World Geography01-31-2019. Thursday.

Reminders:

•Test #4, on Religion, is next Monday.

•Human Composting Assignment is due tomorrow.

Goals:

•To look at the 4 most populated regions of the Earth.

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•Why is the study of population geography important?

•3 reasons:

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•#1: There are more people alive today than at any time in Earth’s history.

•7.53 billion.

Question: Offer your best guess…

•When will the earth’s population reach 8 billion people?

Answer:

•According to the United Nations:-

•2024.

•How old will you be in 2024?

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•#2: Virtually all the population growth is concentrated in the developing (not as rich or developed like us) countries.

Skyscrapers and Slums

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•#3: The population growth rate was the fastest it has ever been in the second half of the 1900s.

• It has slowed down in the 2000s, but is still historically high.

Let’s look at the population growth rate of Prosser (for comparison)

• (You can do this on your own later by just searching for “Prosser, WA population” on Google).

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•Geographers are interested in the relationship between population and the Earth’s resources.

Question:

•Would things become more expensive or cheaper if more people moved to Prosser?

•What would become more expensive?

•What would become cheaper?

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•Overpopulation occurs when the number of people in a place exceeds that place’s capacity to support them with a decent standard of living.

Question:

•You saw the current population numbers for Prosser.

•Would you prefer Prosser’s population to be much bigger? Much smaller?

•How much bigger or smaller?

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•The single most important method of collecting information about a population is the census.

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•A census is an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.

Let’s take a look at some sample census forms.

•This is what your household will get in the mail.

•Or, you might receive an in-person visit from a US Census worker.

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•Now, let’s talk about how people are distributed across the globe.

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•Human beings are not distributed uniformly across the Earth.

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•When studying this distribution, geographers look at concentration and density.

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•Concentration is about studying the regions where population is clustered and where it is sparse.

Question:

•Where are the people concentrated in Prosser?

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•Density is about the relationship between the number of people and available resources.

Resources in Prosser:

•What items of daily living are NOT available in Prosser?

Section 1: Where are the world’s people distributed?

•Two-thirds of the world’s population is clustered in four regions.