1.1 Who Are Americans?

Which does not help define who Americans are?

• places we live

• countries we like to visit

• work we do

• backgrounds we have

Most Americans live in...

• broad prairies

• high mountains

• urban areas

• small towns

Today most Americans work in

• service jobs

• manufacturing.

• farming

• technology

Which helps explain the aging of America’s population?

• longer life expectancy

• the baby boom

• fewer children per family

• all of the above

The diversity of Americans is not reflected in our

• backgrounds.

• ages

• government

• jobs

A service job is...

• the dramatic rise in the number of births between 1946 and 1964

• a job in which a person makes a living by providing a service for other

• the study of the size, growth, and distribution of human populations

• a manufacturing job

Demography is...

• the dramatic rise in the number of births between 1946 and 1964

• a job in which a person makes a living by providing a service for other

• warm-weather states such as Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Arizona

• the study of the size, growth, and distribution of human populations

The baby boom is

• the study of the size, growth, and distribution of human populations

• A job in which a person makes a living by providing a service for other

• the dramatic rise in the number of births between 1946 and 1964

• The differences between people

The Sunbelt is...

• the dramatic rise in the number of births between 1946 and 1964

• warm-weather states such as Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Arizona

• the study of the size, growth, and distribution of human populations

• The differences between people

Diversity is...

• the study of the size, growth, and distribution of human populations

• A job in which a person makes a living by providing a service for other

• The differences between people

• the dramatic rise in the number of births between 1946 and 1964