Population

Question 1

What is the population of the world?

Answer 1

Seven billion

Question 2

Name all of them

Answer 2

Ha, ha

Question 3

What is the population of South Africa?

Answer 3

50 million people

Question 4

What is birth rate?

Answer 4

Number of births per 1000 people in one year

Question 5

What is the average birth rate for the world

Answer 5

20 births per 1000 people

Question 6

What country has the lowest birth rate?

Answer 6

Japan, 7 per 1000 people

Question 7

What country has the highest birth rate?

Answer 7

Niger, 51 per 1000 people

Question 8

What is South Africa’s birth rate

Answer 8

21 births per 1000

Question 9

What is death rate?

Answer 9

Number of deaths per 1000 people in one year

Question 10

Name three countries with the lowest death rate

Answer 10

Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

Question 11

What is South Africa’s death rate?

Answer 11

14 deaths per 1000

Question 12

What is the world average death rate?

Answer 12

About 8.6 deaths per 1000

Question 13

What is a country’s population growth?

Answer 13

The increase in that country’s population in one year

Question 14

What three factors affect population growth?

Answer 14

Birth, death and migration

Question 15

What is South Africa’s population growth? (The same as the world average)

Answer 15

1%

Question 16

What is infant mortality?

Answer 16

The number of infant deaths per 1000 births

Question 17

Name four common causes of infant deaths worldwide

Answer 17

Dehydration, pneumonia, malnutrition and malaria

Question 18

Which countries have the lowest infant mortality rates?

Answer 18

Iceland, Singapore, Sweden and Japan

Question 19

Which countries have the highest infant mortality rates?

Answer 19

Afghanistan and Sierra Leone

Question 20

What is South Africa’s infant mortality rate?

Answer 20

47 per 1000

Question 21

What is the world average infant mortality rate?

Answer 21

57 per 1000

Question 22

What is life expectancy?

Answer 22

The number of years that a person is expected to live from birth

Question 23

Which country has the highest life expectancy?

Answer 23

Japan, 82.6

Question 24

Which country has the lowest life expectancy?

Answer 24

Swaziland, 39.6

Question 25

What is the life expectancy in South Africa?

Answer 25

54 years

Question 26

What is one possible reason for the drop in life expectancy in South Africa?

Answer 26

HIV AIDS

Question 27

What is HIV?

Answer 27

Human Immuno-deficiency virus

Question 28

What is AIDS?

Answer 28

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Question 29

What disease is responsible for nearly 1 million deaths per year in sub Saharan Africa?

Answer 29

Malaria

Question 30

What bodily system does HIV and AIDS affect?

Answer 30

Immune

Question 31

What is TB?

Answer 31

A disease affecting the lungs

Question 32

What is a pandemic?

Answer 32

A widespread disease that often occurs across the whole world

Question 33

Give an example of a pandemic

Answer 33

The Black Death

Question 34

Where and when did the Black Death occurring

Answer 34

Europe, between 1348 and 1350

Question 35

What is an epidemic?

Answer 35

An outbreak of the disease in the country or region

Question 36

Give an example of an epidemic in South Africa

Answer 36

The smallpox epidemic in the Cape in 1713

Question 37

What is an inoculation?

Answer 37

Injecting a vaccine to protect a person against a disease

Question 38

What two things to wealthy families have better access to that affects birthrates

Answer 38

Medical care and birth control

Question 39

How does economic status affect birth rate?

Answer 39

Wealthier families have access to medical treatment