You are about to watch a short video on World Population. This video shows how population has increased over time, and where in the world it has increased. While watching the video, answer the following questions:

Source: Human Geography Population, MsAAllsop, You Tube

Compare your answers to the possible answers below to make sure that you have a good understanding of population.

1. What did you observe in the video? Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. Click Here to Compare Your Answers Possible Answers:
   • Important years impacting population growth or decline
   • Dots represent population
   • Major events occurred that impacted population
   • The heartbeat
   • The various locations of the dots
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2. Were there any specific periods/events in history when the dots decreased? Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. Click Here to Compare Your Answers Possible Answers:
   • Byzantium
   • The Plague
   • The Civil War
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3. Were there any specific periods/events in history when the dots increased? Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. Click Here to Compare Your Answers Possible Answers:
   • Spread of Islam
   • Roman Empire
   • Exploration Period of Vikings; New World Exploration
   • Period of Liberty
   • Industrial periods
   • Electricity and Modern Medicine
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4. What does the heartbeat symbolize and why does it get faster? Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. Click Here to Compare Your Answers Possible Answer: The heartbeat represents population growth and the rate of the heartbeat increases as the world's population increases. Close

Human Population & History

 

Throughout human history, population and geography have helped create certain situations, events, and reactions to physical and human factors.

 

Click on the Cultural Literacy Dates.pdf and study some of the important events throughout human history that have affected human populations. Some of these events caused an increase in population (through birth and/or migration) and other events have created a decrease in population (through death and/or migration). Make sure you know these important events in history!

Here are some of the basics of Population Geography:

 

 

Click on the Human population trivia.docx & PopTrivia.pptx to review human population trivia & basics of population geography.

 

 Read the "7 Billion and Counting" (7bn2011.pdf) article and be prepared to discuss the effects

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