Nov. 2016

Question 1

What is demography?

Answer 1

The study of human population

Question 2

What is population distribution?

Answer 2

Where people live

Question 3

What is population density?

Answer 3

How many people live within a given area, varies from place to place. Total population ➗ Area(km2) = population density

Question 4

What is sparse, moderate, and dense?

Answer 4

Sparse: Large area with small population (Canada, Australia)

Moderate: Medium sized area with medium population (France, Spain)

Dense: Small area with large population (Taiwan, Japan)

Question 5

What is carrying capacity?

Answer 5

How many people the environment sustains

Question 6

What are the six factors affecting population distribution?

Answer 6

Physical features, agriculture, fresh water, climate, available power, access to other communities

Question 7

What is a megacity?

Answer 7

A city with at least 10 million people (New York City, Mexico City, London)

Question 8

What is a population pyramid?

Answer 8

Shows the % of males and females in each age group for a country

Rolo bar: BRDR, Increasing pop. growth
(Something in between): BR=DR, Zero pop. growth

Question 9

Where/Why do people live where they live in Canada?

Answer 9

We live in southern Canada, near capital cities, near water (Great Lakes), near the U.S.A. border. We live there because it has economic development, fertile soil and it’s near water resources