Today in human geo class we took notes on a demographic transition chart which describes any country and its transitioning. Being born at a high rate, but dying off young still makes the population grow. Birth control can be a factor in the population, other factors are: many children are needed for farming, children in developing countries are dying at a young age, religious/ social encouragement, or no family planning available. Changes in death rates are bad health care, diseases, not a lot of hospitals or clinics, and the flu or other sicknesses.
Human Geography Class Today in human geography class we talked about maps. The main map almost every school uses is a Mercator map. Mr. Schick showed us a video from a tv show that used to air a couple years ago. The clip we watched was about a group of people that were having a discussion with the president on changing the maps that almost every school uses. They showed the president how inaccurate the Mercator map was. It showed Africa as a small continent, when really it is much larger, and it makes the United States much larger looking than it really is. The group proposed the idea and came up with a solution to the problem. They wanted to replace the maps with a new, more accurate map called the gall-peters map. After the video, Mr. Schick continued to le...
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