FAST 5 – WHY STUDY POPULATION

1. FAST 5 – WHY STUDY POPULATION • 1. YOUR TEXT GIVES 3 REASONS WHY WE SHOULD STUDY POPULATION – IDENTIFY ONE (1) REASON • 2. WORLD POPULATION IS a) HIGHLY CLUSTERED b) DISPERSEDc) EVENLY DISTRIBUTED • 3. TRUE OR FALSE? AREAS WHERE THE MOST PEOPLE LIVE ARE THE SAME AREAS WHERE HUMAN GEOGRAPHERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OVERPOPULATION. • 4. THE CENSUS IN THE UNITED STATES IS TAKE WHEN? • 5. DEFINE CARTOGRAM

2. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY • BIOSPHERE DEPENDS UPON THE INTERACTION OF THE 3 ABIOTIC SYSTEMS OF NATURAL RESOURCES • PEOPLE TEND TO SETTLE WHERE RESOURCES ARE LOCATED • BECAUSE EARTH’S RESOURCES ARE NOT DISTRIBUTED EVENLY OR EQUALLY PEOPLE WILL CLUSTER WHERE RESOURCES ARE LOCATED • GLOBALIZATION PERSPECTIVE? TOO POPULATED • LOCAL SCALE? OVERPOPULATION A THREAT IN SOME REGIONS

3. WHERE ARE WE? *WORLD POPULATION CLUSTERED AROUND RESOURCES *4 WORLD REGIONS WHERE POP. CLUS-TERED *EAST ASIA – ¼ INCL. E. CHINA, JAPAN, KOREAS, TAIWAN. CHINA MOST POP *S. ASIA – ¼ INCL. INDIA, PAKI., BANG. & SRI LANKA. LGST CONC. FROM COAST OF PAKI. TO BAY OF BENGAL *EUROPE-48 COUNT.; SMALLEST MONACO 1 SQ. KM & LGST. RUSSIA. MOST URBAN *SE ASIA-600 MILL. INDO., PHIL.; MOSTLY ISLANDS. JAVA LGST POP. CONCENT.

4. WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION? • HIGHEST POP CONC. IN W HEMI. IN NE USA & SE CANADA ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM BOSTON TO NEWPORT NEWS, VA & WEST FROM G. LAKES TO CHI. • AFRICA: LGST CLUSTER ATLANTIC COAST ESP. COAST FACING S. • NIGERIA THE MOST POPULOUS • SPARSE POPULATIONS IN AREAS WHERE IT’S TOO HOT, TOO COLD, TOO WET, TOO DRY. BASICALLY ANYWHER AGRICULTURE IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE

5. 3 TYPES OF WAYS TO MEASURE POPULATION DENSITY TO HELP DESCRIBE DISTRIBUTION OF PEOPLE IN COMPARISON TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES • ARITHMETIC: WHERE PPL LIVE – TOTAL # PPL TOTAL LAND AREA • PHYSIOLOGICAL: WHY PPL LIVE WHERE THEY LIVE. THE # OF PPL SUPPORTED BY A UNIT AREA OF ARABLE LAND • AGRICULTURAL: RATIO OF # OF FARMERS TO THE AMOUT OF ARABLE LAND