USA

● With the use of maps, either on power point or web page, assess to what extent the distribution of the population of the USA is determined by physical geographical factors.

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery/images/2k_night.jpg

2000 U.S. population density in persons per sq. mile (lower 48 states only): Light to dark (yellow to blue): 1-4 (y), 5-9 (lt. green), 10-24 (teal), 25-49 (dk. teal), 50-99 (blue-green), 100-249 (blue), 250-66,995 (black).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:USA-2000-population-density.gif

Maps and cartograms of the 2004 US presidential election results

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/

http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp

http://www.census.gov/population/www/pop-profile/profile2000.html

Two key sites for maps and information on the population of USA are:

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

http://images.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mcwdn.org/MAPS&GLOBES/us_shade_w_akhi.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.mcwdn.org/MAPS&GLOBES/PhysicalMaps.html&h=244&w=463&sz=59&tbnid=EAaOxfp6g23k1M:&tbnh=67&tbnw=128&prev=/images?q=us+physical+map&start=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=1

http://www.shadedrelief.com/physical/usa_zoom.htm

A map site for physical features of the USA is:

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/usclim.pdf

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/dynamic/dyn_green.html