1. Population and Culture?

2. Right now the population of the earth is a tad above ____ and by the year 2050 it will be 9 billion. Population is increasing because there are more ___ than ___. The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people is called ___. The number of births per year per 1000 people is called ___. The difference between the two is called the natural increase or growth rate. Everyone look at the graph on page 76. Depressing  In places such as _______ the birthrate is very high. In the civilized world like ___ and ___ it is low or is decreasing. In parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America the time it takes a population to double, or ___, is down to 25 years.

3. There are many problems with the population of a country or a region growing so fast. Lets think of a few:__________________ Not all countries are growing however. In many countries in ___ they are decreasing in population. There are also problems with a decreasing population such as ___________________. In order to get the populations of these countries to grow they are encouraging people from other countries to live there. This is called ___. The pattern of human settlement, or POPULATION DISTROBUTION, varies from place to place on the earth. In Egypt, most people live along the ___. Most people do not live in the Arctic or the Desert but instead live along ___ sources or in large cities. The amount of people that live per square mile, or ___, also varies.

4. Canada averages only 8 people per square mile while 2,401 live per square mile in the country of ____. Many people are also moving from place to place. This is called ___. Most of these people that are migrating are moving from the country into the cities called ____. They go for many reasons such as ___________. The way of life of a group of people, or __, also varies from place to place and can also be different in the same community. People that have the same culture share many similarities such as __________. Language is key to a culture. Language helps people _________. There are many different language families out there today. Languages such as English, Hindi, Russian, and Spanish are all related to the ___ language family. Religion is also a large part of culture. The most prominent religion in the world today is ____ with ___ being the fastest growing

5. There are also groups of people around the world that share a common language, history, place of origin called a ____. To a greater extent there are also culture regions. IN these areas they share __________. The US and Canada are in the same because of the history that the two possess. Many people move to a place, or ___, for many reasons such as ___ and ____ factors. A push factor comes from _____ and a pull factor comes from _____. Lets do a push and pull on the country of Iraq.