Critical Analysis

1. Describe one trend you see in the visual.

2. What is the main cause of that trend?

3. What is one consequence of that trend?

4. Describe one political explanation for the trend (i.e., something the government did).

5. Describe one social explanation for the trend (i.e., something having to do with demographics or changes in birthrates).

6. Describe one cultural explanation for the trend (i.e., something about the way people thought or believed).

7. Describe one technological explanation for the trend (i.e., an invention or adoption of a process of some sort).

8. Describe what happened to the people who once were in the blank sections of the map as its population density grew over time.

9. Watch the map change over time again and see if you can identify the century with the most rapid change.

10. Based on the visual, predict what you think the map will look like in another 50 years.