Western Europe Population

Total Population Europe as a whole: 742.5 million (2013) Western Europe: 397.5 million (2009)

Europe Population Density 1. Where is the majority of the population located in Europe? 2. Why would the majority of the population of Europe live in this area? Majority of Europeans live in the west. Closer to trade routes and historically the site of industrialization. East Europe West Europe

Europe Satellite Image 3. What patterns can be determined using this satellite image of Europe? Majority of Europeans live in the west and along the coast. Closer to trade routes and historically the site of industrialization.

Europe Physical Map Mountains Forests Landlocked Climate 4. Name 3 physical features that would hinder people from settling the area. Mountains Forests Landlocked Climate

Influences on European Population

Polders in The Netherlands https://youtu.be/lcBHIztx2Gw Answer these questions as a class: 5. How has Human Environment Interaction shaped The Netherlands landscape today? 6. What is the purpose for the windmills in The Netherlands? 7. Why is Poldering important to The Netherlands population? 5. The land is at or below sea level, the people created earthen dykes (walls) to keep out water 6. used windmills to pump the water away. 7. They reclaimed the land from the sea.

8. Why does it take time for polder land to be ready for farming? 8. Rain has to wash salt out of the soil. Alfalfa is then used to replenish the nutrients washed away by the rain.

Bubonic Plague ( Lecture Notes) Influences on Population Bubonic Plague/Black Death- Reached Europe in 1347, spread from rats Diffused from Asia to Europe through trade routes 30%-60% of Europe Population killed http://youtu.be/_qK4X6bqy3o

Irish Potato Famine The Irish Potato Famine was the worst famine to occur in Europe in the 19th century.   A consequence of the famine, Ireland’s population of almost 8.4 million in 1844 had fallen to 6.6 million by 1851.  About one million people died from starvation and other famine-related diseases. The number of Irish who emigrated during the famine may have reached two million. Ireland’s population continued to decline in the following decades because of overseas emigration and lower birth rates. By the time Ireland achieved independence in 1921, its population was barely half of what it had been in the early 1840s. https://youtu.be/DiEQ4ZAB5NA

Chunnel https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=fN2Wn0L q3V0

Newspaper Headline Explain. 9 Newspaper Headline Explain? 9. Migrants in Europe Are Using Power in Numbers to Chunnel Their Way to the UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ZpTZJpsZs Europe’s overall migration numbers have dramatically increased this year as well, but many of those looking to enter England are doing so because they’ve already made it from as far away as Greece or Italy into France, and have family members they plan to meet in the U.K. Migrants camping out in Calais, France have a risky new plan for getting into the United Kingdom: storming the Channel tunnel in massive groups and hoping for the best. Thousands of migrants jumped onto the backs of trucks and trains in desperate attempts to cross the border into England from Calais, where they had been staying in squalid makeshift encampments near the underwater “chunnel” that connects the two countries.

Aging European Population https://youtu.be/Y5Vou MgsqO8 10. What problems will come from an aging population? 11. What will Europeans have to plan for in the future? 10. W. Europeans are not having enough kids to replace population, 11. shortage of workers in the future and Europeans will need to plan for ways to fill those jobs

W. Europe Lecture Notes Polders- In The Netherlands, the land is at or below sea level, the people created earthen dykes (walls) to keep out water and used windmills to pump the water away. They reclaimed the land from the sea. Irish Potato Famine- 1840’s, potato crop in Ireland was plagued with disease, people died and millions emigrated to other countries, including US. Chunnel- Underwater tunnel that connects France to England. Aging European Population- W. Europeans are not having enough kids to replace population, shortage of workers in the future.

W. Europe Lecture Notes Majority of Europeans live in the west and along the coast. Closer to trade routes and historically the site of industrialization. Influences on Population Bubonic Plague/Black Death- Reached Europe in 1347, spread from rats Diffused from Asia to Europe through trade routes 30%-60% of Europe Population killed

Population Pyramid Analysis

Rapid Growth- younger population vastly outnumbers the older population Zero Growth- older and younger population are basically equal Slow Growth- younger population is slightly higher than older population Negative Growth- older population outnumbers the younger population

France 1. What shape would this population pyramid be? 2. What change do you see based on the population pyramid? 3. What future concerns does France need to prepare for?

Germany 1. What shape would this population pyramid be? 2. What change do you see based on the population pyramid? 3. What future concerns does Germany need to prepare for? Germany

Italy 1. What shape would this population pyramid be? 2. What change do you see based on the population pyramid? 3. What future concerns does Italy need to prepare for?

Sweden 1. What shape would this population pyramid be? 2. What change do you see based on the population pyramid? 3. What future concerns does Sweden need to prepare for?

Monaco 1. What shape would this population pyramid be? 2. What change do you see based on the population pyramid? 3. What future concerns does Monaco need to prepare for?

K-Level Read “Germany Fights Population drop”. In groups of 3-4 come up with 3-5 solutions for Germany’s Population problem. L-Level Read and discuss as a class