Tuesday October 14th

Study Guide for the Unit 2 Test

1. Chiras (your textbook Blake)
1. Chapter 8
1. population growth
2. global population history
3. total human population 
4. carrying capacity
5. urban, rural and suburban
6. doubling time formula
7. developed, developing and east developed
8. mortality, natality, immigration and emigration
9. exponential growth
10. population pyramid (shapes associated with development status)
2. Chapter 9
1. Stabilization strategies
2. Role of
1. education
2. policy
3. religion
3. Chapter 11
1. biodiversity
2. threats to biodiversity
3. invasive species
1. accidental -vs- intentional introductions
4. environmental rights
5. debt for nature swaps
4. Chapter 12
1. Tragedy of the Commons
2. Threats to 
1. Rangeland
2. Grassland
3. Government owned/operated land
2. Laws, Legislation & Regulations (aka alphabet soup)
1. ESA
2. CITES
3. CERCLA
4. Federal Land Policy & Management Act
5. Public Rangelands Improvement Act
6. Wilderness Act
7. National Wilderness Preservation System
8. Thailand Population Policy (PDA)
9. China One Child Policy
3. Labs, Simulations & Activities
1. Population Pyramids
2. UN Population Growth
3. Biodiversity Lab
4. Carrying Capacity Lab
5. Population Control Discussion (Philippines, China, Liberia & Thailand)