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= MAIN PROBLEM: Overpopulation is causing lack of space, food, and shelter. =

Facts about overpopulation in Ancient Rome: 1. Romans were the first to invent isulas, or what we call apartments. 2. The apartments would easily catch on fire and were very unsanitary and lacked heat. 3. Since there was so many people living in Rome they struggled to collect food to give to the citizens. 4. Any land Rome conquered would have a choice to become a citizen. 5. Ancient Rome was one of the largest empires known back then. 6. Rome's population had over 1 million people. 7. Some were plebians which meant they lived on the streets, and some were rich. 8. Rome had slaves that were wondering around wanting jobs which caused a big leap in the number of citizens. 9. Romans were the first to deal with overpopulation. 10. Since the population was becoming too big a co-emperor was assigned. 11. A census had to organize the empire. Facts about overpopulation today in the U.S: 1. People all around the world have large families. 2. Some people have more children for a popularity status or so when they grow up their kids will take care of them. 3. At the end of October 2011, the population passed 7 billion. This is a big jump because it took thousands of years to reach 1 billion. It took another 123 days to reach 2 billion and so on. 4. The U.S is the third most populous country in the world following China and India. The U.S holds over 310,950,000 people. 5. The more the U.S grows the less resources we have for other people. 6. As we use up the resources the carrying capacity continues to decrease. As an example the more people that drive the less gas we have to fuel our cars. 7. China is home to about one fifth of the worlds population. China holds over 1.3 billion people. 8. A cause for overpopulation is immigration. 9. Not enough food to feed everyone. 150 million children suffer from poor health due to food shortages. Helpful Sites: "Roman Empire Population." //Roman Empire Population//. N.p., 2011. Web. 7 Feb 2012. . Carr, Karen. "ANCIENT." //thinkquest.org//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb 2012. . Mason, Moya. "Roman Slavery: Social, Cultural, Political and Demographic Consequences." //moyak.com//. N.p., 2012. Web. 9 Feb 2012. . Hopkins, James. "Overpopulation: The Human Population Crisis." //cosmosmith.com//. N.p., 2007-2012. Web. 9 Feb 2012. . Busam, Vince. "Overpopulation: The World'd Problem." //sixpak.org//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb 2012. . Questions to ask Contacts: 1. What is the main problem caused by overpopulation? 2. Where is overpopulation the worst in the U.S? 3. How are people trying to solve the problem? 4. How does overpopulation happen? What is the main cause? 5. What economical effect does overpopulation have? 6. What enviormental effect does overpopulation have?

A Solution could be to set a law to limit the amount of children a citizen can have. This way the Roman Empire is controling the population. They can could set a certain number for the maximum amount in one family. If an extra child is born they could give it away to another family who doesn't have any kids.

Contacts you could try: Cynthia Anderson: Sociology "Ohio University Department of Sociology and Anthropology." //ohio.edu//. Ohio University, 2011. Web. 9 Feb 2012. . This site contains MANY other sociologist. Feel free to use it!

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