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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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Chapter 2: Issue 1
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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Chapter 2: Issue 1
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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Chapter 2: Issue 1
List of 10 countries that are the most populated |
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- China
- India
- USA
- Indonesia
- Brazil
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Japan
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