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Directions
 As you navigate this slide show, read each slide.
 You will be asked to use online sources and maps contained in this Map
Quest to answer a series of questions. You will also be asked to come up
with your own theories about life in other parts of the world.
 Links in this Map Quest will only work if you are viewing it in Slide
Show mode.
 Carefully think about each question.
 Write each answer on your worksheet.
 When you run into a problem, try and problem solve on your own with
your partner. Discuss areas where you may have confusion before asking
for Ms. Richman or Ms. Ryder’s help. Being able to work through a
difficult problem is a life skill!
What do Geographers do?
 Geographers gather all kinds of information about different
places on Earth.
 Geographers use this information to better understand how
people interact with their environment and understand why
ways of life differ around the world.
 Differences in the way people live can be due to climate,
disease, access to services and technology, wealth or a range
of other variables.
 If we can understand what causes some regional problems,
people can develop solutions or ways to improve life in
struggling regions.
You are the Geographer!
 Geographers (and demographers) collect information about
human life.
 Geographers then use this data to make tables and thematic
maps that show how life is different around the world.
 Maps are visual tools that make it easier to read data and
compare regions.
 You will be the geographer today. Your task is to read maps
to better understand and describe the world around you.
 You will be asked to compare regions and write your own
theories based on geographical information.
Part 1: Population
 Write Part 1 on your paper.
 Use the maps on the following slides and answer the
questions about population.
Part 1: Population
1) What type of
information does
this map show?
2) According to this
map, where do most
people in the world
live?
3) What do you know
about the climate in
this part of the
world?
Part 1: Population
4) What does this map show
5) Using only the information in
this map, how does the
population in the western
hemisphere differ from the
population in the eastern
hemisphere?
6) If you put this map together
with the one on latitude,
what specific countries have
the world’s greatest
population?
Part 1: Population
7) This map shows
population density.
Look up population
density and write a
definition in your
own words. DO
NOT COPY the
definition.
(Click on the link
above to look up
term)
Part 1: Population
8) Look at the population density map
closely. Do more people live along the
coasts or in the interior (near the
center) of continents?
9) Write a realistic theory for why most
people live here. You can use
information that we discussed in class
about climate or what you know about
life in continents. Non-serious answers
will not be given credit.
Larger Map
Part 1: Population
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Questions
8&9
Part 2: Climate
 Skip a line and write Part 2 on your paper.
 Use the maps on the following slides and answer the
questions about climate.
Part 2: Climate
The next map is a climate zone map. Using information
from this map and the population density map, answer the
following questions.
10) In which climate zone(s) do most people on the planet
live?
11) What climate zone is home to the fewest amount of
people?
12) Do you think climate impacts population? Explain why.
Part 2: Climate
Part 3: Economics
 Skip a line and write Part 3 on your paper.
 Use the maps on the following slides and answer the
questions about economics.
 Economics looks at the wealth of a region.
Part 3: Economics
 The next map shows Gross Domestic Product—or GDP.
 GDP is the total value of all goods and services produced
(made) or provided in a country.
 The GDP is divided by the number of people living in a
country to show how productive a country is in terms of
economic growth.
 When a GDP goes up, the economy is growing. Countries
with strong GDP rates, tend to have more wealth ($).
Part 3: Economics
Part 3: Economics
13) Why do you think geographers look at the GDP rates of
different countries?
14) Look at the map on the next slide showing GDP. Which
countries have the strongest economy (higher GDP)?
15) Which countries/regions have the weakest economy (lowest
GDP)?
16) How is the GDP of China and India compare to the
GDP of the United States? Does this surprise you?
Part 4: Life Expectancy
 Skip a line and write Part 4 on your paper.
 Use the maps on the following slides and answer the
questions about human life expectancy (how long
people tend to live).
Part 4: Life Expectancy
This map shows human life expectancy (how long people
are expected to live in this part of the world.
Part 4: Life Expectancy
17) Where do people live the longest?
18) Where do people have the shortest life
span?
19) Think about why regions vary so
differently. Look at Africa. Write two
realistic theories about why southern
Africa has a lower life expectancy than
northern Africa. (You do not have to
know the “right answer,” you just have
to show your thought process).
Part 4: Life Expectancy
20) This map shows infant
mortality rates. Write
a definition for what
this means. You can
use geography
glossary to help you.
21) Think like a
geographer. What are
at least 3 reasons why
an infant may not
survive childhood?
Part 4: Life Expectancy
21) Compare and contrast this map with the life expectancy map that
included adults. You can make a T-chart or Venn diagram.
Part 4: Life Expectancy Rates
Wrap it all Up
22) In your opinion, which inhabited continent (not Antarctica) is
survival the most difficult?
-Write a complete paragraph (at least 5 sentences)
First sentence: Main sentence, restate the question and identify the continent that you are focusing
on.
Second sentence: Write one statement generally summarizing why life in this continent is hard.
Third sentence: Supporting detail/specific fact (use a fact from either the climate map, the population
density map, the GDP map, the life expectance map or the infant mortality map).
Fourth sentence: Second supporting detail/specific fact (use a fact from either the climate map, the
population density map, the GDP map, the life expectance map or the infant mortality map).
Fifth sentence: Third supporting detail/specific fact (use a fact from either the climate map, the
population density map, the GDP map, the life expectance map or the infant mortality map).