Geography - Population Density Activity

Factors Affecting Population Density

Compare: the two maps.

Answer: the following questions on a sheet of paper.

1. Where do most Chinese people live?  Explain why they live there.

2. Where do the least number of Chinese people live?  Explain why.

Factors Affecting Population Growth

Go to: http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_pop_grow&idim=country:IND&q=population+growth+of+india#met=sp_pop_grow

  

List: The last population growth rate of the following Asian countries: Cambodia, Bangladesh, China, Japan, and India.

Answer:

3.  What country has the highest population growth?

4.  What country has the lowest population growth?

5.  What period has the greatest decline of population rate for Cambodia?  Using Google, what historical event caused such a rapid decrease in population rate?

6.  Google “China’s One-child policy.”  Describe it.  When was it implemented?  Using the pop. growth graph, what impact has it had on China’s population?

 Open up another window and go to: http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=ny_gdp_mktp_cd&idim=country:CHN&q=china+gdp#met=ny_gdp_mktp_cd

Find out:

          7. What does GDP stand for?

          8.  What is GDP? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product

          9.  Is a high GDP a good thing?  Explain.

10. List: The GDP of the following Asian countries: Cambodia, Bangladesh, China, Japan, and India.