Asia and Population

What is population density?

• People living in a town/city

• Number of people in a standardized area

• Amount of resources people in a place use

• People on Earth versus the amount of land on Earth

How much of the land on Earth is in Asia?

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

What is the current population of Earth?

• 5 Billion

• 6.9 Billion

• 7.8 Billion

• 10 Billion

Censorship is when

• someone applies to become a citizen of a country

• someone blocks media because they think it is inappropriate or dangerous

• a country monitors everything arriving and leaving it on ships

• a single person controls the government of a country and restricts people's freedoms

What is the population issue from the presentations that Japan is currently facing?

• Everyone is moving from rural areas to urban areas

• People are migrating to other countries

• The gender ratio has become very uneven

• Too many children are being born and there is no place for new families to live

What is the population issue from the presentations that India is currently facing?

• The amount of people living in India is changing the climate

• Buildings are being built in areas that flood often

• Food shortages are an issue because people would rather live in cities than farm

• A giant pile of trash is making people sick and it continues to get bigger

What is the population issue from the presentations that China is currently facing?

• There isn't enough room for new buildings so poor people are being kicked out to build new apartments

• Smog is a constant threat to China's largest cities

• Paper products are really expensive because China is almost out of trees

• Recycling is almost impossible because of how many people live in China

Why did China start the One-Child Policy?

• The population was growing too fast

• Too many people were moving from the countryside to the big cities

• Waste disposal was becoming an issue in large cities like Beijing and Shanghai

• India started a One-Child Policy and China decided it was a good idea

How many children could people in China have under the One-Child Policy?

• Only one, that was it

• Only one, but in farming areas you could have two if your first kid was a girl

• Each family could only have one boy but as many girls as they wanted

• Only one unless in the case of twins, triplets, etc.

Is the One-Child Policy still around today?

• Yes, and it is working wonders for China's population

• Yes, although it may not be around for much longer

• No, it was discontinued when China became a democracy in 2005

• No, it was discontinued in 2015 due to the problems it had caused for China