settle largely in temperate climates with
    fewer people settling in areas experiencing
    extreme dry or wet weather
  • Landforms
  • -fewer people settle near mountainous areas,
    instead they tend to live in low-lying areas

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Human Factors Affecting How People Settle
  • Technology
  • -improvements to public infrastructure and other
    technology allow for settlements to expand
  • Economy
  • -people settle near natural resources as well as
    economic and political centers because of ease of
    trade, nearby markets and customers
  • Transportation/Trade Routes
  • -people often settle along transportation routes
    such as rail lines, roads, river, and harbors
  • Urbanization
  • -movement of people from rural to urban areas has
    been on the rise since the Industrial Revolution

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Where would you start a settlement?
A
B
  • What does B have that A doesnt have?

SOURCE http//www.sydneyfilmbase.com.au/wp-conte
nt/uploads/2012/01/DSCN1744.jpg http//www.ferrybu
ildingmarketplace.com/images/fpfarmersmarket1.jpg
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What are urban and rural?
  • urban - inside or part of a city
  • rural outside of the city, out in the country

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What is urbanization?
  • Rise in the number of cities
  • Result?
  • Rapid changes in lifestyle or culture

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What is a city?
  • politically organized region
  • infrastructure
  • center of business and culture
  • innovation and technological advances
  • economic activity

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PARTS OF THE CITY?
  • Central Business District (CBD) downtown areas
  • Suburbs Developed areas around the CBD
  • Metropolitan Area- The city, its suburbs and
    surrounding areas
  • Megalopolis- Formed when several metropolitan
    areas grow together
  • Example?
  • Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore
    and Washington D.C. form the BosWash Megalopolis

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Size of Cities
What affects the size of cities? -Larger near
transportation routes -Larger near major trade
routes
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What makes cities grow?
What do you see that would make a city grow?
SOURCE http//www.malawiproject.org/about-malawi/
trading-center http//www.stumblerz.com/five-busi
est-port http//www.rochestersubway.com/topics/20
10/11/rochesters-old-railroad-stations/
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Causes of City Growth
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Task - Select a major North American city.
Compare this image with a physical map of the
same area. Afterwards, write an explanation of
which landforms or water bodies have played a
part in the distribution of population shown in
the satellite image.  
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