Essential Questions

1.What are the population trends around the world and what factors are influencing those trends?
The population trend overall is that population is growing in general all around the world. Population grows in more places like Asia and Africa than in places like Europe and U.S.A because more poor countries are located in Asia. Like India people don’t have education and don’t know much about having to many kids, which makes the population increase. If they have more kids they have more people to help them work to take care of the family. But in countries like Europe and the U.S.A population either stays the same or decreases because those countries are richer and have more industries and a bigger economy.

2.What is being done to stabilize global population growth?
Developed countries, which have donor programs provide assistance to poor countries to help educate the people about population growth and about keeping families smaller. Some countries do drastic things. For example in China they have a one child per family policy. If they have more than one child people have to pay a fine.

3.How are resources distributed and utilized?
Resources are usually used by the government. The government utilizes the resources and distributes them through public institutions like schools, hospital, health clinics, etc.

4.What are the effects of humanity’s consumption of the world’s resources?
The effects of the of human population using up resources like water, oil, coal, wood, metals etc. is that they become scarce, more expensive and harder to get especially for poor people. Poor people will not be able to afford any of the resources that will be left because there will only be enough for people who can afford them.

5.What are possible solutions to problems associated with population trends and use of resources?
One solution to better using of natural resources is to use less of it. People should consider using alternative uses for resources like using a bicycle instead of using a car. Slowing down population grow is also a possible solution because that means less people will be using the limited resources that we have.