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Directions
 As you navigate this slide show, read each slide.
 You will be asked to use online sources and maps contained in this Map
Quest to answer a series of questions. You will also be asked to come up
with your own theories about life in other parts of the world.
 Links in this Map Quest will only work if you are viewing it in Slide
Show mode.
 Discuss each question and prompt with your partner.
 Write each answer on your own sheet of paper. Answers MUST be in
RACE format to receive full credit.
 When you run into a problem, try and problem solve on your own with
your partner. Discuss areas where you may have confusion before asking
for Ms. Richman or Ms. Ryder’s help. Being able to work through a
difficult problem is a life skill!
What do Geographers do?
 Geographers gather all kinds of information about different
places on Earth.
 Geographers use this information to better understand how
people interact with their environment and understand why
ways of life differ around the world.
 Differences in the way people live can be due to climate,
disease, access to services and technology, wealth or a range
of other variables.
 If we can understand what causes some regional problems,
people can develop solutions or ways to improve life in
struggling regions.
You are the Geographer!
 Geographers (and demographers) collect information about
human life.
 Geographers then use this data to make tables and thematic
maps that show how life is different around the world.
 Maps are visual tools that make it easier to read data and
compare regions.
 You will be the geographer today. Your task is to read maps
to better understand and describe the world around you.
 You will be asked to compare regions and write your own
theories based on geographical information.
Part 1: Population
 Use the maps on the following slides and answer the
questions about population.
Part 1: Population
1) What type of
information does
this map show?
2) According to this
map, where do most
people in the world
live?
Part 1: Population
3) What does this map show?
4) Using only the information
in this map, how does the
population in the western
hemisphere differ from the
population in the eastern
hemisphere?
Part 1: Population
5) This map shows
population density.
Look up population
density and write a
definition in your
own words. DO
NOT COPY the
definition.
(Click on the link
above to look up
term)
Part 1: Population
6) Look at the population density map
closely. Do more people live along the
coasts or in the interior (near the
center) of continents?
7) Write a realistic theory for why most
people live here. You can use
information that we discussed in class
about climate or what you know about
life in continents. Non-serious answers
will not be given credit.
Larger Map
Part 1: Population
Back to
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Part 2: Climate
 Use the maps on the following slides and answer the
questions about climate.
Part 2: Climate
The next map is a climate zone map. Using information from this map and
the population density map, answer the following questions.
Part 2: Climate
8) In which climate zone(s) do most people on the planet
live?
9) What climate zone is home to the fewest amount of
people?
NOTE: The next two slides are larger versions of the climate
and population density maps. Refer back to them as often
as possible.
Part 2: Climate
Part 2: Population
Part 3: Economics
 Use the maps on the following slides and answer the
questions about economics.
 Economics looks at the wealth of a region.
Part 3: Economics
 The next map shows Gross Domestic Product—or GDP.
 GDP is the total value of all goods and services produced
(made) or provided in a country.
 The GDP is divided by the number of people living in a
country to show how productive a country is in terms of
economic growth.
 When a GDP goes up, the economy is growing. Countries
with strong GDP rates, tend to have more wealth ($).
Part 3: Economics
Part 3: Economics
10) Look at the map on the previous slide showing GDP.
Which countries have the strongest economy (higher GDP)?
11) Which countries/regions have the weakest economy (lowest
GDP)?
12) How does the GDP of China compare to
the GDP of the United States?
Part 4: Life Expectancy
 Use the maps on the following slides and answer the
questions about human life expectancy (how long
people tend to live).
Part 4: Life Expectancy
This map shows human life expectancy (how long people
are expected to live in this part of the world.
Part 4: Life Expectancy
13) Where do people live the longest?
14) Where do people have the shortest life
span?
15) Why do you think some regions have
lower life expectancy? What kind of
problems could they face?
Part 4: Life Expectancy
16) This map shows infant
mortality rates. Write
a definition for infant
mortality in your own
words. You can use
geography glossary to
help you.
17) Think like a
geographer. What are
at least 1 reason why
an infant may not
survive childhood?
Part 4: Life Expectancy
18) Compare and contrast this map with the life expectancy map that included adults.
Part 4: Life Expectancy Rates
Wrap it all Up
19) In your opinion, in which
inhabited continent (not Antarctica)
is survival the most difficult?
-Write 2 sentences. You should
include two facts from the maps you
looked at that support your idea.