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NAME:_____________________________________ Schnee- APHG Chapter 2 Reading Questions Due: 2/4/20 Pause and Reflect Questions – answer these as you read (they are also in the book). They do not need to be answered in complete sentences. 2.1.1: Compare Figures 2-2 and 2-3. Which depicts the shape of countries more accurately? Why? 2.1.2: Why are some land areas not part of the ecumene? 2.1.3: Which density measure differs most between Egypt and Ethiopia? What might account for this difference? 2.2.1: Which region other than sub-Saharan Africa appears to have the highest natural increase rate? 2.2.2: What region of the world appears to have the lowest CDR? 2.2.3: Name a country in Latin America that appears to be in stage 2, according to Figures 2-12, 2-14, and 2-15. 2.3.1: What other countries, in addition to China and India, appear to have “missing” females? 2.3.2: If the elderly support ratio is declining, does that mean the percentage of elderly people is increasing or decreasing? 2.3.3: Why might levels of hospital beds and physicians in developed countries of Europe be higher than in North America? 2.3.4: How prevalent are the stage 4 causes of death in your family? 2.4.1: Calculate the units of population and food that Malthus predicted would exist in 200 years. 2.4.2: For every 10 baby boys, India has only 9 baby girls. How might population policies be contributing to India having so many more baby boys than girls? 2.4.3: Which region within the United States has the lowest number of AIDS cases? What geographic factors might explain this low level? 2.4.4: Why might birth rates have declined in most of the world, but not in North America?

Thinking Geographically Questions – these questions are more comprehensive to each Key Issue in the chapter 2.1: The current method of counting a country’s population by requiring every household to complete a census form once every 10 years has been severely criticized as inaccurate. The undercounting produces a geographic bias because people who are missed are more likely to live in inner cities, remote rural areas, or communities that attract a relatively high number of recent immigrants. Given the availability of reliable statistical tests, should the current method of trying to count 100 percent of the population be replaced by a survey of a carefully drawn sample of the population, as is done with political polling and consumer preferences? Why or why not? 2.2: Members of the baby-boom generation—people born between 1946 and 1964—constitute nearly one-third of the U.S. population. Baby boomers have received more education than their parents, and women from this generation were more likely to enter the labor force than women before them. The baby boomers have delayed marriage and parenthood and have fewer children compared to their parents. They are more likely to divorce, to bear children while unmarried, and to cohabit. As they grow older, what impacts will baby boomers have on American population in the years ahead? 2.3: Health-care indicators for the United States do not always match those of other developed countries. What reasons might explain these differences? 2.4: Given evidence of declining birth rates around the world, what role should family-planning programs play in developing countries? Explore Use Google Earth to explore Mahāmīd, a town of 45,000 near the banks of the Nile River. Fly to: Mahāmīd, Luxor, Egypt . Zoom in. 1. What color is most of the land immediately in and around the town? Does this indicate that the land is used for agriculture, or is it desert? Zoom out until you see the entire band of green surrounded by tan. 2. How wide is the green strip? What does the tan color represent? What feature is in the middle of the green strip?

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