Population Patterns

How do you measure population density?

• The average number of people living within a square mile.
• Look at a satellite picture of the area 
• look around the neighborhood  
• Count my army men toys

What is Population Distribution?

• The amount of cavemen that used to live in the mountains
• The geographic pattern of where people live on Earth
• How many people live in my house
• The amount of animals in the woods.

True or False: Rural areas are densely populated.

• True
• False

The main reason people settle in some areas and not in others is.......

• The need for resources
• wifi
• The house fits the family
• Their job

Population is not distributed evenly throughout a country. As a result....

• Some areas are more densely populated than their country's average indicates
• People make their homes on open grasslands
• The populations of different areas change as people move from one area to another 
• CANDY!!!!!!