Density:
This map shows the population. The countries with the highest population are India, China, Indonesia, and Central Europe.
Will India have a greater population in about ten years? Explain.
Growth:
This map shows the growth of the population. This map shows that some countries are consuming more than what can be produced. It shows that some countries will soon double in size.
What countries will soon have a greater population than others? Keep in mind that the other counties are also still growing. (Look at what countries are growing FASTER)
Cities:
This map shows how much countries have become urbanized. It shows all the city night lights of the world. All the city lights are very costly and expensive but they are also good too. They have some environmental benefit.
If city lights benefit the country, than which countries benefit the most? Explain.
Water:
This map shows how many cubic meters of water per capita a country has. It claims that countries less than 5,000 cubic meters of capita are considered short of water. This is mostly in the countries with a high population.
What country do you think will run out of water first if water stops being reproduced? (Keep in mind the map of growth and the map of population)
Air:
This map shows kilos. of carbon per square kilometer. In other words it shows what countries pollute the most. It mostly shows the countries with high populations like U.S. and China. These countries have a lot of factories and people that drive often.
What countries do you think have the most automobile production? Explain.
Climate:
This map shows the surface temperature of countries. The countries with hotter than normal areas are mostly the areas that have the highest pollution. This map mostly has to do with global warming and which countries impact global warming the most.
How does global warming affect us and other animals? Which countries contribute to this the most?
Forests:
This map shows all the forest that are here today and it shows whether its frontier, modified, or original forests. This map shows that almost 40% of the world’s remaining forests are endangered.
What countries are the most endangered?
Land:
This map shows which lands are almost pristine, transformed, and partially transformed. Humans have altered almost half of the land. A lot of them are agricultural areas. Population growth ill impact this.
Without looking at this map explain what countries you think have transformed their land the most. For help look at the population map.
Habitats:
This map shows how human population growth threatens animal species all over, even water. It states that overfishing ash already killed a lot of fish. Scientists are shocked at the increase in coral reef bleaching. Some people think that more than half of the world’s reefs may be gone by the year 2030.
Can you guess what areas most of the coral reefs will die away?
