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Geography and Agriculture Feeding the World: Images of a Hungry Planet Food for Thought
Food, Land & People Utah Agriculture in the Classroom Utah State University
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Location, Location, Location…
Geography People Places Time Agriculture Food Land Does a continent latitude or longitude matter? Guns, Germs, & Steel: by Jared Diamond
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Topography and climate
Does Geography determine where civilizations begin?
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Topography and Soils Can soil types predict where civilizations thrive? What do you know about the soils in the various colors?
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Geography: Food, Land & People
Different culture, religions traditions based on food and land. Street Foods (National Geographic) Ghana
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Geography: Food, Land & People
Bolivia
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Geography: Food, Land & People
Mali
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Geography: Food, Land & People
Peru
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Geography: Food, Land & People
India
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Geography: Food, Land & People
Laos
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Geography: Food, Land & People
And more…Most of the world lives differently than we do here in the USA. Explore media base or National Geographic Magazine, for more! Albania
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Geography: Food, Land & People
What does the average family around the world consume and spend for food for one week? Images from Peter Menzel’s book Hungry Planet
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Cultural Comparisons Country Weekly Total, US $ Number of People
Per Person % of USA Chad 1.23 6 $0.21 0.4% Bhutan 5.03 13 $0.39 1.5% Ecuador 31.55 9 $3.51 9.2% Egypt 68.53 12 $5.71 20.0% Poland 151.27 5 $30.25 44.2% Mexico 189.09 $37.82 55.3% Italy 260.11 $52.02 76.1% USA 341.98 4 $85.50 100.0% Germany 500.07 $125.02 146.2%
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Another way to look at it!
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Follow up Activity Day of the Week Date Meal What did you eat Approximate Cost Meal Status Circle One Sunday Breakfast Made from Basics Frozen/Box/Mix Ate Out Lunch Dinner Monday Track your meals and their cost with your parents for one week Bring a completed Data Form back at the end of the week Use your data and the data from this presentation to make your own bar graph
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Geography and Agriculture… How will we feed a hungry planet?
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