If the World had

100 People…

Comparing Regions

Around the World

Name That Continent

Warm-up:

Practice your mental mapping skills. Can you recognize each continent by it’s shape?.

Europe North America

South America Australia

Africa

Asia

How did you do? Fix any errors now.

1. Rank your continents in area from largest to smallest.

CONTINENTS (by size)

#1 Asia - (44,579,000 sq km) 

#2 Africa - (30,065,000 sq km) 

#3 North America - (24,256,000 sq km) 

#4 South America - (17,819,000 sq km) 

#5 Antarctica - (13,209,000 sq km) 

#6 Europe - (9,938,000 sq km) 

#7 Australia/Oceania - (7,687,000 sq km)

2. Rank your continents in population from largest to smallest.

CONTINENTS (by population)

#1 Asia - (3,674,000,000)

#2 Africa - (778,000,000)

#3 Europe - (732,000,000)

#4 North America - (483,000,000)

#5 South America - (342,000,000)

#6 Australia/Oceania - (31,000,000)

#7 Antarctica - (0)

3. Rank your continents in wealth from richest to poorest.

CONTINENTS (by wealth)

#1 Europe

#2 North America

#3 Asia

#4 South America

#5 Africa

#6 Australia/Oceania

#7 Antarctica

There are over 7 billion people on this planet.

7,000,000,000

It is hard to imagine or picture such a

large number.

To make it easier, we are going to imagine the whole population of the world as a village of

just 100 people.

= 70,000,000 in the real world

P.S. You can think about it like a percentage to make it easier to understand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hedHdWV3CDU

Watch this 3 minute video made by the “Miniature Earth Project”.

We will correct the answers after, so do not try to do so during the video. Just watch and think

about the message.

_______ Asian

_______ Christians

_______ North

American

_______ not have

access to

safe water

_______ male

_______ malnourished

_______ people who

smoke

_______ have a

disability

_______ obese

_______ would have

a computer

_______ without

electricity

_______ unable to

read or write

_______ white

_______ owners of

a cell phone

_______ college

educated

If the world had 100 people, this is how it would look:

61335

33

5050

26

12

1212

24

18

6133

1

Think about the world facts that surprised you

the most.

Why did they surprise you?

What did you think before?

How has it changed your point of view?

“There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.”

-Marlene Dietrich (movie star)

Summary:

Respond to this quote. Explain what you believe it means. Do you agree? Why or why not?