Popluation

Question 1

How does population growth occur

Answer 1

Birth rates need to be higher than death rates

Question 2

Since what year has the world population been growing rapidly

Answer 2

1700

Question 3

Birth rate

Answer 3

Number of live births per thousands of the population in an area per year

Question 4

Death rate

Answer 4

Number of deaths per thousand of the population of an area per year

Question 5

Natural increase

Answer 5

The difference between birth rate and death rate

Question 6

Life expectancy

Answer 6

The age which someone is expected to live in a country

Question 7

Give rough estimates of the population of
A) world
B) uk
C) china
D) India

Answer 7

A)8.1billion
B)68 million
C)1.425 billion
D)1.442 billion

Question 8

What is happening in parts of the world that means certain populations will double in the next 30-40years.

Answer 8

Rapid population growth

Question 9

What is happening in some richer countries that is leading to population decline

Answer 9

The death rates are higher than the birth rates

Question 10

How to calculate natural increase

Answer 10

You take the birth rate-death rate and that’s your percentage

Question 11

What is population distribution

Answer 11

Population distribution is how population is spread throughout a region or area. It tells us where people are and where they are not.(sparse/dense)

Question 12

Percentage of world population in Oceania

Answer 12

1%

Question 13

Percentage of world population in north America

Answer 13

5%

Question 14

Percentage of world population in south America

Answer 14

9%

Question 15

Percentage of world population in Europe

Answer 15

11%

Question 16

Percentage of world population in Africa

Answer 16

13%

Question 17

Percentage of world population in Asia

Answer 17

61%

Question 18

What are 4 factors that affect where people live

Answer 18

Positive
Negative
Physical
Human

Question 19

What are some positive factors that affect where people live(10)

Answer 19

Good roads, railways, sports etc
Pleasant climate
Good water supply
Flat/gently sloping land
Open grassland for animals
Industry and jobs
Good food supply
Natural resources
Good soil for crop growth
Money for investment

Question 20

What are some negative factors that affect where people live(10)

Answer 20

Dense forest
Poor soil for farming
Lack of investment
Poor water supply
Too hot or cold
Poor transport links
Steep slopes
Too wet/dry
Little investment + few jobs
Few natural resources

Question 21

What are some physical factors that affect where people lived (4)

Answer 21

Pleasant climate
Good/poor water supply
Too hot or cold
Too wet/dry
Flat slopping/steep slopes
Dense forest/Open grassland for farming
Poor soil for farming
Plenty/few natural resources

Question 22

What are some human factors that affect where people live(7)

Answer 22

Lack of investment
Poor transport links
Good roads, railways, ports
Industry +jobs
Little investment or few jobs
Good food supply
Money for investment

Question 23

Explain how the world population is distributed

Answer 23

World population is not evenly distributed. Some areas are densely populated-lots of people in a given area e.g. Manila Philippines 43,000 people per square kilometre. Or others are sparsely populated-area is one with very few people living there such as rural or remote areas. Greenland has an average of less than one person per kilometre.

Question 24

Densely populated

Answer 24

Lots of people in a given area

Question 25

Sparsely populated

Answer 25

An area with very few people living there such as a rural or remote area

Question 26

Amazon forest

Answer 26

Too hot/wet for people Dense forest makes communication and settlement difficult Sparsely populated

Question 27

Himalayan mountains

Answer 27

Too cold for people Steep slopes bad for communication and settlement Poor soil unsuitable for crops Sparsely populated

Question 28

Sahara desert

Answer 28

Too hot+ dry for people Too dry so little soil for crops to grow Sand makes communication difficult Sparsely populated

Question 29

Western Europe

Answer 29

Low lying and gentle sloping Pleasant climate Good water supply + soil for farming Easy communication + many resources for industry Densely populated

Question 30

California

Answer 30

Climate can be compared to the Mediterranean warm summers/mild winters Populated cities Popular area making it densely populated

Question 31

Bangladesh

Answer 31

Low lying and flat Rich, fertile soil Hot+ wet Ideal farming conditions Densely populated

Question 32

What are advantages to choropleth maps

Answer 32

Use of colour provides easy way to visualise how measurements vary Allows us to draw conclusions quickly. Measurements vary across an area Much easier to interpret than tables of data

Question 33

What are disadvantages to choropleth maps

Answer 33

Gives the impression that the area has the same value across it Sharp boundaries gives the impression of abrupt change rather than merging Grouping of intervals in categories need to be selected carefully