Foundations of Human Activity

Chapter 3 discusses European Settlement, and it explains who "Pre-European North America was home to". Seattle was home to Native Americans at some point. Settlers first arrived in 1851 moving to what is now the historic Pioneer Square district, where a protected deep-water harbour was available. This village was soon named Seattle, after a local Indian leader named Sealth who had befriended the settlers. Chief Seattle also known as Sealth, was a leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish Native American tribes in what is now the U.S. state of Washington. He was a prominent figure among his people and pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers. Seatlh was born around 1786 on or near Blake Island, Washington. He was tall and broad for a Puget Sound native at nearly six feet; Hudson's Bay Company traders gave him the nickname Le Gros (The Big One). Sealth was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church, and given the baptismal name Noah, probably in 1848 near Olympia, Washington. Before it got the name Seattle in late 1852, the city was known as Duwamps. Migrants flowed into the city. There were significant communitites of Italians, Chinese, Jews, Scandinavians and Filipinos. The International District, home to several Asian ethnic groups, was largely developed during this period (1900's).

    

Population was another topic and it explains how the U.S. has a big population that by 2000 exceeded 281 million. Population in Seattle in 2010 was estimated to be 612,000 in Seattle, 3,707,400 in the Metro Area and 15,069,765 in the Pacific NW Region. As per the census of 200, the total population of hte city of Seattle is 563,374 and the total number of households is 258,499. According to the US Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey, the total population in the 2005 was 536,946. Seattle is inhabited by people belonging to various race or ethnic origin. Whites form 68.9% of the total population that is 369,689. There were 43,914 African American in Seattle in 2005 which is 8.2% of the population. There are just 6,336 people from American Indian and Alaska constituting of 1.2% of the total city population. There are 77,363 Asians in the city of Seattle who constitute 14.4% of the total population. Asian population comprise of Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, Pakistan, Korean, Filipino and from other Asian origin. The total number of people of Asian origin in Seattle are: Chinese:20,774, Vietnamese: 10,602, Filipino: 21,950, Korean: 3,111, Japanese: 10,808, adn other Asian: 6,801. The population of people belonging to Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are 33,707 which is 6.3%. The native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders constitute only 0.3% of the total city population. Apart from these races, other races form 3.2% of the city population. 

  

"The U.S. and Canadian populations are largely urban. By residing in urban locations, North Americans live in environments with a very different character from what was experienced a few short generations ago".The United States has a far higher urbanization level than China, India or Nigeria, but a far slower annual urbanizaion rate, since much less of the population is living in a rural area while in the process of moving to the city. In terms of place, urbanization means increased spatial scale and/or density of settlement and/or business and other activities in the area over time. The land area in Seattle is 84 square miles, the population, as of April 1, 2010, is 612,000, and the population density is 7,286 people per sqaure mile. The population of Seattle more than tripled from 1900-1910, 81,000 to 237,000. Its urbanization today is 2,712,205.

Culture and Religion were other two topics described in our book, "At general level, culture is a people's assemblage of beliefs and learned behavior. A common culture bonds people together, whether an ethnic or social group, or residents of a region or country". This can tie into religion, because religion can be cultural as well. Cristianity was brought in by Europeans and Roman Catholicism was widely distributed by Hispanics, and these religions are practiced in Seattle.
Seattle has a lot of culture preserved in its city, it has the highest per-capita music and dance attendance in the country, with 80 live music clubs and 15 symphony orchestras. The Seattle International Film Festival in mid-May to june showcases world film and new world filmmakers. Seattle has 29 professional theatres. 56 fringe thatre companies and seven theatre schools. The Nordic Heritage Museum is the country's only museum honoring heritage of peopple from five Nordic countries. Seafair is a massive two-month summer festival that showcases the traditions and diversity of Puget Sound with parades, festivals, triathlons, hydroplane races and air shows. The Wing Luke Museum in Chinatown/International District is the country's only museum devoted to Asian-American history, with displays on immigration, the arts and traditional medicine.
All major religions are represented in the greater Seattle area. In addition to various Protestant, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, there are numerous Jewish synagogoues, Buddhist temples and Islamic mosques.

Text Sources: http://www.seattle.gov/oir/datasheet/Datasheet2010.pdf
www.informationdelight.info/encyclopedia/entry/urbanization
www.fs.fed.us/fstoday/081031/LOOKINGBACK.html (picture source as well)
Textbook
 Picture Sources: www.seattlepi.com/local281876growth19.html
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/UIATF_Pow_Wow_2007_-_18A.jpg