Monday, January 30, 2006

Summary for Class on 1/30/06

Political Maps are due tomorrow (tuesday) (1/31/06)
Label the countries and it's capital. The countries and the capitals should have their own color.

Read Pages 25-30 in your Globalization and Diversity Book. Answer the questions that you can in the packet "Globalization and Diversity Chapters One Questions" which was given to us last week with the first reading assignment.

Notes in class today are to be continued tomorrow:

Themes and Issues in World Regional Geography
  • Geography descibes Earth and explains spatial patterns
  • Themes and Issues in World Regional Geography
  1. Environmental Geography
  2. Population and Settlement
  3. Cultural Coherence and Diversity
  4. Geopolitical Framework
  5. Economic and Social Development

Population and Settlement: People on the Land

  • The human population is at its largest point: more than 6 billion people on Earth
  1. About 86 million born each year
  2. 90% of population growth in developing regions
  • Several important population issues:
  1. Population growth rates vary from region to region
  2. Regions and countries have vastly different approaches to family planning, from regulation to incentives and social cooperation
  3. Migration: Some migrate for a better life, others migrate to flee war, persecution, or environmental disasters
  4. The greatest international migration in human history is occuring NOW.

East Asia stands out as the most populated region. China and India are the some of the most densely populate countries.

Population Growth and Change

  • There are several important population statistics that you need to know (Memorize)

1. Rate of Natural Increase (RNI): annual growth rate of a country or region as a percentage increase

Annual # of births - Annual # of deaths * 100 = RNI

Current RNI -> 1.3%

The population could reach 12 billion in our lifetime!

2. Crude Birht Rate (CBR): total # of births divided by the total population giving a figure per 1,000 of the population

World CBR -> 22 per 1,000

3. Crude Death Rate (CDR): Total # of deaths divided by the total population giving a figure per 1,000 of the population

World CDR -> 9 per 1,000

^^Notes to be continued tomorrow^^

~Streetlight Manifesto~

posted by Anonymous @ 1/30/2006 04:30:00 PM

2 Comments:

At Monday, January 30, 2006 5:38:00 PM, Blogger Kevin Hurd said...

The capitals need to be labeled in a different color than the color we use to label the country?

 
At Monday, January 30, 2006 6:55:00 PM, Blogger Mrs Hartman said...

Yes, they should be labeled in a different color or you should use a symbol or other indicator that one is the country name and one is the capital name. You could use a star next to the name of the capital or underline it, for example.

Nice job on the daily record. Did you have any problems with posting it?

 

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