Global Population & Migration

Question 1

in year 1 C.E, what was the worlds population, approximately?

Answer 1

around 150 million people

Question 2

where were the main centers of population?

Answer 2

India, China, Europe

Question 3

why did population shrink dramaticlly in the 1300s-1400s especially in Europe?

Answer 3

Black death, plague

Question 4

what was the global population at 1 billion

Answer 4

around 1804

Question 5

why was there exponential population growth after 1800?

Answer 5

industrial revolution

Question 6

what was the global population in 1930

Answer 6

2 billion

Question 7

what was the global population in 1900

Answer 7

1.6 billion

Question 8

what was the global population in 1960?

Answer 8

3 billion

Question 9

what is the study of demography and why important?

Answer 9

the study of population and demographic trends using statistics it’s important do that you can see the trends

Question 10

list 3 factors that encourage pop. growth after 1800?

Answer 10

advances in medicine, sanitation, food production

Question 11

what is the difinition of distribution

Answer 11

• patterns of where people live
  -global distrobuton is uneven

Question 12

what is diaspora

Answer 12

large group of people;e who hsrae a cultural and regional origin and are living away from their country of orgin

Question 13

in 1900 how many people where there

Answer 13

1.65 billion

Question 14

current population

Answer 14

8.2 billion

Question 15

prediction of population in 2100

Answer 15

10.4 billion

Question 16

india and China make what percentage of the world pop

Answer 16

36%

Question 17

what are the current global trends

Answer 17

-popalation growing slowly
-fertility and infant mortality rate declinging
-global population is aging
-people living longer
-africa will have the greatest pop growth apox 38% of pop

Question 18

what’s HDI and three factors

Answer 18

human development index its a summary of a countries average achievements in three key dimensions of human develeopmet
-adult literacy rate
-enrollment rate
-life expentency

Question 19

what places in developed countries

Answer 19

northern regions, North America, europe, oceania

Question 20

what places in emerging countries

Answer 20

found in Asia, South America and few in Africa

Question 21

what places in less developed countries

Answer 21

found in sub Saharan Africa

Question 22

projection of world pop in 2050

Answer 22

9 billion

Question 23

what are the 5 most pop countries

Answer 23

India, China, USA, Indonesia, pakistan

Question 24

which two continents are the most populated

Answer 24

Asia and Africa

Question 25

which countinent has the fasted pop growth and least

Answer 25

fast=Africa slow=oceania

Question 26

what are the main factors why the global pop is unevenly distributed

Answer 26

cause of physical density and human density. physical=resources, climate relief human=social, political, economic

Question 27

where do we see densely pop countries and sparsely

Answer 27

densely=Asia, west Africa, Europe, coastal regions sparsely= extremes places w climate

Question 28

why are developed countries facing population stagnation or decline+name countries facing this

Answer 28

aging pop and fertility rate declining. Spain, Italy, Japan, France, UK, Germany, Canada

Question 29

how do developed countries encourage pop growth

Answer 29

immigration=attract skilled migrants pro-natalist=incentives encouraging births

Question 30

how much of the pop lives in developed and less developed countries

Answer 30

developed= majority about 80% or pop less developed= lower

Question 31

why will Africa see a pop explosion

Answer 31

cause of deaths declining, increase access to health care and medical technology, improving infrastructure

Question 32

explain the connection between rapid pop growth and growing instability. what are the results

Answer 32

the pressure on limited resources, which result in environmental degradation, which increases human suffering and instability as people struggle to survive, which results in tensions, conflicts, wars, to lead to more migration