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Where People Live

Most people on Earth live in large groups in South and East Asia. Deserts and polar lands have very few people.

In the picture

  1. South Asia: a dense group of homes
  2. East Asia: a dense group of homes
  3. Sahara: a single home on open sand
  4. Antarctica: a research station on ice

Examples

  • A busy city street in India with homes and shops close together.
  • A desert road in the Sahara that passes one small building.

Quiz: Where People Live (Age 11)

  1. Where do most of the world’s people live?

    • In the Sahara and Antarctica
    • In South and East Asia
    • In deserts and polar lands
  2. Why do deserts and polar lands have few people?

    • Because they are too crowded
    • Because they are hard to live in
    • Because they are close to South and East Asia
  3. Which place has a dense group of homes?

    • South Asia
    • Antarctica
    • The Sahara

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Geography, Age 11