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Name Date 9/21 Hour TITLE: Key Demographics. Objective: Students will identify key demographic terms and apply them to regions of the world. . . GDP: Gross Domestic Product.
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NameDate 9/21 HourTITLE: Key Demographics Objective: Students will identify key demographic terms and apply them to regions of the world. .
GDP: Gross Domestic Product • The total value of all goods and services provided within a country • How rich a country is
GNP- Gross National Product • All the goods and services for a country in a year in two areas • $ made within a country • $ made by citizens living outside that country.
Population The total number of people in an area
Population Density • Number of people divided by amount of land • How crowded a country is
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Rural: Country side or farm land sparselypopulated. Urban: A city or densely populated area
Per Capita GDP: The average amount of money earned by each person in a country $/ GDP divided by population • Write out the GDP in billions • Write out the population • Cross off the last six digits from both numbers ( or the last three, if there aren’t six) • Calculate. This is how much the average person earns
Infant Mortality Rate • The number of babies that die out of every 1,000 • A baby has to be born alive and die before age one (1) to count. Is a baby with health problems more likely to survive in a country with better hospitals?
Literacy Rate • The percentage of adults in a country that can read… • …in the language of their country, at a sixth grade level
Life Expectancy • The number of year someone is expected to live • Usually women live a few years longer then men
Developed Country An area of the world that is technologically advanced, and has generally evolved through both economic and demographic transitions. More Wealthy
Developing Country A country that is changing from uneven growth to more constant economic conditions and has relatively high rates of infant mortality and illiteracy, and relatively low rates of life expectancy and energy use. Less Wealthy
Do you think a developed country would have a high or low literacy rate? A: High B: Low C: They could have either a high or low D: I have no idea
Do you think a developed country would have a high or low infant mortality rate? A: High B: Low C: They could have either a high or low D: I have no idea
Do you think a developed country would have a high or low GDP? A: High B: Low C: They could have either a high or low D: I have no idea
Do you think a developed country would have a high or low population density? A: High B: Low C: They could have either a high or low D: I have no idea
Do you think someone in a developed country would have a high or low life expectancy rate? A: High B: Low C: They could have either a high or low D: I have no idea
Label all 50 states from memory on the large map. State name goes in the upper left corner of each state (the remainder is for additional data). • DOGSTAIL your map.