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Population Patterns

Population Patterns. Chapter 9 Section 1. Human Characteristics. Jap.-Braz. film director. About 570 million ppl (2008) Most practice Roman Catholicism!! Many ethnic groups: Amerindians (Natives/ Indigenous) Europeans (Span, Port, & French started) Argentina & Uruguay = immigrant nations

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Population Patterns

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  1. Population Patterns Chapter 9 Section 1

  2. Human Characteristics Jap.-Braz. film director • About 570 million ppl (2008) • Most practice Roman Catholicism!! • Many ethnic groups: • Amerindians (Natives/ Indigenous) • Europeans (Span, Port, & French started) • Argentina & Uruguay = immigrant nations • Africans • Asians (Chinese in Peru & Japanese in Brazil) • Came to Latin America: 1800s, labored as temp. workers, stayed to form communities

  3. Human Characteristics • Blending of groups: • Mestizos: Europeans + Amerindians • (Mexico, Honduras, El Salv., Paraguay) • Mulattoes: Europeans + Africans • (Cuba, DR) • Zambos: African + Amerindians

  4. Human Characteristics • Language: • Spanish = primary lengua (language) • Brazil: Portuguese • Haiti, Martinique, F.G.: French • Jamaica, Belize, Guyana: English • Do not speak exactly like Europeans—have own dialects, or forms of a language unique to a particular place or group • Native Languages spoken in some parts of C & S America

  5. Human Characteristics • Lang. cont’d • Most people are bilingual, speak two languages (European & another language) • Some speak a form of Patois- dialects that blend indigenous, European., African, and Asian.

  6. Population • Prediction: 800 million by 2050 (Growth @ 55%) • Problem b/c geog. limits where people live • Temperature extremes • Dense rainforests • Mountains • Arid deserts Pop. lives on only 1/3 of land

  7. Population • Populated Rim of South America: • Most live on coast • Why not interior? Why coast? • Interior: rain forests, deserts & mountains  harsh conditions, poor soil  lack of human settlement • Coast: good climate, fertile land, easy access to transportation • E. Coast is most populated • N & W: Caracas to Santiago is next • Few live on NE coast (too tropical—hot & rainy) & few in far S (Patagonia—climate & land = harsh)

  8. Population • To get people to the interior, Braz. govn’t moved capital from Rio de Janerio to Brasilia (1960s!!)

  9. Population • Density: don’t forget about size of country! (important factor of pop density) • Ecuador= 118 ppl/sq. mile • Brazil= 52 ppl/sq. mile • Big area: less people per square mile (not crunched together) • Barbados= 1,807 ppl/sq. mile • Mexico: world’s most populous Spanish-speaking country, #2 populated country in Latin America (#1 = Brazil)

  10. Population • Greater Mexico City is world’s 2nd most populous metro area (19.2 mil) • Tokyo is 1st (35.5 mil) • Sao Paulo is largest city in LA & 2nd in world (10 mil) • Seoul is largest (10.2 mil)

  11. Migration • Reason to move N to US: • better living conditions • pol. Freedom • escape pol. unrest • Mostly from MX, Cen. Am., and Caribbean • Most move to CA, TX, NY, FL, and IL

  12. Migration • “Coyotes”- those who help to illegally smuggle people, esp. from MX • Multibillion $ business • Some do it to help • Others are ruthless and violent

  13. Migration • “Wet foot” vs. “Dry foot” • For Cuban immigrants • Make it to land, they’re granted asylum (immunity) from communist Cuba • Can apply for citizenship • Those caught in water are sent back

  14. Migration • Seven Mile Bridge • Connects mainland to FL islands • Damaged multiple times from hurricanes • If Cubans make it to old part/piers that are no longer connected sent back to Cuba (not on US soil)

  15. Migration • Internal Migration: • Rural to urban for jobs • Fertile land is scarce or not shared by wealthy • MX City, Rio & Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires- most urbanized in population • Cities have grown as they have absorbed other cities & suburbs, creating megacities (pop. of 18mil+)—Mexico City • Stresses cities resources (fresh water, sewers, utilities, HOUSING)

  16. in Rio de Janeiro Migration • Common pattern: Move to city for job  Rural ppl lack edu./ skills for good job  Housing, schools & health care strained No $ to return to village  Forced to live in poverty w/ poor housing  Families split under stress  Many homeless children

  17. Migration • Moving to other LA countries • Leave mostly to escape substandard conditions • DR is in bad shape…many move to NYC (800,000 in 80s) or PR (200,000 in 80s) waiting to get into US • Haitians moving to DR stress resources

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