The first screen shows the overall population of countries in the world. What are the three most populous countries and what are their most current population sizes? Click on the country to find the current population. Do not choose the large Europe orange circle as it shows a population of combined countries.
Click this button on the left-hand side. Unclick the first box and click the second box.
Click on this box to show the legend.
Question 2
2.
Which three countries have the most current highest population density? (Make sure you zoom in on the region around India)
Question 3
3.
What is the most current population density of the United States? ________________ people/square mile
Go back to the buttons and click on “Infant Mortality”. Un-click the other buttons. Use the most current data.
Question 4
4.
Which continents have the highest infant mortality?
Question 5
5.
What is the most current infant mortality of the United States? ______________ deaths per 1000 births
Question 6
6.
Does the US have the lowest infant mortality in the world?
Question 7
7.
Hypothesize a reason why other countries have a lower infant mortality rate.
Go back to the buttons and click on “Total Fertility Rate”. This is the number of children per woman in her lifetime. Use the most current data. Remember to use the Legend button (third button) to learn what the colors mean.
Question 8
8.
What continent has the highest total fertility rate?
Question 9
9.
Make a claim about the relationship between infant mortality and total fertility rate in many countries and justify your claim:
Question 10
10.
What reduces a country’s total fertility rate? (from your notes or book)
Question 11
11.
What is the total fertility rate for the United States? Does this seem accurate thinking about your family and friends and how many children they have? (Realize your perspective might be skewed living in a city that caters to families.)
Go back to the buttons and click on “Life Expectancy” and un-click the other buttons. Use the most recent data. Remember to use the Legend button (third button) to learn what the colors mean.
Question 12
12.
What continent has the lowest life expectancy?
Question 13
13.
Name two other countries (other than in the continent above) with low life expectancy.
Question 14
14.
Compare the life expectancy of the United States with Europe and Canada. Hypothesize a reason for this difference.
Go back to the buttons and click on “Natural Increase Rate” and un-click the other buttons. Use the most recent data.
Question 15
15.
What regions/countries of the world are shrinking in population?
Question 16
16.
What challenges do these countries (from previous question) face in the upcoming years?
Question 17
17.
What regions of the world are rapidly increasing in population?
Question 18
18.
What challenges do these countries face in the upcoming years? (From your notes or book)
Question 19
19.
Make a claim about the relationship (pattern) between life expectancy and natural increase rate:
Question 20
20.
Choose a country in the middle of Africa with a high natural increase rate. Is the rate increasing or decreasing over the past 50 years?
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Question 21
21.
Click on a country with declining growth, one with slow growth and one with higher growth. Name the country and sketch its graph or “snip” and paste the graph.
Question 22
22.
Use the rule of 70 to determine the doubling time of 4 countries with positive growth.
70/growth rate = years to double.
Example: Canada has a growth rate of 0.6%.
70/.6 = 117 years to double
Question 23
23.
Choose three different countries (than the ones you chose above) and click on its current population pyramid. Click the word “Current” after you click on a country. Snip and paste its population pyramid below or sketch.
Think about the following:
On an exam, could you pick out the pyramid of a fast growing, steady, or shrinking population?
Can you pick out a pyramid of a country that has high levels of education for women?
Can you pick out a pyramid of a country that may run out of community resources soon?
Can you pick out a pyramid of a country with a low TFR (total fertility rate)? A high TFR?
