population and culture
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Chapter 3. Population and Culture. Section 1: Human Geography. Geography is also the study of languages, religions, customs, economics, and political systems WHAT IS CULTURE?. CULTURE: The beliefs and actions that define a group of people’s way of life. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Population and Culture
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Section 1: Human GeographyGeography is also the study of languages,
religions, customs, economics, and political systems
WHAT IS CULTURE?
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CULTURE:The beliefs and actions that define a group of
people’s way of life.
6 Billion people live on the Earth today2/3rds of the Earth is water½ of land is uninhabitable
Population Density: average number of people in a square mile
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What factors lead people to live where they do?
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EnvironmentAdapting to your surroundings
Clothing Buildings Technology Altering the physical landscape
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Population GrowthModern technology
Allows for more food to be produced Allows for better health care
What will the effects of rapid population growth be?
Immigrants vs. Emigrants(Birth Rate vs. Death Rate)
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UrbanizationThe growth of city populations
Ruralcountryside
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The Nature of Culture
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•What about the article resonates with you personally?
•What is the father asking his son’s teacher to do?
•What are the background knowledge and skills Wind-Wolf brings to the classroom?
•How might the teacher capitalize on Wind-Wolf’s knowledge and skills?
•What are the assumptions the father makes about the teacher?
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Section 2: Economic Systems
Basic Questions-What (how many) goods and services are to be
produced?-How will they be produced?-How will the products and wealth be distributed?
Types of Economic Systems:1. Traditional Economy
• Nearly ALL goods and services produced are used by village• “Subsistence Economies”
2. Market Economy• Freedom of Individuals and groups (free enterprise economy)• Capitalism• “Laws of Supply and Demand”
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3. Command Economy• Controlled by a single central government• Decisions are made to obtain a social and political goal• Communism• Government decides what is made, how workers are paid, how
much things will cost.• “Planned Economy”
4. Mixed Economy• Mix of traditional, market, and command• Socialism