Last class we did an activity where we changed different stations and we had answer questions about the source we had on the table. I really enjoyed this class and my favourite station of the class was the one were we had to create something that would remind us of the letter on the table, with play dough. I really liked that station because it was fun and we had a chance to be creative. I also really liked the one were we had to write a story about the picture because it really made me think how the soldiers felt during war and how hard it must have been for them. I thought last class was very interesting and I really enjoyed it. It required us to think a lot and to concentrate on what we were reading to create stories, drawings, sculptures and to answer some questions. This class was very helpful because I learned to actually think when I read something and I really liked the fact that we can share ideas with other people and talk to them, instead of sitting on our chairs and work on our computers for the entire class. I really enjoyed this class and I hope we will do this activity again.

We also had to read a letter from a soldier in France when the war ended and draw something that would remind us of it. So I drew soldiers from different countries (France, Germany, Italy) in front of the Eiffel Tower.

- Very important man in Russian history

Why is the world’s population unevenly distributed?

1. What is the difference between:

1. Population distribution and population density
2. Positive factors and negative factors
3. Physical factors and human factors

1. The population distribution shows how people are spread out in the Earth’s surface, some places can be very crowded and others can have very few people. The population density describes the number of people living in a specific area, it basically shows how crowded a place is.
2. The positive factors are reasons that usually encourage people to live in that area and they usually create densely populated areas and the negative factors usually discourage people to live in that area, these factors usually create a sparsely populated area.
3. The physical factors are the factors that involve the environment and human factors are the ones that humans created

1. For each of the remaining five areas

1. State whether it has a high population density or a low population density
2. Give as many reasons as possible why its population density is high or low

Northern Canada - Low population density. Climate extremes, in winter it gets extremely cold.

Western Europe - High population density. No climate extremes, nice soils, natural resources

Himalayan mountains - Low population density. High relief, soil not good for agriculture, poor transport, not many jobs available.

Japan - High population density. No climate extremes, industries, available jobs, natural resources

Amazon rainforest - Low population density. Dense forests, limited education services, poor transport

1. What negative factors and what positive factors have affected the density of population in your local area?

Many natural resources, the soil is easy to use for agriculture, grass, no climate extremes, quite flat relief, available jobs, education services, transports.

Population Density Table:

World Population Growth Worksheet - Answers: