| A | B |
|---|
| natural resources | materials or energy from the environment used for human needs |
| renewable natural resources | resources that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time |
| non renewable natural resources | resources that CAN NOT be replenished or made again with the passage of time |
| examples of renewable resources | timber (trees for wood) |
| examples of non renewable resources | metals and fossil fuels |
| examples of metals | copper, iron, mercury, silver |
| examples of fossil fuels | petroluem, natural gas, coal |
| The country that has the world's largest coal reserves | The United States |
| Examples of things that population geographers look at | natural resources, climate, economic development, government policy, rural/urban settlement, capital resources, and conflicts |
| population density of North America | 32 people per square mile |
| population density of the United Sates | 76 people per square mile |
| population density of Canada | 8 people per square mile |
| the place where most of Canada's people live | along the southern border (the border with the U.S.) |
| places in Canada too cold to support life | The northern areas |
| the percentage of people in the world who live in the Northern Hemisphere | 90% |
| The latitudes where 2/3 of the people in the Northern Hemisphere live | between 20 degrees north and 60 degrees north |
| in recent decades most immigrants to the U.S. have been from these cultures | Latin American and Asian |
| in the south of the U.S.(in some areas) this is the dominant language | Spanish |
| The two official languages of Canada | French and English |
| the large city in Canada that is highly diversified | Toronto |
| Where most immigrants in the south of the U.S. come from | Caribbean, Mexico, and other Latin American countries |
| Many cities in the northwest of the U.S. have large popluations of people from these cultures | Greek, Irish, and Italian |
