Period 6 Note Packet Major Events Specific examples Main Ideas Dates Lessr events/concepts Global Concerns Population Growing Population Outstrip the food supply Difficulty producing enough housing, fuel, and food. nations support family planning Some families are large in order to use children for labor and future support Some religions oppose birth control while the gov?t sometimes limits their growth rate (China?s One Child Policy). The United Nations helps to spread family planning ideas Overpopulation result of improved standard of living HIV/AIDS in Africa **Serious problem that still exists up until today** Desertification Areas began making attempts to increase food production but combined with years of drought lead to an expansion of desert land