GRADE 10 SOCIAL STUDIES · CHAPTER 1
Maps, geography & people
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Population data
Compare population rates fairly
Normalize invented population counts and distinguish relative change from raw totals.
Economic geography
Distinguish totals, shares and per-person measures
Choose a measure suited to a historical or geographic comparison and avoid treating totals as individual experience.
AN EXAMPLE FROM THIS CHAPTER
Town A records 20 events among 1,000 residents; B records 30 among 3,000. Which has the higher event rate?
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Town A
A has 20 per 1,000; B has 10 per 1,000.
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