Name __________________________________________
Quinless/Bramhall
World Cultures and Geography
Date: ___/ ___/ ___
World Village of 100
Introduction: There are approximately 7 billion people living on the planet today. If you imagined the
world as only 100 people, each individual person would represent 70 million people!!
Directions: First imagine the world as a village of 100 people. If you had only 100 people to represent 7
billion, how many people out of those 100 would be:
Gender and Age:
Economic Info:
50
Females
82
make the equivalent of $15/day
50
26
72
8
Males
would be Children
Adults (over 18)
are over the age of 65
18
1
36
43
21
10
6
51
make the equivalent of about $100/day.
owns 40% of all the wealth.
work in farming (agriculture)
provide services (service jobs: teach, doctor, etc.)
work in varying industries (manufacturing, production)
have no job
own half of the villages entire wealth
live on less than $2/day
Population by Continent:
61
Asians
15
10
9
5
African
Europe
Shelter:
South America and Central America 75 live in big cities
North America
77 have a form of housing to shelter them from rain, etc.
25 either have substandard housing or no home at all
Religions:
60 live within 60 miles of a coastline
33
22
would be Christian
would be Muslim (Islam)
14
7
would be Hindu
would be Buddhist
1
15
would be dying of starvation
would be undernourished
12
would be other religions
22
would be overweight
12
would not be aligned with a religion
1
have the AIDS/HIV Virus
40
87
do not have basic sanitation
have access to safe drinking water
13
lack access to safe drinking water
Language:
12
5
Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese)
speak Spanish
Health:
5
speak English
Literacy:
4
speak Arabic
83 would be able to read and write
5
speak Hindi or Bengali
17
would not be able to read and write
69 speak any of the other 6000 languages
7
would have a college degree
22 would own or share a computer