All these people!
What is the terms for the study of the earth's human population?
Demography
When do experts believe the earth's population reached one billion people?
around 1800
During the twnetieth century, the world population changed from predominantly ______ to predominantly ______
rural to urban
The ownership of land is:
power
God made people in his image; thus we have an eternal spirit. If a person denies the nature, what does that mean about how a person sees himself and others?
That they are less than truly human
What are the two most common ways of breaking down population numbers?
By gender and age group
Net natural increase and net immigration
What is urban sprawl?
Term for growth of cities onto surrounding land
In medieval times what was the general understand of who owned all of the land in a kingdom?
The king
Because God made us in His image, a little lower than He is, what are people capable of?
Extraordinary accomplishments because of their amazing abilities
What was the estimated population of the earth as of June 2020?
7.8 billion
What is the common term for people from a country migrating to where other people from that country have already moved?
chain migration
Cities create what percentage of gross domestic production around the world?
80%
What was one factor that made coming to the American colonies attractive to many Englishmen?
They could own their own land
What is the crushing disappoinment about mankind?
That we don't live up to this identity and calling
What did the WHO say was the world average life expectancy for a child born in 2017?
72.2 years
Where does population growth tend to occur faster? In urban or rural settings?
urban
Developments in what field have made it possible for people to live in rural areas and work in urban areas?
transportation
What US laws gave individuals the right to purchase property from the government?
Northwest ordinance, homestead act
What is God's answer to this situation?
How many languages do humans speak?
What have been 4 periods of significant population decline?
for native nations during European settlement of NA
The potato famine in Ireland
World wars in the 1900s
What were the tradeoffs with the Lake Ray Hubbard project near Dallas?
pro: water for the population, boating and other recreation
con: loss of land by some cotton farmers
What two groups had conflicts on the western plains in the US?
ranchers and farmers
Lewis said that you have never talked to a _____ _____
mere mortal