human geo 11/8/18

key issues:

- how do geographers describe where things are?
- why is each point on earth unique?
- why are different places on earth similar?
- why are some human actions not sustainable?
- where is the world population distributed?
- why is the global population increasing everyday?
- why does population growth vary among regions?
- why do some regions face certain health issues/ threats?

-population concentrations:
- 2/3 of the worlds inhabits are clustered in these 4 regions:
1. east asia
2. south asia
3. southeast asia
4. europe

- site the situations of the population clusters
1. low laying areas with firtle soil and temp. climate
2. near an ocean or river with easy access to the river or ocean

sparsely populated regions
humans often avoid clustering in certain environments
1. dry lands
2. wet lands
3. cold lands
4. high lands