Chapter 6 homework

CH 6 section 1:
     1. Population patterns in the United States are influenced by the region’s physical geography and by the development of industry and technology because the immigrants are drawn towards the sunbelt, where it has a mild climate and maunfacturing, service, and tourism industries flourish.
     2. Four cultural elements influenced by the immigrant roots of the United States are language and religion, eduscation and health care, the arts, and family life.

Creative Writing: An early settler in 1845 would be bewildered and excited when he reached New York Harbor with his family. He would find a job in one of the growing industries of the time and would be supported for the rest of his life. He would have a job that would support his family and owuld have a nice, steady income of money until his death at the age of seventy.

CH 6 section 2:
     1. Two economic factors that encouraged growth of Canada’s western population are Klondike Gold Rush and the fertile soil of the prairie provinces.
     2. The country’s religious practices and languages reflect the immigrant history of Canada by reflecting the history of power struggles between british and french sttlers and their descendants.

Creative Writing:  The history and development of Canada would have been very different. The british would have taken over and ruled Canada, forcing all the french out. This would drasticaly alter the language and religion of Canada, and it would be very differet than it is today.