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Global Population Issues: Can the World cope with more people? __Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity Summative Assessment: Criteria C and D __  1.Population Distribution and Density

Where is everyone?
What are the benefits and disadvantages of using this image to show the distribution of people worldwide?
 * Describe and Explain the pattern that you see.
 * This is split into **Describe and Explain:**
 * **Describing:** Start with a general pattern - is is uneven or even
 * Become more specific - Some continents tend to be more densely populated e.g Europe (start using geographical areas). Others have a more sparse population e.g Australia
 * Always give figures if you can - this is easier with choropleth maps. e.g. Many islands in the caribbean are densely populated e.g. Barbados with a density of 550 per km2
 * Then become even more specific and start to give reasons - **the Explanation**.
 * Australia does however have a very uneven distribution with most of its population found in clusters on the east of the country where there is more water availability

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