Rubric
EGYPT’S POPULATION PRESSURE
1. Description of distribution
 highly clustered
 very high population density along the Nile River and in the Delta and
occasional oases, very low population density elsewhere
2 points
2. Description of physiological vs. arithmetic density AND what the difference indicates
arithmetic density is very low
1 point
as compared to
physiological density which is very high
indicates the much of the land of the country is not suitable for
agriculture
1 point
3. Problems Egypt faces
family planning
agricultural development
uneducated and largely illiterate
population
new housing developments are growing on
the best agricultural lands
cost of education programs and clinics too
high in a poor country
new agricultural areas are in the desert on
marginally productive lands
women and men see large families as
honors in Islamic culture
the new dam – for irrigating new lands in
the desert – has stopped the Nile floods
and their fertilization
women have very little power in Islamic
cultures
specific problems in rural regions and in
Upper Egypt where TFR is still high and
education for women poses a problem
fertilizers and tractors for modernization
are very expensive
increased salinization of fields with
irrigation
2 points
2 points
8 points TOTAL