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1) The human population is currently around 7 billion and projected to reach over 9 billion by 2050. 2) Factors driving larger family sizes in India include child labor and care for parents, as well as a preference for male children. 3) China implemented its one-child policy through incentives like better housing for compliant families and providing contraceptives and abortions to control population growth and prevent mass starvation.
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- 1. People, People What does it Truth and Numbers Everywhere mean? Consequences 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 Jeopardy 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500
- 2. Numbers 100 s How many s Around 6 humans are billion (6.8 currently on our billion as of planet? 2010)
- 3. Numbers 200 s What year is it s 2050 predicted that the human population will reach earth’s carrying capacity for humans?
- 4. Numbers 300 s How many s Over 9 billion humans are projected to be on the planet in 2050?
- 5. Numbers 400 s How many s3 ½ Earth’s are needed to maintain our current rate of resource consumption?
- 6. Numbers 500 s What is the s 10 years. (77 difference in the developed average life countries, 67 expectancy of developing humans in countries.) developed vs. developing countries?
- 7. People, People Everywhere 100 s Which country s United States currently has the with 310 3rd highest human population? Million people
- 8. People, People Everywhere 200 s Which country s India (1.17 BILLION – currently has Projected to have the 2nd highest the highest human population by population? 2050)
- 9. People, People Everywhere 300 s Which country s China (1.33 Billion) currently has the highest human population?
- 10. People, People Everywhere 400 s Name one of the s Child work and care for two factors that parents in old age. account for larger s Preference for male child: keeping have kids families in India. until a male is born.
- 11. People, People Everywhere 500 s Describe One-Child (families who 2 s stick to it are rewarded aspects of with better houses, more food, better jobs, China’s health care, bonuses) population s Government provides control policy family planning: contraceptives, (implemented to sterilization, and prevent mass abortions for married couples. starvation).
- 12. What does it mean? 100 s What is the growth of s Urban Sprawl low-density development on the edges of cities and towns?
- 13. What does it mean? 200 s What is the number Infant of babies out of every 1,000 born mortality each year who dies before their first birthday?
- 14. What does it mean? 300 What is the estimate s Total Fertility Rate of the average number of children per woman born to women of childbearing years in a given population in a year?
- 15. What does it mean? 400 s Name 2 forms of s Buses, Trains, mass transit. trolleys
- 16. What does it mean? 500 s What is the s Emigration = difference individuals moving OUT of a population between (decrease) emigration s Immigration = and individuals moving INTO a population immigration? (increase)
- 17. Truth and Consequences 100 s Consequence: Human s Truth: Early and population has modern increased dramatically over the past 200 years. agriculture has allowed more people to be fed per unit of land area. s What is the consequence?
- 18. Truth and Consequences 200 s Truth If : (births + s Population immigration) - INCREASES (deaths + emigration) = Positive Number
- 19. Truth and Consequences 300 Consequences: s Truth: The United *US uses more fossil fuel than States is a car- it can produce domestically. centered nation. *Release more greenhouse s Name one gases *Neighborhoods are spread consequence. out *More Urban Sprawl Etc.
- 20. Truth and Consequences 400 s Many countries s Consequence: Those offer family countries have a Lower birth rate. planning, economic opportunities for women, and schooling for girls.
- 21. Truth and Consequences 500 s Truth: The United s Consequence: Higher States has a lack of infant mortality rate health care for poor than other developed women while they are pregnant, lack of health countries. care for children of the poor after birth, and high birth rate for teenage women.