Population and Culture?

• Right now the population of the earth is a tad above ____ and by the year 2050 it will be 9 billion.

• Population is increasing because there are more ___ than ___.• The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people is called ___.• The number of births per year per 1000 people is called ___.• The difference between the two is called the natural increase or growth rate.• Everyone look at the graph on page 76. Depressing• In places such as _______ the birthrate is very high.• In the civilized world like ___ and ___ it is low or is decreasing.• In parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America the time it takes a population to double,

or ___, is down to 25 years.

• There are many problems with the population of a country or a region growing so fast.• Lets think of a few:__________________• Not all countries are growing however.• In many countries in ___ they are decreasing in population.• There are also problems with a decreasing population such as ___________________.• In order to get the populations of these countries to grow they are encouraging people from other

countries to live there. This is called ___.• The pattern of human settlement, or POPULATION DISTROBUTION, varies from place to place on the

earth.• In Egypt, most people live along the ___.• Most people do not live in the Arctic or the Desert but instead live along ___ sources or in large cities.• The amount of people that live per square mile, or ___, also varies.

• Canada averages only 8 people per square mile while 2,401 live per square mile in the country of ____. • Many people are also moving from place to place. This is called ___.• Most of these people that are migrating are moving from the country into the cities called ____.• They go for many reasons such as ___________.• The way of life of a group of people, or __, also varies from place to place and can also be different in the

same community.• People that have the same culture share many similarities such as __________.• Language is key to a culture.• Language helps people _________.• There are many different language families out there today.• Languages such as English, Hindi, Russian, and Spanish are all related to the ___ language family.• Religion is also a large part of culture.• The most prominent religion in the world today is ____ with ___ being the fastest growing

• There are also groups of people around the world that share a common language, history, place of origin called a ____.

• To a greater extent there are also culture regions.• IN these areas they share __________.• The US and Canada are in the same because of the history that the two possess.• Many people move to a place, or ___, for many reasons such as ___ and ____

factors.• A push factor comes from _____ and a pull factor comes from _____.• Lets do a push and pull on the country of Iraq.