Human Elective - population

Question 1

What does demography mean

Answer 1

The study of human population. People who study demography are called demographers

Question 2

What is population distribution

Answer 2

The way in which people are spread out across the world, a country, or region

Question 3

What is population density

Answer 3

It is used to help measure population distribution of people throughout the world. Total population divided by size of area

Question 4

What is infant mortality

Answer 4

Deaths before one yr old

Question 5

What is a natural increase of population

Answer 5

When birth rates exceed dead rates

Question 6

What is total fertility rate

Answer 6

The average number of births per woman in a particular country

Question 7

What is population replacement level

Answer 7

Total fertility rate at which a population replaces itself from one generation to the next

Question 8

Age dependency ratio

Answer 8

The ratio of persons in the ages defined as dependant (under 15 and over 65)

Question 9

By 2030 X% of the worlds population will live in urban areas

Answer 9

60%

Question 10

Ireland population density

Answer 10

70 per km squared

Question 11

Dublin population density

Answer 11

185 people per km squared

Question 12

Why is population density higher in Dublin

Answer 12

Job opportunities encouraged in migration

Question 13

Population of Dublin commuter zone

Answer 13

2million

Question 14

How many counties in Dublin commuter belt

Answer 14

13

Eg Louth, Meath, Kildare, Wicklow

Question 15

Cheaper houses and commute to work

Industry of their own eg maynooth, drogheda

Answer 15

Places around Dublin also have high density, why

Question 16

Why low density in west of Ireland

Answer 16

Unfavourable land
Out migration
Highlands, bogs

Question 17

Average population density of France

Answer 17

119 people per km squared

Question 18

Highest populated regions in France, why

Answer 18

Seinne valley
Greater Paris

Industry eg fashion
Ports eg channel to London

Mediterranean coast due to tourism

Question 19

Nice, France population density

Answer 19

More than 500 per km squared

Question 20

Low density in France

Answer 20

Empty diagonal
Little cities to attract industry
Agricultural land
Out migration

Question 21

Population density of Brazil

Answer 21

20 per km squared due to vast space the rainforest take up

Question 22

Factors that effect population growth

Answer 22

Technology
Government policy
Development of resources
Society and culture
Income levels

Question 23

Types of technological improvements

Answer 23

Medical
Water
Agricultural

Question 24

Examples of medical technology

Answer 24

Vaccines (preventative)
Contraception
Penicillin
Pacemaker

Question 25

How does contraception and family planning effect population growth

Answer 25

Controls, declines birth rates | Improving standard of living and life expectancy in poorer countries

Question 26

How do vaccines effect population growth

Answer 26

Prevent disease so decrease death rate Eg for measles, reduces child mortality rate Cheap and available widespread

Question 27

An example of medicine which effects population growth

Answer 27

Penicillin Antibiotic Cures bacterial infections

Question 28

Examples of water technology

Answer 28

Irrigation Water filtering technology Dams

Question 29

Where is irrigation used

Answer 29

Along Mediterranean coast

Question 30

Effects of irrigation on population growth

Answer 30

Increased food supply allows population to increase

Question 31

Irrigation has increased food production globally by:

Answer 31

25%

Question 32

Example of a dam that effected population growth

Answer 32

3 gorges dam Built to stop floods such as that in 1931 which killed 130,000 Also provides energy to 60 million people

Question 33

Why is water filtering technology vital

Answer 33

For preventing water borne disease eg cholera

Question 34

Examples of agricultural technologies

Answer 34

High yielding crop varieties developed in labs (GM) Chemical fertilisers and insecticides Machinery eg tractor

Question 35

Green revolution

Answer 35

1960s Scientist developed miracle varieties Crossed strains of rice to make a plant that matures in a shorter time frame Mexico, India, Pakistan, China. A staple food, need to grow enough to keep up with their growing populations

Question 36

Examples of why food would be genetically modified

Answer 36

Resist disease Grow in different conditions Produce higher yield

Question 37

Benefits of GM food

Answer 37

More food grown in less space (used in USA) because we are constantly eating into farmland for infrastructure

Question 38

Disadvantages of GM foods

Answer 38

We don’t know their long term effect on our health

Question 39

What is a resource

Answer 39

Something that is useful to people eg soil, minerals, wind turbines. When a resource is being developed, population increases because labour is needed

Question 40

-% of the known global oil reserves exist in the Persian gulf

Answer 40

55%

Question 41

Example of Persian gulf countries

Answer 41

Saudi Arabia. Qatar United Arib emirates Omen

Question 42

When did oil drilling begin in Persian Gulf

Answer 42

1950s

Question 43

By - the world was dependent on Persian gulf for oil

Answer 43

1970s

Question 44

By 2016 -million migrant workers were working in Persian gulf

Answer 44

31 million

Question 45

Where did the oil related workers mainly come from

Answer 45

Philippines India Bangladesh Pakistan

Question 46

Where did the more educated and professional workers come from

Answer 46

Europe | USA

Question 47

Resource in Brazil

Answer 47

Farmland | Amazon (iron ore)

Question 48

Iron ore mine in Brazil

Answer 48

Carajás

Question 49

Bangladesh pop density

Answer 49

1266 per km squared

Question 50

Effects of overpopulation on Bangladesh

Answer 50

Poverty, hunger, malnutrition Migration, cash jobs

Question 51

- children under the age of 5 in Bangladesh are malnourished

Answer 51

7 million

Question 52

Where would Bangladesh people move

Answer 52

Cities (Dhaka) | Persian Gulf

Question 53

Examples of cash jobs in Bangladesh

Answer 53

Fruit and vegetable seller Barber Rickshaw drivers

Question 54

Outward migration reached X in the 1950s

Answer 54

411,000 people

Question 55

Lowest Irish population in history

Answer 55

2.8 million

Question 56

Push factors in 1950s

Answer 56

Mechanisation of agriculture | Manufacturing limited outside Dublin

Question 57

Pull factors in Britain

Answer 57

Post war economic boom Rebuilding of damaged buildings Industry Social life

Question 58

Effects of emigration in the 1950s on Ireland

Answer 58

Parishes lost young adults No Gaa team Elderly dependents

Question 59

In the 1960s and 1970s, X migrants returned to live at home in Ireland

Answer 59

104,000

Question 60

What attracted people home in 1960s/70s

Answer 60

First Programme for Economic Expansion attracted foreign companies to set up in Ireland. It gave them grants and low corporate tax. Created employment

Question 61

When did ireland join EU

Answer 61

1973

Question 62

Highest emigration levels

Answer 62

1989 70,000 left Brain drain

Question 63

Celtic tiger era

Answer 63

1996-2008

Question 64

By 2005, X% of the population were born outside the country

Answer 64

10%

Question 65

Job opportunities during Celtic tiger

Answer 65

Construction | MNCs

Question 66

Majority of immigrants came from where during Celtic tiger

Answer 66

Latvia | Poland

Question 67

Unemployment reached X% during recession 2010

Answer 67

15%

Question 68

Main emigration destination 2010 recession

Answer 68

Australia | Canada

Question 69

2017 unemployment rate

Answer 69

6%