Les 8 - Samenvattingsles

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

What is strange in this graph?

Look at the graph

What recent event is changing this graph even further?

Planning

• Summary of § 1, 2, and 3 of chapter 2
• Time for studying

Key words §2.1

• Population distribution (Bevolkingsspreiding): The way in which people are distributed over an area
• Population density (Bevolkingsdichtheid): The number of people in an area divided by the number of square kilometers
• Life expectancy (levensverwachting): the average number of years that citizens of a country will live

Population density

Population density (Bevolkingsdichtheid): The number of people in an area divided by the number of square kilometers

So the Population density of the Netherlands is:

Number of people: 

• 17800000

Area of the Netherlands in km2: 

• 41.543 km2

17800000/41543= 428,47

PopulationDensity=​SqKilometerOfGround​​NumberOfPeople​​

Population distribution

Population distribution (Bevolkingsspreiding): The way in which people are distributed over an area

Key words §2.2

Population graph (bevolkingsgrafiek): Graph with layers for the age groups and the percentage of men and women per age group

Age distribution (leeftijdsopbouw): The division into age groups of the inhabitants of a country

Natural population growth (natuurlijke bevolkingsgroei): population growth due to births and deaths

Social population growth (sociale bevolkingsgroei): Population growth due to immigration and emigration

International migration (internationale migratie): people moving to a different country

Emigrant (emigrant): A person who leaves their country and goes to a different one

immigrant (immigrant): A person who enters a country and goed to live there

Push factors (push factoren): Things that make you want to leave a country

Pull factors (pull factoren): Things that make you want to go to a country

Family formation (gezinsstichting): Iemand zoekt een partner in het land van herkomst en neemt ze mee naar het land waar hij of zij woont

Family reunification (gezinshereniging): Family members who were separated due to migration go to live together again

Which key word(s) do you see?

And why?

Migratie

Push factor - Een reden om een plek te willen verlaten

Pull factor - Een reden om naar een plaats toe te willen

Which key word do you see?

Age

Percentage of people

Gender

Male

Female

Help my population graph looks like this!

What does this tell me?

Help my population graph looks like this!

What does this tell me?

Population graphs in poor countries

• People get less old than in rich countries
• Big families
• High infant mortality                                                        (kindersterfte)
• Few contraceptives                                    (voorbehoedsmiddelen)
• Kids help with income

Populations graphs in rich countries

• People get older
• Small families
• Little growth, and sometimes even 

decline in natural population growth

Which key word do you see?

and why?

Population growth

• Natural population growth

Which key words do you see?

and why?

Which key words do you see?

and why?

can you name more reasons to migrate?

Population growth

• Natural population growth
• Social population growth -> migration

Reasons to migrate

• Economic: Work, labor migrants

Reasons to migrate

• Economic: Work, labor migrants
• Political: War, faith, sexual orientation

Reasons to migrate

• Economic: Work, labor migrants
• Political: War, faith, sexual orientation
• Ecological: Natural disasters

Reasons to migrate

• Economic: Work, labor migrants
• Political: War, faith, sexual orientation
• Ecological: Natural disasters
• Social: Family formation, and family reunification 

Key words §2.3

Culture (Cultuur): The way in which a group of people live together

Cultural element (Cultureel element): The most important characteristic of a culture

Cultural diffusion (Cultuurverspreiding): Spreading out of cultural elements over the world

Colony (Kolonie): A country that belongs to, or is controlled by another country

Americanisation (Amerikanisatie): Taking over elements of the american culture in other part of the world

Which key words do you see?

Cultural diffusion

Cultural diffusion (Cultuurverspreiding): Spreading out of cultural elements over the world

Americanisation

• Americanisation (Amerikanisatie): Taking over elements of the american culture in other part of the world
• Example nearby

Which key word do you see?

ps. this is not the Netherlands

Colonialism

• Colony (Kolonie): A country that belongs to, or is controlled by another country
• Spreading of culture