AP HuG Unit 2 Reading Guide Ch 3 & 4 Ch 4

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1. Between 1993 & 2006, the world population grew on average by about _____ million people annually or about _______________ per day. The UN (2004) projected the world population would be _____ billion people in 2050; perhaps 9.5 billion around ___________. 2. Why is the birth rate crude? 3. Available data suggest that every year around ________ million births go unregistered & uncounted. 4. In general, the higher the level of mortality in a population, the higher the _____________________________ level of ______________________ will be. 5. Two centuries ago, it was not uncommon for _____________________ infants per 1000 to die in their _____ year. 6. In the early 1950s, only _____ countries, all in Northern Europe, had life expectancies at birth of over ______ years. In the first years of the 21st century, _____ countries outside of Europe/North America were on the list. 7. AIDS is the ______ most common cause of death worldwide. The WHO estimated ______ million people to be HIV positive early in the 21st century; ______ of those infected live in developing countries. 8. The percentage of a countrys population in each age group strongly influences demand for _________________ & _______________ within that national economy. 9. About 1 million excess _______________ a year will enter an imbalanced marriage market in China beginning in ____________. 10. By __________, it became apparent that few developed countries, particularly in Europe, are likely to ____________ their population size. 11. The first stage of the demographic transition model is characterized by high ______________ & high, but fluctuating death rates. 12. Many countries in South Asia & Latin America display the characteristics of the ________________ ______________ in the population model. 13. Recently it appears that low ___________________ is becoming a feature of both ____________ & _____________, developed & developing states. 14. The impact of migration on the demographic equation ___________________ as the population size of the areal unit studied _______________________. 15. In some decades of the late 18th & early 19th centuries, _____ to more than _____ of population increase in the U.S. was accounted for by __________________________. 16. What factors limit the habitability of higher elevations? 17. Some 35-40% of all the worlds ___________ __________________ is ______________________ & without significant settlement.

18. No conclusions about conditions of _______________, levels of __________________, adequacy of _____________, or prospects for ____________________ can be drawn from density comparisons. 19. Many African countries have ________ population densities & _______ levels of living, whereas Japan combines both high densities & ________________. 20. The FAO estimates that the developing world were _________________ to adequately _______________ their inhabitants from their own national territories. 21. Population growth in the rural areas of the developing world has essentially ___________________. 22. Why, in the developing world, is a national census a massive & sometimes misleading undertaking? 23. All population projections include an assumption that at some point in time, population growth will ______________ & ____________________ at the ____________________ level. 24. Regardless of population philosophies, theories, or cultural norms, the fact remains that many __________________ countries are showing significantly _____________________ population growth rates. 25. Globally, there will be more than 1 billion persons ________ years & older by __________, and 1.5 billion by 2050, when the world will have more people 60 year & older than ________________________ 15 & under. Chapter 3 1. What are commodities? 2. Commodity flows are ____________ between points of supply & locales of __________________. 3. For 2 places to interact, one place must have what another place __________________ & can ___________________. 4. The study of unique events is suggestive but not particularly ________________________; geographers are concerned with the probability of aggregate, not _________________________, behavior - What does aggregate mean? 5. In all manner of ways, the lives & activities of people everywhere are influenced by the _______________________ __ ____________________. 6. We are attracted by the expectation of _________________________ that we associate with larger rather than ______________________ places. 7. A set of ___________________ & the set of places they connect are called a ___________________. 8. What are some examples of circulatory mobility? 9. Anglo Americans demand greater face to face ________________________ in conversations than do ___________________ ______________________. 10. _________________ limits the spatial choices we can make & the __________________ _______________ we can command. 11. Critical distance is the distance beyond which _____________, effort, & means strongly _____________________ our will to ________________.

12. The internet & communication ______________________ have made world-wide personal & mass communication ______________________ & ____________ transfers instantaneous. 13. _____________________________ & geographers are interested in determining how we arrive at our perceptions of place & _________________________, both within & _____________________ our normal activity space. 14. Individuals form firm impressions of places totally ___________________ to them personally, & these may color their interaction _______________________. 15. ______________ ________________ _________________ are often sought out because they possess desirable topography or scenic views. 16. Massive movements of people within _____________________, across national ___________________, & between ____________________ have emerged as a pressing concern of recent decades. 17. In the early 2000s, 175 million people - ______ of earths population lived in a country other than the country of their _________________. 18. The great majority of migratory movements are _______________________. 19. 30% of the worlds population - ____ billion people have less than __________ a day. 20. Perhaps _____ million Latin American immigrants in the U.S. send an estimated __________ a year back to Central & South America. 21. List some examples of push factors & pull factors 22. The utility of a place is based on past or expected future ___________________ at various sites. 23. In most societies, ___________________ ___________________ are the most mobile. In the U.S. mobility peaks among those in their ____________________. 24. Women & girls now comprise 40-60% of all _____________________ migrants worldwide. 25. List examples of the internationalization of popular culture.