THE STUDY OF HUMAN

GEOGRAPHY
 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Covers a wide variety of topics such
as the study of language, religion
and people’s economic and political
systems.
 Demography
•Focuses on the study of
populations, including their rates of
birth, marriage, and death.
 Population Distribution
• 1988- the world population passed five billion.

POPULATION DENSITY – the average number of

people in square mile or square kilometer .
 WHY DO
PEOPLE LIVE
WHERE THEY
DO?
 less than a third of the earth’s surface is
land.

- Deserts
- Mountains
- Bitterly cold climates
PEOPLE AND THEIR
ENVIRONMENTS
people in many parts of the world live
in what appear to Americans to be
hostile or unappealing environments,
such as Artic or Desert regions.
 POPULATION DENSITY

 figures for average population

density are usually calculated
simply by dividing the total
population by the land area of a
country (or a region).
POPULATION GROWTH

Growth is a special problem

for poorer countries and a
challenge for the world as a
whole.
A Historical Perspective

The most rapid growth has

taken place since 1950
,population begun to increase
rapidly midway through the
eighteenth century.
Growth Rates
 Birthrate- the number of live births each year per
1,000 people.

 Deathrate- the number of death each year per

1,000.

“ZERO POPULATION GROWTH”

- the two rates are more or less equal ,a country
has reached .
Patterns of Population
 densest cluster, or concentration of people ,
are in four region:
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Europe
- Eastern North America
 METROPOLITAN AREAS - central cities
surrounded by suburbs.

 URBANIZATION – the growth of city

population is significant throughout the world .
THE NATURE OF CULTURE
 Cultural traits
 CULTURE- reflected in both ideas and objects that is , non material
and material culture.

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
-human beings beings used natural resources or alter
the surface of the earth.

-a reflection of difference between culture.

 CULTURAL CHANGE- change by both internal and external
influences.

Diffusion –the spread of cultural traits from one person or

society to another.

Acculturation – accepting or borrowing the exchanging

between culture.

 CULTURE HEARTH- use to describe a place where important ideas

begin and from which they spread to surroundings cultures.