How many people are there approximately on the planet?
8 billion people
How is population distribution calculated?
By dividing the number of inhabitants by the area they occupy.
What do we measure to determine if the population will grow, or if there will be more young or older people
We measure the birth rate, fertility rate, and the mortality rate.
In developed countries what happens to birth rates?
Habits that people make lead families to have less children.
What happens to birth rates in developing countries?
There is a drop in mortality rates causes the population to grow very quickly.
Is the population distributed evenly? explain
It is not. Some societies might be younger, older, have more men or women.
What is a population pyramid?
Graphs that summarize the classification of the population by gender or age. The shape is based on birth and death rates and how they have changed over time.
What is a city?
They are a population where the majority of the people do not work in agriculture or animal farming. More than 10,000 inhabitants.
What age was a city that was founded in Mesopotamia and Egypt with public services?
Ancient age
What are cities called that develop their own rules and laws which allowed the development of the bourgeois (merchants)?
Middle and Modern Ages
What type of city began to host industries and transportation?
Industrial City
What is a city called that has expanded while industries move to the outskirts?
Post-industrial Cities
What kind of layout does a city have that was built without a plan, typical of Islamic and medieval layouts?
Irregular Layout
What type of layout does a city have that have been built with a pre-designed plan in form of a grid?
Orthogonal layout
What kind of layout does a city have when the city is built around a center with direct roads going outward?
Radial layout
What type of city has a combination of layouts as they evolve over time?
Mixed layout
