Unit 2, Chapter 2: Population and Health Reflection

 Unit 2, Chapter 2: Population and Health Reflection

Instructions: Using your geographic notebook and class activities, complete the following reflection review of Chapter 2. These questions will guide your comprehension of the major concepts discussed about the global population. You will use this as a study tool come test time (both your unit exam and AP exam in May).

Guiding Questions:

1. Define the demographic transition model. Explain the stages of the DTM. Provide real world examples of each stage. Include a DTM graph in this post. 

2. Define the epidemiology transition model. Explain the stages of the ETM. Provide real world examples of each stage. Include an ETM graph in this post. 

3. Compare the population theories of Thomas Malthus, Esther Boserup, and Neo-Malthusian. 

4. Compare the population policies of MDC and LDCs in terms of pro-natalist and anti-natalist policies. 

5. Explain the three types of population density. Provide a real world example for each. Describe the affects of each population density on a country's society, economics, and environment.

6. Describe the characteristics of a population pyramid. Explain the demographic issues a population pyramid analyzes. Include a population pyramid graph in this post. 

7. Define aging population. Explain the affect of an aging population on a country. 

8. Define dependency ratio. Explain the affect dependency ratio has one a country's society and economics. 

9. Define total fertility rate. Compare TFR in MDC and LDC. Provide a real world example of each. Explain the affect a high TFR has on a LDC and the affect a low TFR has on a MDC. 

10. Define rate of natural increase. Compare NIR in MDC and LDC. Provide a real world example of each. 


MLA Reference Citation:

"GCSE Geography Population". THE GEOGRAPHER ONLINE, 2020, https://www.thegeographeronline.net/population-dynamics.html. Accessed 2 Oct 2020.

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