Exploremos
Lesson
2
89
Look at the map of population distribution
world on page 80 of your
Atlas Geography
of the world
and answer the following questions:
•
What cities are concentrated between 10
and 20 million people?
•
What continent is no greater concentration
tion of population?
•
Whither tends to focus more
population: towards the center or towards the coasts
continents? Why is that?
Then, in pairs, comparing the first map
of this activity (population distribution
worldwide) with livestock (page 93)
and the major types of industry
(Page 99); observe what activities
economic coincides with the distribution of
population of cities.
Finally, check the map of population
Total by state on page 26
of the
Atlas of Mexico
, Write in their notebooks
the names of the three most populated cities
and indicate whether they are located on the coast or in the
center of our country.
Products and services
In a city thousands of people performing focus
multiple daily activities and endless demand
services and products. Therefore, in the cities you can find
numerous establishments that offer services (schools,
hospitals, public transport, offices, etc.) or selling
products, for example, markets and shopping centers. In
rural areas, on the other hand, the lack of means of transport
and distances difficult to obtain services. The in-
car
Pollack provide those services and products must meet a
number of difficulties, as shown in journalistic notes
the next page.
E
The subway and firefighters are services (transport and civil protection, respectively)
that they exist in some cities.
You will remember that in fifth grade studied some factors that
They appealed to the population to settle in certain places. Com-
share your opinion about the natural, cultural
or economic that you think influenced the peopling
city or where you live.
E
Hospitals provide
health-related services.
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