Global Geography
Unit 2 - The United States and Canada
Linking Land Use and Population Distribution
Use the maps on pages 144 and 145 of your text to answer the following questions:
1.
What are the different patterns of land use depicted on the map on page 145?
2.
What are the top three types of land use in North America (cover the largest amount of land)?
3.
What colors correspond to the top two highest population densities as depicted on the map on page 144?
4.
What regions have the highest population densities?
5.
What types of land use are prevalent (widespread) in the areas with the highest population densities?
6.
Land use is only one factor influencing population density. What other factors might influence
settlement patterns (why people live where they do)?