HG-Chapter 2-Population Key Issue #1-2
Name ___________________ Hour ____
Vocabulary Words-please define the following terms.
-demography -ecumene -arithmetic density -physiological density -agricultural density
1-How many brothers and sisters do you have?
2-Is your family smaller or larger than those of your mother and father (ask-parents + children)?
3-How many children might you want to have in the future if you do have some?
4-Brainstorm 3 ideas/reasons as to why the average number of children has declined compared
to past generations of our parents and grandparents and ancestors.
5-Why do rural peoples of India, and elsewhere, choose to have such large families even today?
Key Issue #1-Where is the World’s Population Distributed?
6-About ____/____ (fraction) of the world’s population live on only _______ % of the Earth’s surface.
7-List the 5 clustered regions of the world’s population
8-Most of the people in the regions above live near what two types of water?
9-Population cartogram (pg.40)-explain one thing about this map that surprises you.
10-About ______/_____ of the world’s people live in East Asia.
11-South Asia is made up of what 4 countries?
12-Like the Chinese, most people of South Asia do what for a living?
13-Indonesia is made up of how many islands?
14-Combined, the 3 Asian regions mentioned total more than ______/______ the word’s population.
15-In Europe, about _____/______ of its people live where?
16-What are the 4 types of Sparsely Populated Regions?
17-What percent of Egypt’s people live in the Nile River valley and delta?
Key Issue #2-Where has the World’s Population Increased?
Vocabulary Words: -CBR
-CDR
-NIR
-doubling time
-TFR
-IMR
-life expecatancy
18-NIR Map pg.48-What continent has the highest overall NIR rate-explain why you think that is?
19-TFR map pg.49-Why do you think North America has a TFR of under 2.1? (give one reason)
20-TFR map pg.49-Why might the TFR in Africa be so high, 4.0 or above for most countries ?
21-Babies born in sub-Saharan African countries can expect to live only into what age?
22-Does this answer surprise you from #21-explain why or why not?
23-Choose one map from Key Issue #2 and explain one thing that interests or surprises you.
Name of Map _________________ and Page #_______
HG-Chapter 2-Population Key Issue #1-2
Name ___________________ Hour ____
Vocabulary Words-please define the following terms.
-demography -ecumene -arithmetic density -physiological density -agricultural density
1-How many brothers and sisters do you have?
2-Is your family smaller or larger than those of your mother and father (ask-parents + children)?
3-How many children might you want to have in the future if you do have some?
4-Brainstorm 3 ideas/reasons as to why the average number of children has declined compared
to past generations of our parents and grandparents and ancestors.
5-Why do rural peoples of India, and elsewhere, choose to have such large families even today?
Key Issue #1-Where is the World’s Population Distributed?
6-About ____/____ (fraction) of the world’s population live on only _______ % of the Earth’s surface.
7-List the 5 clustered regions of the world’s population
8-Most of the people in the regions above live near what two types of water?
9-Population cartogram (pg.40)-explain one thing about this map that surprises you.
10-About ______/_____ of the world’s people live in East Asia.
11-South Asia is made up of what 4 countries?
12-Like the Chinese, most people of South Asia do what for a living?
13-Indonesia is made up of how many islands?
14-Combined, the 3 Asian regions mentioned total more than ______/______ the word’s population.
15-In Europe, about _____/______ of its people live where?
16-What are the 4 types of Sparsely Populated Regions?
17-What percent of Egypt’s people live in the Nile River valley and delta?
Key Issue #2-Where has the World’s Population Increased?
Vocabulary Words: -CBR
-CDR
-NIR
-doubling time
-TFR
-IMR
-life expecatancy
18-NIR Map pg.48-What continent has the highest overall NIR rate-explain why you think that is?
19-TFR map pg.49-Why do you think North America has a TFR of under 2.1? (give one reason)
20-TFR map pg.49-Why might the TFR in Africa be so high, 4.0 or above for most countries ?
21-Babies born in sub-Saharan African countries can expect to live only into what age?
22-Does this answer surprise you from #21-explain why or why not?
23-Choose one map from Key Issue #2 and explain one thing that interests or surprises you.
Name of Map _________________ and Page #_______