Question

1. What is this graph showing on the x axis and the y axis?

2. What is the title of this graph?

3. What does rural mean? What does urban mean?

4. In the year 1800, about what percent of Americans live in a rural area AND what percent lived in an urban
area??

5. In the year 2000, about what percent of Americans live in a rural area AND what percent lived in an urban
area??

6. Over time are Americans moving to rural areas or urban areas? How do you know this?

7. Why are Americans are moving to that type of area so much? Give at least 3 possible reasons

Answer 1

1

X: year

Y: percent

2

percent of us population

3

rural is in the country, urban is city

4

in 1800 about 95% was rural and 5 percent was urban

5

rural about 23%, urban about 77%

6

they are moving to urban areas, beacause the percent is going up while rural is down.

7

cheaper living

closer to jobs

better things like schools housing jobs