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Question
Look at the table it shows the growth of share of urban population in total population of Brazil. Draw a line graph from this table. Examine the graph carefully and answer the following questions.
Brazil percentage of urban population (1960 - 2010)
| 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
| 47.1 | 56.8 | 66 | 74.6 | 81.5 | 84.6 |
- What is the interval of the data?
- In which period did urbanisation occur rapidly?
- Write five sentences analysing the graph.
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Solution
- The interval of data is 10 years.
- Urbanization occurred rapidly in the decade 1960 to 1970.
- The graph can be analysed as follows:
- Urbanization in Brazil grew between 1960 and 2010.
- Between 1960 and 1970, urbanization increased substantially, by 9.7%.
- Urbanization increased at the slowest rate, 3.1%, between 2000 and 2010.
- While urbanization increased between 1960 and 2010, it did so at a slower rate.
- In the upcoming years, practically all of Brazil's population will be urbanized.
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Percentage of Urban Population-Brazil
(1960 to 2010)
| Years | % of urban population |
| 1960 | 47.1 |
| 1970 | 56.8 |
| 1980 | 66.0 |
| 1990 | 74.6 |
| 2000 | 81.5 |
| 2010 | 84.6 |
Questions-
- What does the above line graph show?
- In which decade urbanisation occurred slowly ?
- What was the percentage of increase in urbanisation during the period from 1980 to 1990 ?
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______ port is located on the confluence of the Negro and the Amazon.
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- Which States (region) are the most urbanised?
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