2.2 -- Consequences of Population Distribution

Question 1

Overpopulation

Answer 1

occurs when the # of people exceeds the carrying capacity

Question 2

Carrying Capacity

Answer 2

the maximum number of people who can be sustained by the geography of that area

Question 3

Hans Rosling’s hypothesis for population growth in the future

Answer 3

population growth will slow when we increase child survival

Question 4

4 major regions where a majority of the World’s population lives

Answer 4

Southeast Asia (Laos, Vietnam, Thailand), South Asia (India, Bangladesh), Sub-Saharan Africa (Everything below the Sahara), East Asia (China, Japan, Koreas)