Nat Geo Population Exploration


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJdT6QcSbQ0

What do you think all this movement has to do with population?

 Looking at the picture what do you think Anthropocene means?

Internet Exploration Day 
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/03/age-of-man/map-interactive

https://www.esri.com/en-us/maps-we-love/gallery/anthropocene

Go to the map on the link above.  These maps are from the same article on the "Face of Humanity" we looked at yesterday.  Use the Google Doc and Answer the following questions about the maps.  You need to share the Doc with me. You can work with a partner or two.

Page (Map) 1:

What are the differences in the colors of the map?  
Where are the most colors seen around the world?  Why is that?
Where are there areas with fewer colors?  Why do you think that is?
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Page 2 and 3 (Map):  Economics

What are the differences between the colors?
How much money does a person in the upper middle class make (on average)?
What is one trend you see on the Economic maps?
Where are high-income countries mostly located? 
Where are low-income countries mostly located? 
Are there any coun

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