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 * Overpopulation:**

Chart of population growth.



There is an actual organization called Negative Population Growth also known as the NPG



This is a map of population change from 1990- 2000 and this shows how fast our population grows and is is stile growing rapidly today maybe even more.

KWL Chart:

K: .Roman laws encouraged people to have a early marriage. .Roman laws also encouraged people to have frequent childbirth. .At the end of BCE it was estimated that there were about 1 million people. .The growth of the roman empires led to bigger and greater capital cities. .Greek city states were spreading across the Mediterranean and the black sea coasting the 8th century BC. .The Romans were very talented when it came to war so when other people were captured as slaves that would increase romes population. .Also when warriors came back from war their farmland would be destroyed which would cause less food and starvation when their are more people to feed. .There would be so many slaves rich people could own 100 or over. .Rather than tried to defeat small bands of bartarians Rome invitedthem across the border and enlisted them as their soldiers in the army. .Any allies from the Italian peninsula were allowed to be a citizen of the roman empire. .With the rapid growth of the roman empire taxes were raised frequently for goods.

W: .I want to know how you know what the right amount of people is for the world? .I also want to know when people have ideas about how to solve overpopulation what steps do they have to take to get what they want/ what they think is best? .I want to know what the NPG's think about abortion? Do they support it?

L: .I learned that we still haven't solved overpopulation and many other Roman problems today. .I have also learned that we are still trying to solve Romes problems today and others. .I have also learned that the NPG is trying and thinking up ways to solve overpopulation and is trying to get others to solve there overpopulation problems today too.

Who do we need to solve overpopulation? The closest people to solve overpopulation today is the NPG which is an organization. The NPG still hasn't made a policy of less immigrants and kids but is trying to make that happen.

Questions that the NPG answered: What are your opinions on using abortion to control the population? Answer: "NPG has never been immediately involved in the abortion debate. We feel abortion should be safe and legal, but that it is not a means to control population growth."

What are some of your ideas of how we can lower the population?

Answer: "NPG has long-advocated the two-child family and reduced levels of immigration in order to achieve a smaller, truly sustainable, U.S. population."

I contacted Craig Lewis from the NPG (Negative Population Growth). am contacting: npg@npg.org

Summery: There has always been overpopulation in Rome. It is said that by the end of BCE there were 1,000,000 people living in the Empire. Rome was good when it came to war so many slaves would be captured. This added to overpopulation and wich led to starvation. Also when they warriors came back from war their farmland would be destroyed and farmers could not afford new land with the the high price of taxes. Also the population would grow because they would come back with more people. This could have also led to starvation. Rome also allowed allies from the Italian peninnsula to become citizens of Rome. Roman laws said encouraged frequent childbirth. All of these thing led to overpopulation.

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