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Step 8 4

Explore the different estimates by clicking on the “General” tab in the red Theme box below
the map, selecting another time period from the “Selected Year” drop-down menu, and
clicking “update map.”

? Question 4: Choose four different time periods from the drop-down menu, and analyze
what you see. What regional patterns do you find for fertility rate? Abu Dhabi, UAE

? Question 5: Based on these patterns, which countries or regions might you predict to
have a decreasing population density?

Hint: By selecting the “Identify” tool icon to the left of the map, and then clicking the map with
your cursor, you can get data for individual countries.

Step 9
Next, go back and explore the global data for Infant Mortality Rate. Click on the orange “new
search” link to the right of the map. This should take you back to GEO Data Portal home

page. In the box, type “infant mortality” and click “Search.”

Step 10

From “select a dataset,” choose “Infant Mortality Rate — National,” click “continue,” again
choose all years of the data, and click “continue.”

Step 11

Draw your map as in Step 7.
? Question 6: Using the options in the “General” tab again, browse the estimated infant
mortality data between 1950 and 2050. What regional patterns do you see?

? Question 7: Reflect on what you have learned in class about infant mortality rate as a
population indicator. If you could look at these two data sets, infant mortality and fertility
rate, simultaneously, how would you expect them to correlate? In other words, for a
country with a high fertility rate, would you expect infant mortality to be high or low?
Explain your reasoning.

2. Making globalization visible

Globalization is a complex concept to grasp, much less measure or monitor. Most people
agree that it is a combination of specific process-like and structural shifts in economics,

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