geography unit 2 Flashcards
The 4 regions with 8 billion people in them are:
Western europe, south asia, east asia, and southeast asia.
People do not settle in what type of environments?
too hot, too cold, or too dry
People do like to settle in:
Pleases with low elevation, fertile soil, temperature climates, or near a body of water.
Ecumene is:
The habitable areas of the world.
What other factors influence the distribution of population?
political, economical, and social/cultural
Arithmetic is:
People over land, does not tell where people live.
Arithmetic equation:
total population/land area (Sq.mi)
psychological is:
carrying capacity: The max size a population size can be holded
psychological equation:
total population/arable land
agricultural is:
countries with better development in meachinary, and technology
agricultural equation:
Farmers/arable land
more farmers = less machine or more?
less
Whats Economic
competition for more jobs, urbanization tends to bring more jobs, today tho more service activities are located in cities, and where population distribution is still in development
Whats is political
more dense = more political power
less farmers = more or less machines?
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