19-20 March - Review for Quarterly Assessment

Announcements: Your journals will be collected at the beginning of your next class (21st - A, 22nd - B). I have posted an abridged version of the notes from Mr. Hayes (before the blog started) on the blog so that you can catch up on notes if necessary (see previous entry).

Due: Your homework on "When the Moors Ruled in Europe" is due. Please make sure your name and class period are written legibly at the top of your assignment and place it in the basket.

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Population:

Infant Morality Rate: the number of babies that die in their first year of life per 1,000

World's highest?           1 Afghanistan 121.63 2012 est.

China?                            111 China 15.62 2012 est.  

US?                                 174 United States 5.98 2012 est.

UK?                                188 United Kingdom 4.56 2012 est. 

Australia?                      189 Australia 4.55 2012 est.  

EU (together)?              190 European Union 4.49 2010 est.

Among the lowest?        221 Japan 2.21 2012 est. 

                                        222 Monaco 1.80 2012 est.  

What does this mean? High infant mortality rate often indicates one or more of the following:

- poor sanitation
- poor drinking water
- lack of immunization for babies
- need of better public health measures


Crude Death Rate: the number of deaths in a year per 1,000


As of 2010/2011:

Afghanistan:  16
China:            7
US:                 8
UK:                9
Australia:       6
Japan:            10

Crude Birth Rate: the number of births in a year per 1,000


As of 2010/2011:

Afghanistan:  44
China:            12
US:                 14
UK:                13
Australia:       13
Japan:             9

Get crude birth and death rates from The World Bank Database.

Rate of Natural Increase: the rate of population change in the absence of migration; calculated by subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate - can be positive or negative

Afghanistan:  44 - 16 = 28 (increasing)
China:            12 - 7 = 5 (increasing)
US:                 14 - 8 = 6 (increasing)
UK:                13 - 9 = 4 (increasing)
Australia:       13 - 6 = 7 (increasing)
Japan:             9 - 10 = -1 (decreasing)

Population of the US:

Demographic Transition Model: the shift from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates (usually associated with the shift from pre-industrialization to post-industrialization); used to measure changes in a population over time

Are births and deaths the only reason that a population grows? What other reasons might a population grow or shrink?

World Population: (know the first 4!)

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,343,239,923
2	India	1,205,073,612
3	United States	313,847,465
4	Indonesia	248,645,008
5	Brazil	199,321,413
6	Pakistan	190,291,129
7	Nigeria	170,123,740
8	Bangladesh	161,083,804
9	Russia	142,517,670
10	Japan	127,368,088

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