Where can we live?
In this first activity, we examine how much of the world's surface is actually habitable by people. After all the space that is taken up by oceans, mountains, deserts, forests and areas that cannot grow food, we see that there is very little space in the world for which people can live.
What affects
where we live?
This activity looks at the reasons that make some places densely populated and others sparsely populated.
World population density map
This population worksheet examines the population distribution of the world and asks you to decide whether the statements are true or false.
Sparsely populated areas
Having cut out and stuck in the pictures of sparsely populated areas, this activity then asks you to suggest reasons for the low population.
Title page - Population
This title page can be stuck in exercise books or folders and it gives the learning objectives for the topic of population studies.