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The Global Village

The Global Village. rachelfarrell@pdst.ie. According to Harter (2,000) Shrinking the population of the world at the end of the 20th C to 100 people would look like the following. 100 people in the world. 57 Aisian 21 European 14 Western Hemisphere 8 African. YouTube clips.

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The Global Village

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  1. The Global Village rachelfarrell@pdst.ie

  2. According to Harter (2,000) Shrinking the population of the world at the end of the 20th C to 100 people would look like the following.

  3. 100 people in the world • 57 Aisian • 21 European • 14 Western Hemisphere • 8 African

  4. YouTube clips • http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/7-billion (7billion video) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2xOvKFFz4 (most typical person) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSpUWt_dpAo (why they are doing a series on population)

  5. 100 people in the world • 52 Male • 48 Female • 70 non white • 30 white

  6. 100people in the world • 70 non Christian • 30 Christian

  7. 100 people in the world • 89 Hetrosexual • 11 Homosexual

  8. 100 people in the world • 6 people would possess 60% of the entire world’s wealth. • All 6 people would be from the US

  9. 100 people in the world • 80 would live in substandard housing

  10. 100 people in the world • 70 would be unable to read

  11. 100 people in the world • 50 would suffer from malnutrition

  12. International Interactive Resources Freerice.com

  13. 100 people in the world • 1 would be near death • 1 would be near birth • 1 would have a college education • 1 would own a computer

  14. YouTube clips • http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/7-billion (7billion video) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2xOvKFFz4 (most typical person) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSpUWt_dpAo (why they are doing a series on population)

  15. Population Powerpoint produced by Rachel Farrell (PDST) & AoifeHealion (SHS, Tullamore) Sources of information: SEC Marking Schemes, newspaper articles & documentaries

  16. Syllabus Economics of Population • Global and national population, size, composition and trends. • Over, under and optimum population. • The labour force and employment. • The importance of population, and its influence on economic development and growth.

  17. Short 2009 Q 2 2006 Q 2 Long 2011 Q 8 (a) & (b) 2010 Q 7 (a) 2009 Q 6 2008 Q 3 (c) 2007 Q 6 2005 Q 6 (a) & (c) 2003 Q 7 2002 Q 7 (c) 2001 Q 7 (c) Exam Questions OLStudyclix

  18. Short 2010 Q 9 2006 Q 1 2001 Q 9 Long 2011 Q 8 (a) (b) (c) 2010 Q 8 (b) (c) 2008 Q 7 (c) 2005 Q 8 (a) 2003 Q 7 (c) Exam Questions HL

  19. Complete “skimming an article exercise” on pdst website

  20. Advantages of Immigrationplacemat exercise

  21. The 2011 census of Ireland highlighted that Complete “scanning exercise” on pdst website

  22. Complete “scanning exercise” on pdst website

  23. Population Pyramid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_pyramid

  24. Population Pyramid • Is a diagram that shows the distribution by age of the population of a country. • In Ireland in 2006 the median age is approx 35 years. • Irelands population is becoming older. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_pyramid

  25. Thomas Robert Malthus Classical Economist English (1776-1834) “The Principles of Population” • Applied the Law of Diminishing Returns to Land • Best land taken up first, then next best, then inferior…. • At each stage the amount of food is less than before. • Theory of • Population & Food • Population grows geometrically (2,4,8,16,32). • Food grows arithmetically (1,2,3,4,5,6). • If population not kept in check famine & disease would result. • SOL did not fall in 19th C but his ideas were more relevant in the population explosion of the 20th C Iron Law of Wages An increase in wage above subsistence level = increase in population = increase in supply of labour =decrease in wage

  26. World population 7,000,000,000 7 billion

  27. Sample Word Wall

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