NameDate 9/21

Hour

TITLE: Key Demographics

Objective: Students will identify key demographic terms and apply them to regions of the world.

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GDP: Gross Domestic Product• The total value of all goods and services provided

within a country

• How rich a country is

GNP- Gross National Product• All the goods and services for a country in

a year in two areas– $ made within a country–$ made by citizens living outside that

country.

Compare and Contrast GNP and GDP

Population

The total number of people in an area

Population Density• Number of people divided by amount of land• How crowded a country is

People / Land

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Urban: A city or densely

populated area

Rural: Country side or farm land

sparsely populated.

Per Capita GDP: The average amount of money earned by

each person in a country $/ GDP divided by population

1. Write out the GDP in billions2. Write out the population3. Cross off the last six digits from both numbers

( or the last three, if there aren’t six) 4. Calculate. This is how much the average person earns

Infant Mortality Rate• The number of

babies that die out of every 1,000

• A baby has to be born alive and die before age one (1) to count.

Is a baby with health problems more likelyto survive in a country with better hospitals?

Literacy Rate• The percentage

of adults in a country that can read…

• …in the language of their country, at a sixth grade level

Life Expectancy• The number of

year someone is expected to live

• Usually women live a few years longer then men

Developed CountryAn area of the world that is technologically advanced, and has generally evolved through both economic and demographic transitions.

More Wealthy

Developing Country A country that is changing from

uneven growth to more constant economic conditions and has relatively high rates of infant mortality and illiteracy, and relatively low rates of life expectancy and energy use.

Less Wealthy

Do you think a developed country would have a high or low literacy rate?

A: HighB: LowC: They could have either a high or lowD: I have no idea

Do you think a developed country would have a high or low infant mortality rate?

A: HighB: LowC: They could have either a high or lowD: I have no idea

Do you think a developed country would have a high or low GDP?

A: HighB: LowC: They could have either a high or lowD: I have no idea

Do you think a developed country would have a high or low population density?

A: HighB: LowC: They could have either a high or lowD: I have no idea

Do you think someone in a developed country would have a high or low life expectancy rate?

A: HighB: LowC: They could have either a high or lowD: I have no idea

• Label all 50 states from memory on the large map. State name goes in the upper left corner of each state (the remainder is for additional data).

• DOGSTAIL your map.