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32 Unit 3: Our changing world gz5vy6 Goals interpret maps and facts make comparisons and talk about changes write a proposal talk about globalisation talk about diet and nutrition write a blog comment discuss changing trends talk about result write an article Maps of the world B A C Cover the descriptions and compare map A (which shows land area) with B and C. What do you notice about the continents and individual countries in maps B and C? What do they show? Read the descriptions of maps B and C. a REaDIng 1 b In Spring 2000, world population estimates reached 6 billion (that is, six thousand million). The distribution of the Earth’s population is shown in this map. The size of each country shows the proportion of the world’s population living there. For example, Canada is slightly bigger than the USA. But as the map shows, the USA has a much larger population. The map also shows that the countries of South and East Asia have by far the largest populations relative to their size. B This map shows the distribution of the world’s wealth in 2002, based on the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of each country. The region with the lowest wealth was Central Africa; its GDP was 0.8% that of the richest region, North America. There was a vast increase in the world’s total wealth in the 40 years between 1960 and 2000: wealth per person more than doubled, and the world’s GDP rose by about 250%. The most significant development was the growth of Japan, China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan. C Talk about maps B and C. 1 Which countries have the most distorted shapes? Which are barely visible? 2 How does Austria look? 3 What conclusions can you draw about the world’s population and wealth from these maps? c Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv