Human Geography Of Asia

Question 1

Population of Asia

Answer 1

4.6 billion
60% of the world’s population
2.7 billion live in just China and India

Question 2

Patterns of population distribution and density within the continent

Answer 2

58%of the population live in rural areas, mostly as farmers
Population density= people per square kilometre

Densely populated areas include near cities in India, East of China,
Less densely populated West and North of China

Question 3

Levels of urbanisation within the continent

Answer 3

Urbanisation = increase in the percentage of people living in towns and cities in a country
49% of Asia is urbanised
Increasing

Question 4

Wealth and poverty within continent

Answer 4

Central Asia: not rich, but are starting to exploit oil + gold
Middle East (West Asia) : has big share of world’s oil and gas reserves, made countries like Qatar very wealthy
South Asia: poorest, exports textiles, foodstuffs, India has most of industry, runs call centres and IT
Southeast Asia: depend mainly on agriculture, export rice etc and rubber, industries developing
East Asia: main industrial region. Products made in China, Japan, South Korea or Taiwan
North Asia: wealthy- sells oil gas to other countries via pipeline

Question 5

Major religions practiced in Asia

Answer 5

Islam Hinduism Buddhism