Unit 4- Online Lab- Topic 2- Human Landscapes

This lab is to help me see how demographics, or the characteristics and distribution of human populations affects resource consumption.









What was your high fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate?
My high fertility rate country was East Africa. The fertility rate was a little over double the World's coming in at 6.70 compared to the World at 3.20.

What was your low fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate?
My lower fertility rate country was the Bahamas. The fertility rate was a little lower, but not as low as others. The rate there was 2.20.

The initial demographic "shape" of your high fertility rate country should have been a pyramid, with high population in young age groups. Explain why high fertility rate results in a high percentage of young people in the population. How does this affect future population growth?
This results because there are people have babies, putting those babies at the same age and it becomes a continued cycle of production rate, that seems to pick up speed along the way. :) I think the population growth may become more wide spread, but still be happening.

Your low fertility rate country might have had a more oval-shaped curve with high population in middle age groups. This is especially exaggerated if the fertility rate is below 2.00. Explain why low fertility rate leads to lots of middle-aged people.
This wasn't the case with my graph, but I think this leads to more middle-aged people because of higher infant deaths or younger generations moving around instead of populating that area maybe.

Write ten adjectives or descriptive phrases for what you might expect life, people's attitudes, conditions on the streets, etc. will be like in each of those situations. Imagine a situation with lots of middle-aged and older people in the population and write ten quick "brain-storm" descriptors for you think it would be like (Prescott, Arizona?). Then do the same for a situation with lots of children in the population.
Where more older people are I see a lot of medical offices for the sick and not as much cheer. For a more younger populated area I see not a lot of help from them and yet more resources to help them. I see more laughter and the busy life style.