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Background: It has been a cold winter in the northeastern U.S.! Have you wondered about moving somewhere warmer? Do you think most people in the world tend to live in warm places or cold places?
The graph shows a map of the world, and laid on top of it is a histogram that shows how many people live at the various latitudes—at the various distances from the equator toward the North Pole or the South Pole. Maine is about halfway between the Equator and the North Pole, near 45° latitude. Before answering the questions below, find the Equator and the approximate location of Maine to orient yourself.
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Questions:
1. Describe what the graph shows about how the world’s population is distributed.
2. I interpret the graph to mean…
