2011 Term 3 Holiday Homework – Unit 4
HUMAN POPULATION
1. Use page 42 of the supplement to:
a) Name the continents that have high population density regions.
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b) Name the continents that have low population density regions.
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The VCAA exam will include discuss questions. They will give a
statement which you are asked to discuss.
In your answer to this question type, you will give your opinion on the
statement (agree OR disagree OR partly agree and partly disagree).
You will then give reasons for your opinion.
2. Use figure 2.2 on page 42 of the supplement to discuss the following statement.
High population density regions are located in the Northern Hemisphere.
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3. Using the information in the table below, and the attached maps, create 3 maps of 2010, 2025 and
2050 population projections. Use BOLTSS, and one colour for all maps. Make sure your maps are
NEAT and ACCURATE.
2010
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China
India
USA
Indonesia
Brazil
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Nigeria
Russia
Japan
Mexico
2025
China
India
USA
Indonesia
Pakistan
Nigeria
Brazil
Bangladesh
Russia
Mexico
Ethiopia
2050
India
China
USA
Pakistan
Nigeria
Indonesia
Bangladesh
Brazil
Ethiopia
Dem. Rep. Congo
Philippines
Source: Population Reference Bureau www.prb.org accessed 26 June 2011.
4. Use the table and your completed maps to answer the questions below:
a) Which countries will be added to the most populated list by 2050?
b) Which countries will no longer be the most populated by 2050?
c) Which continents have the most number of countries by 2050?
d) Complete the sentence;
Almost all of the most populated countries in 2050 are ___________ Economically Developed
Countries except for _________________________.
5. Suggest THREE possible reasons for the trends identified above.
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6. Use the chloropleth map of GNI PPP at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GNI_PPP_Per_Capita.png
and figure 2.9/2.10 on p.48 of the supplement to answer:
a) The spatial association between crude birth rates and GNI per capita is ___________________
b) The spatial association between GNI and crude death rates is weak. List four regions that
SUPPORT this statement.
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7. Use page 48 of the supplement to:
a) Describe the spatial association between birth rates (figure 2.9) and death rates (figure 2.10).
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8. Use the population pyramid of Iraq 2010 and make THREE statements about the population
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b) __________________________
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c) __________________________
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9. Use figure 2.13 on page 50 of the supplement to complete the cloze activity below:
The green line on the graph shows the level in the crude _________ rate while the purple line
shows the level of the crude ___________ rate. The space between the green and purple line shows
the _____________________. The Demographic Transition shows how _____________ composition
and population _________ for one country ____________ over a period of years.
Changes
Birth
Natural Increase
Death
Population
Size