unit 1 LO1 pop and econ devt patterns

Question 1

what does global pop distribution refer to

Answer 1

where people live / the way people are located across the earths surface
- usually dot map

Question 2

world 4 main pop conc

Answer 2

east asia - china, japan, korea
south asia - india, pakistan, bangladesh, sri lanka
europe
northern and eastern america

Question 3

how does environment affect global pop distribution (physical)

Answer 3

• frequency of hazards
• enviro that breed disease
  OR
• those that promote favourable sedentary living
• fertile land, water supply

Question 4

how does health affect globbal pop distribution (human)

Answer 4

control of disease, birth control, IMR, diet and nutrition, doctor to paitent ratio, sexual health, sanitation

Question 5

how does education levels affect global pop distribution

Answer 5

health edu, compulsory schooling age, females in edu, levels of tertiary avail, literacy levels

Question 6

social services affecting global pop dis

Answer 6

quality + lvl of care for elderly
availiablity of radio + media
clean water supply

Question 7

culture affecting global pop dis

Answer 7

religious attitudes – birth control
status gain from having children
role of women

Question 8

politics affecting global pop dis

Answer 8

taxation to support services
strength of econ
impact of war
facilitating access to hc and contraception
population policies (anti/pro natal)

Question 9

first world vs second world vs thrid world

Answer 9

developed // est europe, australia, japan
communist // china
developing

Question 10

what is the North-south divide

Answer 10

the Brandt Line
line that seps richer ‘north’ from poorer ‘south’
parallels between ‘core and periphery’ and north and south

Question 11

problems with north south divied (Brandt line)

Answer 11

• large variations in GDP per capita in ‘north’
• rich countries in south – develpoing rapidly