3 ESO BILINGUAL. WORLD POPULATION

WARM-UP

• How many people live in your town?
• Howm many people live in your country?
• How many people live in your continent?
• Which are some of the most populated countries?
• How many people live in the world?

 

VIDEO ABOUT WORLD POPULATION

1.- Before watching the video, copy the following questions in your notebook. 

• Which areas were quite populated at the beginning of the first millenium?
• Which continents were the less populated around the year 1000 AD?
• What happened in the European population at the beginning of the 14th century?
• Which regions in America were the most populated around 1750-1800?
• When did the world population reach 1 billion inhabitants? Which events made it possible?
• When were 2 billion inhabitants reached?
• When were 4 billion inhabitants reached?
• What about 7 billion inhabitants?
• What is the proyection for 2050?

2.- Now, watch the video.

MAP ABOUT WORLD POPULATION

Now, explore the map.

https://worldpopulationhistory.org/map/1/mercator/1/0/25/

        TRANSITIONS IN POPULATION GROWTH

    

        Finally, go to page 10 in your book about Human Geography. Read the text about Transitions in population growth and do exercise 6.

        THE EARTH AT NIGHT

•      Where are the most illuminated areas in the Earth?

•      Which important cities can you distinguish?

•      Look at the map on pages 10 and 11: are these areas the same as in the World population densigy map?

•      Which continents are the most populated?

•      Which hemisphere has more population density?

•      Which areas are more populated, the coastal areas or the inside areas? Why?