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Agenda: Friday

Agenda: Friday. Yesterday? Human GPHY- what is it Intro to Population PPT Finish “The Day After Tomorrow”. Human Geography. Remember: Geography is divided into PHYSICAL and HUMAN geography Human geography studies the world, its people, communities, and cultures. POPULATION.

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Agenda: Friday

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  1. Agenda: Friday • Yesterday? • Human GPHY- what is it • Intro to Population PPT • Finish “The Day After Tomorrow”

  2. Human Geography • Remember: Geography is divided into PHYSICAL and HUMAN geography • Human geography studies the world, its people, communities, and cultures

  3. POPULATION LET’S TALK ABOUT PEOPLE: NUMBERS PLACES INTERACTIONS

  4. WHAT IS POPULATION? • POPULATION refers to the number of people living in a specific place or area. • POPULATIONcan also refer to the number of animals or plant species in a designated place or area

  5. “7 Billion” National Geographic Video • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4HxPxNrZ0

  6. CENSUS Where do we get information about different populations from? The CENSUS. The census is a set of questions that are mailed to people’s homes. People can choose to answer the questions on paper and mail them back to the government or they can complete the questions online. Census information is collected every 5 years. The last census happened in Canada in 2011.

  7. CENSUS Some information from the 2006 census: • Population 31,612,897 • Median age 39.5 • Total visible minority population 5,068,090 • Total private dwellings 13,576,855 • Median earnings in 2005 (full-year, full-time earners) $41,401 • Total number of farms 229,373

  8. THE MANY WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH POPULATION… • There are many different terms and words geographers use when talking about populations - especially when we are talking about people.

  9. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION • POPULATION DISTRIBUTION refers to where people live in a place. Old Quebec City

  10. DO PEOPLE LIVE HERE?

  11. DO PEOPLE LIVE HERE?

  12. CANADA’S POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

  13. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

  14. URBAN • URBANrefers to towns and cities of 1000 people or more New York City

  15. RURAL • RURAL refers to outside of towns and cities

  16. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES • A developing countryis a country that has a low standard of living, an undeveloped industrial base, few opportunities for its people and low incomes per person, but is in a phase of economic development.

  17. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES • Developing countries’ economiesare often based mostly on primary and secondary sectors of industry. - Primary Sector includes: mining, farming, fishing, forestry, etc. - Secondary Sector involves manufacturing (making things to sell to people, like steel and cars)

  18. DEVELOPED OR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES • The term developed or industrialized is used to talk about countries with good economies.

  19. DEVELOPED OR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES • These countries have tertiary and quaternarysectors of industry. - Tertiary Sector includes: restaurants, hotels, hospitals, business services, waste disposal, etc. - Quaternary Sector includes: information generation, information sharing, education, research and development, consultation, ect.

  20. ECONOMIES RATED Advanced economies Emerging and developing economies Emerging and developing economies – least developed

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