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Background Information

Facts

What is the approximate population of the earth?

Is population increasing or decreasing?

Why?

- Improved medical/health knowledge

- medicines

- treatments

- diet & exercise

Consequences

1. Overpopulation

2. Disease

3. Housing, food, water shortages

pollution

Terms

Population density - # of people in an area, usually based on per square mile

Demography – The study of society using numbers – literacy rate, income, languages, race

Culture – The customs and habits that define a group’s way of life

Terms

Political beliefs

- Pertains to government and authority

Terms

Economic beliefs

- Pertains to money and how (where) to spend it

The World

Approximately 200 countries exist today

4 Characteristics of a country:

- 1. Territory

- 2. Population

- 3. Government

- 4. Sovereignty

Stuff

Nearly all countries are broken down into smaller political units. This is a Federation.

Confederation – a union, to join

Types of Leadership

Authoritarian – A person or small group holds all political power

- Dictatorship – Usually gains power by military overthrow, by force

- Totalitarian – An attempt to control all aspects of society

- Monarchy – Power is gained by birthright

- Constitutional Monarchy – King or queen is symbolic. They have no real authority

- Democracy – The people govern (through representation)

Government

Fascism – A radical, authoritarian ideology. Single party state. No tolerance for different thought. Will use violence/war to keep the nation strong.

Nationalism – a very “pro-state” ideology. The state is superior to all other states.

Government

Militarism – Glorification of the military. Belief that the state must maintain a strong military that can be aggressively used to promote state interests.

Imperialism – The taking over of weaker nations for personal gain (natural resources)

Isolationism – The desire to stay out of world affairs, focus on the homefront.

Economic systems

We will do an economic systems comparison on the board

Resources

Renewable resources – Resources that once used, continue to exist

- trees, soil, water, wind

Non-renewable resources – resources that are gone once they are used

- fossil fuels

Natural resources- Materials found in the natural environment that people use to satisfy their needs

Energy Sources

1. fossil fuels

2. water

3. wind

4. solar

5. nuclear

6. geothermal

Economic Activity

1. Agriculture – Most common occupation in the world

- Subsistence farming – farming to feed one’s family

- Commercial farming – farming as a business. Growing crops to sell

2. Manufacturing

- turning raw materials into finished products

Service industry – 3rd source of income

- police, tourism, retail, banking, advertising

A developed nation has all three

A developing nation usually relies on subsistence farming.

Income

Gross National Product/Gross Domestic Product (GNP/GDP) – Total amount of goods and services produced by a nation in a year.

Per Capita GNP/GDP – Same as GNP but on a per person basis.

- Tells us the average yearly income.

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