Population

Question 1

1650

Answer 1

1/2 billion

Question 2

1820

Answer 2

1 billion

Question 3

1930

Answer 3

2 billion

Question 4

1975

Answer 4

4 billion

Question 5

2000

Answer 5

6 billion

Question 6

2011

Answer 6

7 billion

Question 7

2022

Answer 7

8 billion

Question 8

Why has population increased (2 reasons)

Answer 8

1. More people surviving to reproductive age: less infant mortality, historically bad water quality
2. People are getting older, and improved health

Question 9

Thomas Malthus Theory

Answer 9

the population was growing faster than the food supply, the population grows exponentially while food grows linearly, when these two lines cross (on a graph) there will be war, famine, and disease

Question 10

Exponential Growth

Answer 10

anything that grows by greater than the same percentage every year (or every month, day, hour, etc)

Question 11

How many Earths do you need if everyone lived like an American?

Answer 11

5 Earths

Question 12

How do family planning programs work?

Answer 12

1. focused on local control and based on local culture
2. directly to women
3. access based (pills and condoms)

Question 13

What is California’s population

Answer 13

40 million

Question 14

What is an age pyramid? Why is it important?

Answer 14

a graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex)

Question 15

Where do measles and tuberculosis come from?

Answer 15

cattle

Question 16

Where does the flu come from?

Answer 16

pigs, goats, and ducks

Question 17

Where do HIV/AIDs come from?

Answer 17

monkey

Question 18

Central and South America

Answer 18

The rate at which the population has been growing has slowed significantly
Used to be that ½ of the population under the age of 16, now 28% under 16
fewer 5 to 6 children families
Education more important than the number of kids

Question 19

Europe

Answer 19

Decline in population, but immigration causes an increase
The Netherlands is the most densely populated country in the world

Question 20

Southern Africa

Answer 20

Population is rapidly growing, but HIV/AIDS is slowing it in the South
In 2002, 25% of people aged 15 to 49 in Zimbabwe, now has dropped to 15% because of condoms
Now Botswana, 20% has HIV/AIDS (one of the highest in the world)
Life expentemce in Botswana from 60 to 40 to 50 years

Question 21

Challenging Countries

Answer 21

Pakistan and Niger (population expected to double)

Question 22

OK countries

Answer 22

Bangladesh and Mexico

Question 23

Good Countries

Answer 23

Southeast Asia, China

Question 24

STD Facts

Answer 24

PHV/Venereal warts: 30 to 50% in the US, Urban area 80%
Herpes (20%) and Syphilis (less then 1%): HIV/AIDS 1 in 300 people US