don't panic video worksheet Flashcards
What was world population at the time we invented agriculture?
10 million
When did we get the first billion people?
1800s ( 1804 )
This coincides with?
industrial revolution
Why are some families in places like Bangladesh having smaller families?
to be able to afford their families
What does the fertility rate measure?
number of babies per women
Generally, what is the relationship between average life span and fertility rates? How might we explain this relationship?
the less the babies per women, the higher the life expectancy
Which part of the world is still experiencing high fertility and short life spans?
Africa
How is education, especially for women, related to lower fertility?
they get married later in life so less children, more busy
How does an improvement in child mortality result in lower fertility?
parents don’t have the worry for the survival of their kids anymore so they make less
How did the industrial revolution result in lower child mortality?
better hygiene, vaccines, treatment, more food, better wages etc…
When will we most likely reach the end of fast population growth? What will be the appox. global population at that time?
around 2100 and 11 billion
What is “peak child”? When did it occur?
the highest number of children in the world and around 2000
Can we avoid the inevitable population growth that is expected to occur? Why or why not?
no because we already reached the child peak
As we approach the end of the current century where will the largest increase in population occur? Where will 80% of the world’s population live?
largest increase will be in Africa, Africa and Asia will have 80% of the world pop
Compare the daily income of the richest billion people to the poorest billion.
Poor: long and hard day, no easy and available resources, big families
What is the global literacy rate at the time of this video?
80%
What has happened to the proportion of people living in extreme poverty in recent decades?
it has decreased
What is the answer to helping Africa and poverty?
better help from the government + the world
What is perhaps one problem with the expected reduction in global poverty?
there is more energy used and needed
Why might we argue that overpopulation does exist in the richest countries even though they have the smallest populations and smallest families?
because they use too much resources and energy so they consume for more people.
Why is so important that the rich countries change our lifestyles before we expect the poor countries to change theirs?
because it is the richest that consume the most; the poorest countries almost have no impact on climate change.
what are the three factor of population growth
fertility, mortality, demographic momentum
what is the infant mortality
ratio of death of infant age 1 or less per 1000 live births, positive correlation with fertility ( nb of death divided by nb of birth times 1000 )
what is the train analogy
the continued overall growth in pop due to the presence of a lot of teens even if the fertility rate decreases. that explains how the world pop won’t stop growing
