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Many global issues confront international policymakers. Among the most basic challenges is dealing with population issues, given that the world’s ability to support life, often called "carrying capacity," has limits. Let’s explore the various ways that population issues are important.
CLICK DATA FILE:
HISTORICAL
CLICK TASK:
Historical Trends
SELECT VARIABLE 1:
WORLD POP
CLICK:
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1. How has world population changed during the last half century?
2.
True or False
: If current trends continue, it is likely that the world’s population will actually decrease during the next century.
3. Discuss some of the factors that have contributed to the changes over the last century and that might influence population levels over the next century.
Let’s explore some regional and country differences in population.
CLICK:
DATA FILES
CLICK DATA FILE:
GLOBAL02
CLICK TASK:
Mapping
SELECT VARIABLE 1:
POPULATION
CLICK VIEW:
Rank Table
CLICK:
[Continue]
4.
True or False
: The United States has the world’s largest population.
5. The continent with the most countries ranked in the top ten in terms of population is _____________. (Asia, Europe, North America, or South America)
6.
True or False
: Africa, one of the largest continents of the world geographically, has only one of the worlds top ten most populous countries.
Examining aggregate figures is only one way to explore the importance of population. Important regional differences in population growth also exist. Let’s take a look at some of these.
CLICK:
VARIABLES
SELECT VARIABLE 1:
POP GROWTH
CLICK VIEW:
Alphabetical Table
CLICK:
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7.
True or False
: India, the second most populous country in the world, also has the world’s fastest population growth rate.
8.
True or False
: Russia, the largest country in the world geographically, has a negative population growth rate (i.e., its population is actually shrinking).
CLICK:
VARIABLES
SELECT VARIABLE 1:
POP GROWTH
CLICK VIEW:
Map
CLICK:
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9. Overall, which of the following regions appears to be experiencing the fastest population growth rates? (Africa, Eastern Europe, North America, or South America)
10.
True or False
: Western Europe, one of the world’s wealthiest regions, has a population growth rate that greater than the Middle East.
Let’s examine some of the relationships between population and other important international issues. Gross domestic product per capita, GDP/capita, is a useful general measure of a country’s wealth.
CLICK:
BACK
SELECT VARIABLE1:
POP GROWTH
SELECT VARIABLE 2:
GDP/CAP
CLICK VIEW:
Map
CLICK:
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11. Which of the following regions tend to have the highest GDP per capita? (Africa, Asia, The Middle East, South America, or West Europe)
12. Which of the following regions tend to have the lowest GDP per capita? (Africa, Asia, The Middle East, South America, or West Europe)
13.
True or False
: Countries with high GDP per capita rates also tend to have high population growth rates.
14. What might explain the relationship between GDP per capita and population growth rates?
GDP per capita rates are also related to other global challenges. Let’s examine several of these.
CLICK:
VARIABLES
SELECT VARIABLE 1:
DEATH RATE
SELECT VARIABLE 2:
GDP/CAP
CLICK VIEW:
Map
CLICK:
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15. Which of the following regions has the highest death rate? (Africa, Australia, The Middle East, North America, or South America)
16.
True or False
: The United States has the lowest death rate.
Death rates are influenced by a variety of factors in addition to GDP per capita. Let’s examine a couple of these.
CLICK:
VARIABLES
SELECT VARIABLE 1:
AIDS
SELECT VARIABLE 2:
PUB HEALTH
CLICK VIEW:
Rank Table
CLICK:
[Continue]
17.
True or False
: The United States has the highest rate of AIDS cases per 100,000 people.
CLICK:
BACK
(use your browser’s back button)
CLICK VIEW:
Map
CLICK:
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18. Which of the following regions has the most countries in the highest range of AIDS cases (13.8 to 165.5/100,000)? (Africa, Europe, The Middle East, North America, or South America)
19. Which of the following regions has the fewest countries in the highest range of AIDS cases (13.8 to 165.5/100,000)? (Africa, Europe, The Middle East, North America, or South America)
20. Countries in which of the following region typically spend the least on public health care? (Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, or South America)
21. Based on what you’ve learned about global and regional population, economics, and health, discuss the ways that these issues are related to one another, and why they are critically important international challenges.
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