The 4 Ps
A specific location on Earth that has its own unique characteristics.
What is the definition of Place?
This is about who makes decisions and who has control over resources or ideas in a place.
What is the definition of Power?
The pattern of where people live
What is Population Distribution?
The age a person can expect to live based on statistical average for an area
What is life expectancy?
This country declared independence in 1776.
What is the United States of America?
These are the natural or human actions that change or shape places over time.
What is the definition of Process?
These are the opportunities or choices that people and places have for the future.
What is the definition of Possibilities?
The concentration of individuals within a species in a specific geographic location
What is population density?
Nations with a gross national income (GNI) per capita of $1,045 or less, as classified by the World Bank
What is a low income country?
This country had a president named Nelson Mandela.
What is South Africa?
Erosion changes coastlines, or urbanization turns small towns into big cities.
What is an example of Process?
A city might invest in solar energy to reduce pollution, creating cleaner air.
What is Possibilities?
The process of growth, or changing from one condition to another
What is Development?
Nations with a GNI of $1,086 to $13,205
What is a middle income country?
This country is suffering from a war declared by Russia.
What is Ukraine?
This affects how places are developed and who benefits from that development.
Every place is different because of its physical environment (like mountains or rivers) and the people who live there (their cultures, traditions, and buildings).
What is Place?
The average number of children a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period
What is total fertility rate?
Nations with a GNI of $12,670 or more
What is a high income country?
This is the city and country would you visit to see the Parthenon.
Athens, Greece
Governments decide where schools or hospitals are built, or big companies may influence the economy of a city.
What is an example of Power?
This affects how places are developed and who benefits from that development.
What is Power?
The probability of a child born in a specific year or period dying before reaching the age of one
What is infant mortality rate?
Nations experiencing growth and industrialization, showing a transformation from low income to a more developed economic structure
What is an emerging economy?
This is the only country that is also a continent
What is Australia?