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Social Studies Chapter 4: A Place to Live

Social Studies Chapter 4: A Place to Live. Page 49-64. Population Patterns. Population Density identifies how many people live on a given area of land. Population Distribution is the pattern in which people are settled. Clustered, Compact, Loose-knit, Linear. Urban/Rural. Urban Centres

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Social Studies Chapter 4: A Place to Live

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  1. Social StudiesChapter 4: A Place to Live Page 49-64

  2. Population Patterns • Population Density identifies how many people live on a given area of land. • Population Distribution is the pattern in which people are settled. • Clustered, Compact, Loose-knit, Linear

  3. Urban/Rural • Urban Centres • Higher density population • At least 1000 people • 400 or more persons per square km. • Rural Areas • Countryside • Fewer people per square km.

  4. Rural Push is when people move from the rural areas into the urban areas. • Urban Pull is when the conditions in the area attract people to move there. • Movement away from an area is called outmigration.

  5. The population of Atlantic Canada is made up of many cultures.

  6. Aboriginal Peoples • Different groups have developed distinct spiritual traditions, languages, and cultures.

  7. The Innu • Newfoundland and Labrador • Used resources from land and sea • 2 groups • Call their land, Nitassinan.

  8. Algonquian Nations • 3 Groups • Mi’kmaq (NS and parts of NFLD) • Maliseet (parts of NB) • Passamaquoddy (PEI and NB) • Hunting, fishing, trapping, and trading.

  9. The Inuit • Northern Atlantic region • Palaeoeskimo Groups and Thule

  10. Beothuk • Newfoundland • Hunting and fishing • Are now extinct • Last known member, Shawnandithit, died of tuberculosis in 1829.

  11. Effects of Contact • Ethnocentrism • The belief that their culture and beliefs are better than those of others. • Kept the Europeans from appreciating and understanding the Aboriginal peoples.

  12. Early European Settlement • Early 1600’s • Immigrants from England and France • Need resources (fish and fur) • Competition between English and French for control of land (17th –18th century)

  13. The Acadians • French immigrant farmers who settled in the Annapolis Basin, NS. As the population grew, they established other settlements in the Maritimes. By mid 1700’s, they numbered over 10,000.

  14. As British and French struggled for control over the Atlantic Provinces, the Acadians tried to remain neutral, but the British eventually forced them to commit and swear an oath of allegiance to the British crown or be deported. They refused.

  15. The Acadian Expulsion1755 Acadians were rounded up and sent away to various places- England, France, and various places along the Eastern seaboard of the US. Those sent to Louisiana became “Cajuns”. The Acadians land was then granted to British and Loyalist settlers.

  16. Settlers • Most European settlers from the 1600s onwards were English, Welsh, Irish, or Scottish immigrants. • LOYALISTS were colonists who supported the British side in the American War of Independence (1776-1783). They were seen as traitors by the Americans. The British offered them land grants in Atlantic Canada. Many settled in the Tantramar region.

  17. Yorkshire settlers came from Yorkshire England and settled the Tantramar/ Chignecto area. In late 1700’s many Scots settled in PEI and parts of NS, especially Cape Breton Island. Many of them were tenant farmers (rented) who lost their lands. In mid 1800’s, many Irish came here because potato blight destroyed their main food source.

  18. African Canadian Communities • 1600s and 1700s, British traders captured people in West Africa and brought them to North America, to be sold as slaves. • Halifax was a part of the slave trade.

  19. Black Loyalists were slaves who were granted their freedom if they fought on the British side during the American War of Independence. They were also promised land, but it was usually the worst land available and difficult to farm. Over 1/3 of Black Loyalists decide their best hope for survival is to return to Africa.

  20. Africville 1848- The black community of Africville was established just north of downtown Halifax. The community of Africville was excluded from many public services and the city used the land as a dumping ground for sewage and garbage. The community spirit was strong and they fought to get several improvements. Eventually, the government decided that it would be cheaper to demolish the community and relocate the residents around the city than to give them the services they required. In 1964 they demolished Africville. It ended up costing about the same as providing the services.

  21. Immigration • Refugees: people who are forced to flee their home. • A number of people immigrated to Atlantic Canada after WWII and in the ’70s. • They have contributed to our growth in Urban areas.

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