The Benavente plan

The historical centre and the main streets: the square of the church of Santa Maria, la Mota and the streets of La Rúa, Los Herreros, square of La Madera. The most important street to hit the tawn is Los Carros.

Industrial areas and bussines districts: Ave. El Ferial, the main streets (La Rúa, Los Herreros) and the centre of Benavente.

Site features

Hill-foot: Is the point 3, because is sheltered, with flat land for building and farming.

Gap: Is the point 1, bacause is lower, more sheltered land between two hills.

Wet point: Is the point 4, because is close to water in a dry area.

Dry-point: Is the point 2, because is on higher, dry area close to wet land e.g. marshes or flooding rivers.

Route Centre: Is the point 5, because is focus of routes (e.g. roads) from surrounding area.

The gipsies

Where did the gipsy people come from?
Gypsies migrated out of India into Europe as early as the eleventh century.

How many gipsies are there in the world?
Between 5 and 8 million.

How many gipsies are there in Spain?
Gypsy population range as low as 500,000 and as high as 700,000.

What language do they speak in Spain?
They speak a language known as Romany.

What do you think the gipsies are excluded for the society?
Yes, because there are people that think they are differents, because they have different costums, languages...

Are social integration programmes necesary? why?/why not?
Yes, because in this way, they know what to do.

Types of Societies

Types					Time	Lifestyle	Special features
Hunting and gathering societies					The vast majority of these societies existed in the past.	They depended upon their immediate enviroment and they were nomadic.	They travelled long distances for hunt, made clothes, gathered plants
Pastoral societies					First emerged 12,000 years ago	They domesticated animals, stored food, maked storing food.	They were traders, healers, spiritual leaders, craftspeople...
Horticultural societies					Appeared in different parts of the planet about the same time as pastoral societies.	They cultivated fruits, vegetables and plants.	They were mobile, they forced the people to leave.
Agricultural societies					They appeared as long as 8,500 years ago that led to cultivating crops and raising farm animals.	They were rulers, educators, craftspeople, merchants, and religious leaders	Women had higher social status because they shared labor more equally with men.
Feudal societies					- Feudalism: from the 9th to 15th centuries. - Capitalism: between the 14th and 16th centuries.	The lords exploited the peasants into providing food, crops, crafts, homage, and other services to the owner of the land.	The introduction of foreign metals, silks, and spices stimulated great commercial activity in Europe.
Industrial societies					The period during the 18th century when the production of goods in mechanized factories began as the Industrial Revolution, first in Britain.	Social power moved into the hands of business elites and governmental officials, leading to struggles between industrialists and workers.	Cultural diversity increased, as did social mobility. Large cities emerged as places to find jobs in factories.
Postindustrial societies					In the actuality, when the world the world is witnessing a technological revolution.	The society is being shaped by the human mind, aided by computer technology. The stores store, manipulate, and sell information.	Sociologists predict increased levels of education and training, consumerism, availability of goods, and social mobility.

Population Rates

1. Why is it called a crude rate?

Because is referred to simply as the birth rate.

2. What aspect of population growth or decline is not measured by the natural increase calculation?

The infant mortality, the number of children for woman, the fertility...


3. Calculate the Birth and Death Rates for Ireland in each of the four years.

Birth Rate:

-1995: 13/1000
-1998: 14/1000
-2000: 14/1000
-2002: 15/1000

Death Rate:

-1995: 8/1000
-1998: 8/1000
-2000: 8/1000
-2002: 7/1000

4. Calculate the Natural Increase for Ireland in each of the four years.


Natural Increase:

-1995: 4/1000
-1998: 5/1000
-2000: 6/100
-2002: 7/1000


5. Write a short paragraph outlining the population changes experienced over the period from 1995 to 2002, based on this data.

The Birth Rate increased, but the Deaths went down. So, the population increased.

Doctors Without Borders

• Would you be prepared to work in one of them? Why? Why not?
Yes, bacause there is a lot of people that need help.

• What problems face most people in developing countries?
They haven't got any food and water, they've got some illnes, they haven't got a house to live, a little education...

• Would their situation be better if the birth rate fell? Why? Why not?
Yes, because if they are less person, the few goods will be easier to distribute into the poor people and there are more for person.

• Why do many people in Africa die before they are 40 years old?
Because his life is more difficult than in other countries, and they hardly support with the illnes, the poverty, they are unhealthy...

• Why is a child in an underdeveloped country more likely to die than a child in a developed one?
Because they work from an early age to contribute to family income and they have to support the illness.

Population of the world

WHICH ARE THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED REGIONS IN THE WORLD? Why?
The regions that are localized in the northern emisphere, bacause is a temperate zone, especially between 20º and 50º latitude North.

WHICH ARE THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRIES? Is all territory densely populated.
China, India and Japan, have about 2,500 million people, almost 40% of the world's population.