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Chapter 2: Issue 1
AP Human Geography
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9th Grade
09/03/2018

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Chapter 2: Issue 1

What regions do two-thirds of the world's population live in?

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East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe
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How are the locations of Japan and Korea's population different from the rest of East Asia?

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More than 3/4 of all Japanese and Koreans live in urban areas and work at industrial or service jobs
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What types of areas do most people generally avoid living in?

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Regions that are too dry, too wet, too cold, or too mountainous for activities such as agriculture
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Why do geographers use arithmetic density?

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To compare conditions in different countries because the two pieces of information needed to calculate the measure--total population and total land area--are easy to obtain
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Define agricultural density

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The ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture
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List of 10 countries that are the most populated

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  1. China
  2. India
  3. USA
  4. Indonesia
  5. Brazil
  6. Pakistan
  7. Nigeria
  8. Bangladesh
  9. Russia
  10. Japan
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