Mexico at a glance: land, people, language and trade
Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
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Four countries: people and land (World Bank, 2024)
Country People (millions) Area (km²) Mexico 130.9 1,957,194 Brazil 212.0 8,510,420 China 1,409.0 9,562,910 Japan 124.0 377,975 Density is the number of people for each square kilometer (km²). One million is 1,000,000.
Ari wants to know how crowded Mexico is. Use card A: about how many people live on each square kilometer of Mexico?
- About 130 people for each km²
- About 15 people for each km²
- About 67 people for each km²
- About 670 people for each km²
Brazil has a long coast and a huge rainforest (and one very busy carnival). Using card A, about how many people live on each km² of Brazil, Bo asks?
- About 250 people for each km²
- About 212 people for each km²
- About 25 people for each km²
- About 40 people for each km²
Esme flies over four countries and wonders which is the most crowded. Using card A, which country has the most people for each km²?
- Brazil
- China
- Japan
- Mexico
Brazil has about 1.6 times as many people as Mexico and about 4.3 times as much land. Jun reads card A. Which claim does it support?
- Brazil is more crowded than Mexico, because its land is much bigger
- Brazil is as crowded as Mexico, because both have big numbers on the card
- Brazil is more crowded than Mexico, because it has more people to fit in
- Brazil is less crowded, because its land grows faster than its people
China has about 11 times Mexico's people and about 5 times its land. Kira uses card A to compare. What follows?
- China has about 6 more people for each km² than Mexico, the difference of 11 and 5
- China has fewer people for each km² than Mexico, because it has far more land
- China has the same density as Mexico, because both have more people and more land
- China has about twice as many people for each km² as Mexico
A friend says Japan and Mexico have about the same number of people, so they must feel about as crowded. What does Luz point out from card A?
- Mexico's land is about 5 times Japan's, so Japan has about 5 times the density
- Mexico has a little more people, so Mexico must be a little more crowded
- Japan's land is about 5 times Mexico's, so Japan has about 5 times the density
- Their populations are close, so their densities are close too
Mexico adds 10 million people and its land stays the same. Milo works from card A. About how much does its density rise?
- By about 10 people for each km²
- By about 50 people for each km²
- It stays the same, because the land stays the same
- By about 5 people for each km²
Noah reads card A and writes a claim. Which claim is supported by the numbers on the card?
- Brazil has the most land of the four countries listed on the card
- Japan has the fewest people, so it has the lowest density
- China has the most people, so it must be the most crowded
- China has the most people and land, but not the most crowded
Brasília has been Brazil's capital since 1960. Ren says, "A country's biggest city is always its capital." Which row of card M is a counterexample?
- No row works, since a capital is a large city in these countries too
- Brazil, where the capital is Brasília and the largest city is São Paulo
- Japan, where the capital and the largest city are both Tokyo
- Mexico, where the capital and the largest city are the very same city, Mexico City
Density is the number of people for each square kilometer (km²). One million is 1,000,000. Why is people-per-km² a fairer way than total population to compare how crowded two countries are, Zee asks?
- It takes into account how much land the people share
- It makes the numbers for the four countries about the same
- It shows the biggest country, since area is part of it
- It tells which country has the most people