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Geography Fun Continues

Geography Fun Continues. Let’s get down to business…. Do Now. What does the carrying capacity of a location mean? Explain your answer. Information. Do Nows - submit them today Substitute tomorrow - expectations for behavior MIRPL Assignment. Current Events. China’s new leader

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Geography Fun Continues

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  1. Geography Fun Continues Let’s get down to business…

  2. Do Now What does the carrying capacity of a location mean? Explain your answer.

  3. Information • Do Nows - submit them today • Substitute tomorrow - expectations for behavior • MIRPL Assignment

  4. Current Events • China’s new leader - Xi Jinping takes over - takes over in March • North Korea still working on missiles - goal of long range missile still in the plans

  5. Do Now What does the carrying capacity of a location mean? Explain your answer.

  6. Language Diffusion and Creation • How does language move to new places? - Business (Swahili – business language between Arabic speakers and Bantu speaking tribes) - Migration (new language introduced) – colonization in North America, immigration • Language has regional differences - dialect (Louisiana Creole, southern drawl, slang)

  7. Religion • Belief in supernatural being or beings with power to control universe - maintain universe • Monotheistic - one god • Polytheistic - multiple gods • Animistic - spirits, natural forces in nature

  8. Religion Table

  9. Other Asian Practices • Some are considered philosophies (way of life), sometimes considered religion - Confucianism - Taoism - Shintoism • Contain a belief system - specific way of life and behaviors

  10. Cultural Expression • All cultures express themselves creatively • Performing Arts - music (rock, bachata, Arabesque) - plays, movies • Visual Arts - paintings, architecture, sculptures, textiles • Literal Arts - stories, tales, poetry • Cultural Expression allows a society to pass on the traditions, beliefs, and values of the society

  11. Cultural Tolerance/Intolerance • Resistance occurs with cultural change - new languages, religions, or customs - a society may feel threatened • Problems with cultural intolerance - isolation of a group - extermination of a culture or group, i.e. Nazis

  12. Review of Chapter 4, Section 2The two minute drill… • Birth rate - amount of live births per 1000 people - what does a high birth rate indicate? • Mortality rate - the death rate per 1000 people - What does a high mortality rate indicate? • Natural increase - difference between mortality and birth rate - determines population growth - what does a high rate of increase indicate?

  13. Population Pyramids • Graphic image of population distribution - provides information about a society, location, region Rapid Growth Slow Growth Negative Growth

  14. Push-Pull Factors (Movement) • Factors which cause people to leave or move to a location - Push Factors – War, environment, economy, religion - Pull Factors – religious freedom, opportunity, education • Can create problems - high immigration, competition for resources - carrying capacity of a region…

  15. Push or Pull Factor?

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