The Global Village
According to Harter (2,000) Shrinking the population of the world at the end of the 20th C to 100 people would look like the following.
100 people in the world 57 Aisian 21 European 14 Western Hemisphere 8 African
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100 people in the world 52 Male 48 Female 70 non white 30 white
100people in the world 70 non Christian 30 Christian
100 people in the world 89 Hetrosexual 11 Homosexual
100 people in the world 6 people would possess 60% of the entire world’s wealth. All 6 people would be from the US
100 people in the world 80 would live in substandard housing
100 people in the world 70 would be unable to read
100 people in the world 50 would suffer from malnutrition
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100 people in the world 1 would be near death 1 would be near birth 1 would have a college education 1 would own a computer
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Population Powerpoint produced by Rachel Farrell (PDST) & Aoife Healion (SHS, Tullamore) Sources of information: SEC Marking Schemes, newspaper articles & documentaries
Syllabus Economics of Population Global and national population, size, composition and trends. Over, under and optimum population. The labour force and employment. The importance of population, and its influence on economic development and growth.
Exam Questions OL Studyclix Short 2009 Q Q 2 Long 2011 Q 8 (a) & (b) 2010 Q 7 (a) 2009 Q Q 3 (c) 2007 Q Q 6 (a) & (c) 2003 Q Q 7 (c) 2001 Q 7 (c)
Exam Questions HL Short 2010 Q Q Q 9 Long 2011 Q 8 (a) (b) (c) 2010 Q 8 (b) (c) 2008 Q 7 (c) 2005 Q 8 (a) 2003 Q 7 (c)
Complete “skimming an article exercise” on pdst website
Advantages of Immigration placemat exercise
The 2011 census of Ireland highlighted that Complete “scanning exercise” on pdst website
Population Pyramid
Population Pyramid Is a diagram that shows the distribution by age of the population of a country. In Ireland in 2006 the median age is approx 35 years. Irelands population is becoming older. mid
Thomas Robert Malthus Classical Economist English ( ) “The Principles of Population” Theory of Population & Food Population grows geometrically (2,4,8,16,32). Food grows arithmetically (1,2,3,4,5,6). If population not kept in check famine & disease would result. SOL did not fall in 19 th C but his ideas were more relevant in the population explosion of the 20 th C Applied the Law of Diminishing Returns to Land Best land taken up first, then next best, then inferior…. At each stage the amount of food is less than before. Iron Law of Wages An increase in wage above subsistence level = increase in population = increase in supply of labour =decrease in wage
World population 7,000,000,000 7 billion
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