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Free Response Questions

EXAMPLE The following image shows population density around the world. (parts a-g are worth 1 point each)

80°N 80°N
Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle
60°N 60°N
EUROPEAN
CLUSTER
40°N 40°N
ATLANTIC EAST ASIAN
CLUSTER
OCEAN Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer
20°N SOUTHEAST 20°N
PACIFIC ASIAN
OCEAN SOUTH CLUSTER
Equator
0° Equator 0°
ASIAN PACIFIC
Population density CLUSTER OCEAN
Per Per INDIAN 20°S
sq. km sq. mile OCEAN Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Capricorn
Above 100 Above 250 ATLANTIC
25–100 60–250 OCEAN
40°S 40°S
40°S
40°S
2–24 3–59 0 2000 4000 miles
1 1–2 0 2000 4000 km
Below 1 160°W Below 1 100°W 80°W 60°W 40°W 20°W 0° 20°E 40°E 60°E 80°E 100°E 120°E 140°E 160°E 180°
160°W
a. Identify another region of high population con- EXAMPLE RUBRIC
centration outside of the four circled clusters a. Northeastern United States, Central America,
on the map. eastern Brazil, western Africa, northeastern Africa,
b. Identify one environmental reason for the high South Africa.
population density in one of the four circled b. Warm temperatures; access to ocean trade.
regions. c. Warm temperatures allowed for a variety of agricul-
c. Describe how that environmental condition has tural products to support population growth; access
led to high population density in one of the four to ocean trade allowed for agricultural products to be
regions circled. delivered to regions expanding population growth.
d. Identify one region with low population density. d. Northern Canada, northern Africa, Australia,
central Asia, northern Russia–Siberia.
e. Identify one environmental reason for the low e. Cold temperatures; continentality — away from oceans.
population density in a region. f. Cold temperatures do not allow for a variety of agri-
f. Describe how that environmental condition would cultural products to be produced; continentality does
not allow for high population density in that area. not allow for ocean trade; too wet in the Amazon
g. Explain why some regions with possible posi- basin; too rugged in the mountainous regions.
tive environmental conditions are not high in g. Political oppression; warm temperatures but little
population density. rainfall would not allow agricultural productivity.

YOUR TURN Population density can be measured by e. Describe ONE environmental condition that
different methods indicating different statistics about would create a low agricultural density in a
a country’s population. The three indicators of popula- country.
tion density are arithmetic, physiological, and agricul- f. Explain why physiological density could be
tural density. (parts a-g are worth 1 point each) more accurate in the description of true popu-
a. Define arithmetic density. lation density rather than arithmetic density.
b. Define physiological density. g. Explain ONE reason to use agricultural density
c. Identify ONE feature of a country with a high to describe population density in a country.
arithmetic density.
d. Identify ONE example of a country with a low
arithmetic density but high physiological density.
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