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    The document discusses world population distribution, growth, and development trends. It notes that while the world population is around 8 billion, it is unevenly distributed across the globe and more concentrated in developing countries. Population density and growth rates vary significantly in different regions due to factors like climate, resources, and development levels. Historically, world population rose slowly until 1800, then increased rapidly due to improved sanitation, medicine and food production. It peaked in the mid-14th century due to the Black Death plague before resuming growth. Currently population growth is stabilizing in some areas but still increasing in others.

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    Geo 1: TERRITORIES, POPULATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT

    • Lesson 1- Demographic issues


    Since the end of World War II, the world population has kept growing, but unevenly, across the planet.
    There are roughly 8 billion people on earth, mostly in developing countries.

    I The World population: distribution and density


    1/ Explain the following terms:
    - Population distribution: ….........................................................................................................
    …..................................................................................................................................................
    - Population density: …................................................................................................................
    …..................................................................................................................................................
    2/ Using the map and the lists, complete the following table:

    Population density Place Number on map Reasons

    Densely populated

    Sparsely populated

    List of places: Himalayas/ Greenland/ Eastern USA/ Amazonia/ Ganges valley (India; Bangladesh)/
    Sahara desert/ North-west Europe/ Nile Valley (Egypt)
    List of possible reasons: no extremes of climate/ too hot/ too dry/ good water supply/ flat land/ many
    resources/ few resources/ fertile soil/ too mountainous/ good transport/ money for development
    II Population growth
    1/ How to describe a graph or a curve:
    Match the numbers on the graph with the following verbs:
    To peak at To plummet To stagnate
    To recover To decrease To rocket
    To rise steadily To increase

    2/ The evolution of the world population until the end of the Twentieth Century
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUwmA3Q0_OE

    Vocabulary:
    Wheat and maize (US: corn) are different types of To wipe out: to vanish, to disappear, to annihilate
    cereals. To curbe: to slow down, to halt
    Plague: it was a very mortal disease in the Middle Ages Sanitation: public hygiene
    Goods: products

    Questions:
    a) Fill in the blanks to describe the curve:
    The world population …............................................. from AD to 1000. It ….......................... from 1000 to
    1800, but …........................... In 1348-1349, it …................................. because of …...................................
    From 1800 to 1996 it …............................... to ….................. 5.5 billion in 1996.
    b) How do you account for the fast population increase after 1800?
    …..................................................................................................................................................
    …..................................................................................................................................................
    ….................................................................................................................................................

    3/ The evolution of the world population today 4 Groups of experts

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