Choropleth Map for Population Growth Factors

Go HERE: http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchable_db/index.php?theme=4 to get the data that you need.
Look below to see what data set you will use to create your choropleth map.

Map must be NEAT, ACCURATE, and INCLUDE all MAP ELEMENTS (obviously including legend).

Please disregard the number that I gave you in class. 

• Moira - Literacy: Female lit. rate as % of male lit. rate
• Pamela - Labor: Female professional and technical workers
• Red - Labor: Female legislators and senior officials and managers
• Jun - Education: Secondary school gender parity in gross (look this up to figure out what the heck it means)
• Tommy - Education: Average length of schooling
• Minki - Children's Health: Child Mortality Rate
• Francis - AIDS/HIV: Adult females living w/ HIV as % of total
• Anton - Water and Sanitation: Access to improved Sanitation (look this up to see what it means)
• Ida - Public Health: Maternal Mortality Rate
• Floyd - Urban and Rural Areas: Urban population as % of total
• Dennis - Access to Information: Internet users per 1000
• Cyril - Children's Health: Infant mortality rate (you may also use population data sheet for this information)
• Doenemi - Children's Health: Underweight children under 5
• Daniel - GNI PPP (use population data sheet)

IMPORTANT!!!

Highlight all of the countries to get the data for all the countries at once.

Make sure that you understand your indicator, the units (is it a %, number per 1000, $?), and what it is actually telling you. If you don't understand, look it up, or click on the "view technical notes" of your data set.

Use the most current data possible that is the most complete. For example, if you click on 2008 but there is only data for a few countries, try clicking on 2007 or 2006 and see if there is more information for more countries. (See screenshot below.)

Countries with no data should be GREY. (Unless you are using the color black, then you need to figure out something else that won't be confusing to readers.)

Different Ways to Show Multiple Population Pyramids

No questions. Just read.

No questions to answer, but please do read about the demographic transition model in your text pp 58-60. We will discuss tomorrow.

Population Fundamentals

Geo Starter: 
Why do geographers use rates (per 1,000 population) rather than total sums?

For example, why do the population data sheets give us the number of births per 1,000 people in every country but does not tell us the total number of babies born in a year for each country?

Hint: the total number of births in China each year is 17 million.

HW:

Population Fundamentals I

#14 should read "Graph the major regions according to total population size (in descending order) for the present, for 2025, and for 2050. What trend can be observed in terms of population change? (use graph paper)

Population Fundamentals II

In question #2, it asks you to construct a bar graph showing the different PROPORTIONS of world populations by region. 

Do not go beyond question #4. You are not responsible for age-dependency ratio.

ONLY do ONE of the graphs: either the graph on Population Fundamentals I OR the graph on Population Fundamentals II.

Quiz on Monday! 

Study Pop Fund I & II, specifically the following concepts and how they apply to different countries.

most populous countries

crude birth rate

crude death rate

infant mortality rate

total fertility rate

rates versus total numbers

rate of natural increase

population projection

major region

subregion

life expectancy

That's it...I think... :-)

Due Friday:

One paragraph describing population distribution in your country.

One paragraph explaining one of the explanations for WHY the population is distributed the way it is.

These are substantial, detailed paragraphs that will be checked in class on Friday.
You need to share your document via google docs with my personal email address: savage.catherine@gmail.com

Complete report is due Tuesday.

Come see me for remedials if you need help. This is a summative assessment (i.e. one of the bigger grades for semester).

Class Expectations and Global Issues Trivia

Today we went over class expectations and what the course will cover. Then we played Global Issues Trivia Quiz to generate some curiosity for the topics that we will cover throughout the semester.

Homework - World Map
Use the world map that I gave you to express the following information:
Place where you were born
Places where you have lived / visited
Places where you want to go (where you have never been)
5 most populous countries in the world
Extra Credit - 3 places outside of the Philippines/Korea that have been in the news recently

Also be sure to label:
continents
oceans
major lines of latitude and longitude

And include all the important map elements:
T - title
O - orientation (compass rose)
D - date
A - author
L - legend
S - scale (don't have to do this)

Geo Starter

Answer these questions with your own thoughts in a comment to this post. Your comment will not show up immediately. 


When you post your comment, please include your name.

• either your google username if it includes your name, or by typing in your name.

Geo Starter Questions:

How do you think human geography differs from physical geography?

And what makes human geography different from a history class?

Give an example of how physical geography played a role in your winter break activities.

Give an example of how human geography played a role in your winter break activities.