POPULATION PATTERNS GRADE 8 SOCIAL STUDIES DEFINTIONS Population

POPULATION PATTERNS GRADE 8 SOCIAL STUDIES

DEFINTIONS ■ Population Density: A measurement of the number of people living on a given area of land, ■ Population found dividing the population of a given region by the area of that region. Distribution: Patterns of settlement, including compact, clustered, looseknit, and linear. ■ Compact: ■ Loose-Knit ■ Linear Many people in one area. ■ ■ ■ Rural Areas: Sparsely settled areas in the countryside. Rural Push: Conditions in rural areas that encourage people to leave. Rural Pull Urban Pull: Outmigration: Scattered population. A population that follows a certain geographical location, usually in a line. Ex. A river. Conditions in rural areas that encourage people to leave the urban centres. Conditions in the urban areas that attract people from the countryside. Movement away from an area.

Population Density ■ The people of Atlantic Canada are unevenly distributed across the four provinces. When people do live together, they are clumped together in large groups, where another area of roughly the same size, could be sparsely populated.

Country Total in Millions ■ China 1, 285 ■ India 1, 025 ■ US 286 ■ Indonesia 214 ■ Russia 145 ■ Bangladesh 140 ■ Japan 127 ■ Nigeria 117 ■ Germany 82 ■ United Kingdom 60 ■ France 59 ■ Italy 58 Density (per squared km) 134 312 31 113 8 975 337 127 230 244 108 191

Urban Centres ■ Atlantic Canada has some areas that are clustered with a high population density. These concentrations form Urban Centres. An Urban Centre has at least 1000 people and a population density of 400 people or more, per square kilometre.

Rural-Urban Mix ■ Cities are always growing in numbers and in size. However, this trend is at the expense of the rural areas. People tend to migrate from the rural, country sides to the city to look for work. This happens even more when unemployment rates are high. This theory is called the rural push, or urban pull.

Case Study: Grandma and Grampa ■ Both of my grandparents grew up in rural New Brunswick. ■ However, once they had children, the farm life could not sustain their family. ■ This led to them moving to Saint John.

Culture ■ The Atlantic Canadian population stems from a centuriesold culture that combines British, Scottish, First Nations, and French Customs.

Atlantic Canada’s Declining Population

Atlantic Canada’s Declining Population

Atlantic Canada’s Declining Population

Atlantic Canada’s Declining Population

Why? ■ Outmigration of young people.

Questions ■ Page 54: – 2. – 3. a) b)