A Standard at a Time: Understanding World Geography

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GeographyWG.07C

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YSLETA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM

May, 2012

World Populations Why is the population uneven

across the globe?

WG.7.C describe trends in world population growth and distribution

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YSLETA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM

Which words are you familiar with, and which do you not yet know?

Population growth

Distribution Trends

Rate Mortality Decline

Increase Birth Cause

What countries have the most people?

1 billion

100 million

50 million

25 million

10 million

1 million

< 1 million

SOURCE: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/World_population.svg/400px-World_population.svg.png

What countries have the greatest population growth rate?

Less than 1.00%

1.00% - 1.50%

1.51%-2.10%

2.11%-3.00%

More than 3.00%

MIssing

• Where are babies born outnumbering people dying?

SOURCE: http://zebu.uoregon.edu/1998/es202/archive/l13.html

Where are babies born outnumbering people dying?

SOURCE: topnews.net.nz

Where are babies born outnumbering people dying?

• Which society would you expect to have more babies? Why?

• Which society would you expect to live longer? Why?

SOURCE: http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Da-En/Developing-Countries-Issues-in.htmlSOURCE: http://liteinit.org/tag/developing-countries/

Where are babies born outnumbering people dying?

• What countries have the highest rate of population growth?

SOURCE: http://www.sustainablescale.org/images/uploaded/Population/World%20Population%20Growth%20to%202050.JPG

Where are babies born outnumbering people dying?

• WHICH countries and continents are increasing the world population?

Continent- represents many countries

X

SOURCE: http://prorev.com/808POPGROWTH.JPG

Who is having more babies?BIRTH RATES!

SOURCE: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/agestr.gif

Who is dying earlier?MORTALITY RATES!

SOURCE: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/agestr.gif

Why is the population distributed like this?

SOURCE: http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/2001/publications/theme-reports/settlements/settlements01.html

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Why is the population distributed like this?

European cities often cluster around rivers.

SOURCE: http://www.kookynet.net/media/k0740_p-moisson.jpgSOURCE: http://static.europeupclose.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bamberg.jpg

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Let’s see what we know…

Which are you ready to answer, and which do you need a peek?

The interior lands of Australia are more sparsely populated than the coasts. What accounts for this trend?A The large expanse of desert biome makes settlement challenging.B The coast lines are culturally favored for surfing and swimming.C Access to Europe is easier along the western coast.D Australia does not have sovereignty of the interior lands.

Most developing countries have larger population growth than developed countries. This is a result ofA higher birth rates in developing countriesB higher mortality rates in developing countriesC higher birth rates in developed countriesD higher birth rates and mortality rates in developed countries

Talk to each other, and then talk to me…

• WG.7.C describe trends in world population growth and distribution.

• Why is the population so uneven across the globe?

• Use the word wall words to answer.

Helpful Resources• http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/

current/lectures/human_pop/human_pop.html• http://www.sustainablescale.org/areasofconcern/

population/populationandscale/quickfacts.aspx• http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/

biobookpopecol.html#Population%20Growth• http://topnews.net.nz/content/22956-nsw-has-

highest-population-growth-tasmania-has-lowest• http://geography.about.com/od/

populationgeography/a/populationgrow.htm