Exam Essay

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Today we started working on the essay part of the exam. We had 3 options to choose from. I chose option B. Option B is:

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  The population pyramids below represent two countries at different stages of the demographic transition and economic development. Explain the demographic characteristics of each country below with respect to the demographic transition model. Describe potential issues both countries could face in the future if their population pyramids remain the same. Discuss possible solutions to each country’s population concerns.
  - Country A is a developing country while country B is already developed. Country A has more young people and a small amount of middle age and elderly people. Country B has a small amount of young people and more middle aged and elderly people. Country A is in Stage one of the demographic transition and Country B is in stage 4 and 5.

                                 

Quiz

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Today we took the demographic transition quiz. I studied a little but I forgot the packet at school so I didn't study from that until this morning. I didn't think the test was super hard, but some of the questions were a little difficult. Overall I feel like I did good-is but I'm not sure. I hope I did well on this quiz because right now I have a 93 and I don't want to drop down to a B. Also I am going to start preparing for the essay part of the exam that is on Friday. I'm glad that we have the prompt so we know what we are writing about and can prepare for it instead of having to write an essay that you didn't know about.

Quiz Monday!

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We have a quiz on Monday! Its on Demographic Transition. Today we reviewed the Khan Academy video that we watched before. The Khan Academy video was my favorite because it had visuals and a lot of examples, so I actually understood what it was saying. We also drew a model of demographic transition. It shows the birth and death rates and the rate of natural increase and the rate of natural decrease. It shows how the population has changed over time, and it also shows what stages of demographic transition it is in.

Assignment

Khan Academy Video:
1. Right now most countries have positive growth, which means their population is getting bigger.
2. Growth rate measure how much country shrinks or grows over a period of time.
3. Immigration, emigration, births, and deaths are totaled to find the growth rate of any place.

Video from Kim Smith:
1. From the agricultural revolution till the industrial revolution the worlds population only grew by 67,000 people every year, now we get that many every 6 to 7 hours.
2. Mortality and fertility rates have dropped with industrialization.
3. A woman's status was decided based on how many children she had, especially if they were boys instead of girls.

Why Populations Grow:
1. The growth rates from less developed countries are very rapid, while economically developed countries have slow growth.
2. Japan is expected to lose 21 percent of its population by 2050.
3. Doubling time is the time it takes a country to double in size.

My favorite video was the Khan Academy one because, it was easier to understand because of the drawings. I could visualize it better because I could see it instead of trying to comprehend it just in my head. It had a lot of good information and examples that helped me understand the topic. It was helpful that it used a made up country to explain how growth rate is found and the different factors that go into growth rate.

Demographic Transition

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Today we talked about demographic transition, Demographic transition is the process of change in a society's population from high crude birth and death rates and a low rate of natural increases a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and higher total population. The first stage of demographic transition is Low Growth. In this stage there is a very high CBR, a very high CDR and a very low NIR. Most of human history was spend in stage 1. Next is stage 2, High Growth. Stage 2 has a high CBR, a rapidly declining CDR and a very high NIR. This stage happened during the Industrial Revolution and the Medical Revolution. The next stage is stage 3, moderate growth. It has a rapidly declining CBR, a moderately declining CDR, and a moderate NIR. When a society is going through this stage there are fewer children being born. Stage 4 is low growth. There is a very low CBR, a low or slightly increasing CDR and a zero or negative NIR. This is called zero population growth. Some countries such as Japan, Italy and Germany are in the stage right now. There is a stage 5 but no one know what its like yet.

sick day

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I wasn't in class on Monday because I was sick.