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Geography Activities
AG1 - Building the Global Web
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This activity could be done as a research project for individual
students or groups of students. Use the Our Place website (www.ozgreen.org.au/ourplace/ourplace.htm)
or case studies booklet and your school library as a source of information.
OUR PLACE – SERVICES AND LIFESTYLES The World – A Third
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Country
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Health Services
(people/doctor)
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Under Five Mortality per 1,000 people
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TV sets per 1,000 people
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Energy Consumption
(Kg Coal equivalent/person)
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Australia
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436
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10
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480
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7,436
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India
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2,460
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126
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35
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313
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Papua New Guinea
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12,870
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79
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2
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292
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Poland
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490
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17
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295
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3,742
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United States of America
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420
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11
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814
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9,958
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Venezuela
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590
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43
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162
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2,902
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World Guide 1995/96)
1)
Use the above information to draw a series of bar graphs. Line the
graphs up under each other so you can make a comparison between
countries.
2)
Which country has – the most people per doctor? The least?
the highest under five mortality rate? The lowest?
the most TV’s per person? The least?
the highest rate of energy consumption? The lowest?
3)
Compare the number of TV sets and the energy consumption of Papua
New Guinea and USA. By what factor does the number of TV sets and
energy consumption in USA exceed that in Papua New Guinea?
4)
What does the above information tell you about global inequity (the
uneven distribution of resources and consumption patterns around
the world)?
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