Population Density And Distribution🚹🚺

Question 1

Give the definition for: POPULATION DENSITY

Answer 1

This is a measure of how many people live in a set area

Question 2

What is POPULATION DENSITY measured in?

Answer 2

People per square kilometre (km2)

Question 3

What is the equation for working out POPULATION DENSITY?

Answer 3

Number of people / area (km2)

Question 4

Explain HIGH population density

Answer 4

-An area that has a HIGH population density
will have lots of people living in that space.

-Places that have a HIGH population density
are said to be DENSELY POPULATED.

Question 5

Explain LOW population density

Answer 5

-An area that has a LOW population density
will have few people living in that space.

-Places that have a LOW population density are
said to be SPARSELY POPULATED.

Question 6

Give FIVE examples of SPARSELY POPULATED places on earth:

Answer 6

• Greenland.
• Australian Outback.
• Siberia.
• Antarctica.
• Sahara Desert.

Question 7

Give FIVE examples of DENSELY POPULATED places on earth:

Answer 7

• New York.
• Rio De Janeiro.
• Hong Kong.
• Cairo.
• London.

Question 8

Why do cities tend to be DENSELY POPULATED?

Answer 8

Cities tend to be DENSELY POPULATED due to the fact that there are a lot of people in an area that is limited in size

Question 9

What is a CHOROPLETH map?

Answer 9

A map that shows information by shading eg. The darker the shading, the more densely populated that country (place) is

Question 10

What do POPULATION DENSITY figures tell us?

Answer 10

They tell us how MANY people live in an area

Question 11

Give the definition for POPULATION DISTRIBUTION:

Answer 11

Describes the way people are distributed/spread around an area

Question 12

What are the THREE possible descriptions of POPULATION DISTRIBUTION?

Answer 12

1. Evenly spread
2. Clustered OR
3. Randomly distributed

Question 13

Give the definition for WORLD POPULATION:

Answer 13

The total number of humans alive on the planet earth at a given time

Question 14

What is the WORLD POPULATION doing?

Answer 14

Increasing

Question 15

Explain the rate at which people are born/die

Answer 15

-Every second FIVE people are born and
TWO people die.
-That’s a gain of THREE people per second.

Question 16

Give the definition for MIGRATION:

Answer 16

MIGRATION is the movement of people from one place to another

Question 17

Give the definition of an EMIGRANT:

Answer 17

EMIGRANTS are people who LEAVE a place

- ‘E’ for ‘EXIT’

Question 18

Give the definition of an IMMIGRANT:

Answer 18

IMMIGRANTS are people who ARRIVE in a place - ‘I’ for ‘IN’

Question 19

Give the definition for ORIGIN:

Answer 19

The country or place from which the migrant begins

Question 20

Give the definition for DESTINATION:

Answer 20

The country or place to which the migrant travels

Question 21

What does ‘en-route’ mean?

Answer 21

‘En-route’ is what a migrant is described as being in between the origin and the destination

Question 22

Give the definition for INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION:

Answer 22

This is the movement of people from one country to another

Question 23

Give the definition for TEMPORARY MIGRATION:

Answer 23

This occurs when people move to work for a particular time before returning home. They generally send money to their families

Question 24

Give the definition for RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION:

Answer 24

This is the movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities

Question 25

Give the definition for INTERNAL MIGRATION:

Answer 25

The movement of people to different areas within the same country

Question 26

What are the TWO options of why people MIGRATE?

Answer 26

They either... - choose to migrate OR - are forced to migrate

Question 27

Give the definition for PUSH FACTORS:

Answer 27

PUSH FACTORS are the reason why people leave an area, ie. What PUSHES them away from their home

Question 28

Give the definition for PULL FACTORS:

Answer 28

PULL FACTORS are the reasons why people move to a particular area, ie. What PULLS them to a new place

Question 29

Give the definition of a REFUGEE:

Answer 29

This type of migrant is someone who has had to leave their country because of fear of persecution because of their religion, race, nationality or political opinion

Question 30

Describe a FLOW LINE MAP:

Answer 30

A FLOW LINE MAP tells us about the number of people as well as the direction. It is the width, not the length of the bar that matters

Question 31

Give SEVEN examples of PUSH FACTORS:

Answer 31

- High crime - Crop failure - Famine - Drought - Flocking - Poverty - War

Question 32

Give SEVEN examples of PULL FACTORS:

Answer 32

- Higher Employment chances - More wealth - Better services - Good climate - Safer, less crime - More fertile land - Lower risk from natural hazards

Question 33

Describe the IMPACT of migration

Answer 33

Migration will have an impact: - on the place the migrant has left - on the place the migrant goes to The effects of migration can be POSITIVE and NEGATIVE for both places!

Question 34

Why is the population for the UK lower than its major cities?

Answer 34

Because there is MUCH more room for people to spread out!

Question 35

What is the UK's population density figure?

Answer 35

246 km2

Question 36

Why does climate affect where people want to live?

Answer 36

Places that are too cold, hot, wet or dry don't attract people to live there because it is hard to grow crops

Question 37

Give five examples of POSITIVE PHYSICAL FEATURES:

Answer 37

- pleasant climate - good food supply - open grassland for animals - good water supply - flat, gently sloping land

Question 38

Give THREE examples of POSITIVE HUMAN FEATURES:

Answer 38

- Money for investment - good roads, railways and ports etc. - Industry and jobs

Question 39

Give FIVE examples of NEGATIVE PHYSICAL FEATURES:

Answer 39

- Dense forest - Too wet or dry - poor soils, hard to farm on - steep slopes, hard to build on - poor water supply

Question 40

Give THREE examples of NEGATIVE HUMAN FEATURES:

Answer 40

- little investment and few jobs - lack of investment - poor transport links

Question 41

Why do Polish people leave Poland to come to Northern Ireland? (PUSH factors)

Answer 41

- Not as many jobs in Poland - Wages in Poland are low (Just the opposite of PULL factors!)

Question 42

Why do Polish people come to Northern Ireland? (PULL factors)

Answer 42

- More jobs in Northern Ireland - Higher wages in Northern Ireland (Just the opposite of the PUSH factors!)

Question 43

What are the ADVANTAGES for Poland (the losing country) when Polish people migrate to Northern Ireland (the receiving country)?

Answer 43

- More jobs available as less people are looking for a job | - Money is sent back from Northern Ireland; strengthening the Polish economy

Question 44

What are the DISADVANTAGES for Poland (the losing country) when Polish people migrate to Northern Ireland (the receiving country)?

Answer 44

-fewer young people as many have migrated. This can reduce population growth

Question 45

What are the ADVANTAGES for NORTHERN IRELAND (the receiving country) when Polish people migrate from Poland (the losing country) to Northern Ireland?

Answer 45

- there are more migrant workers available to employers | - migrants bring specific skills that are needed

Question 46

What are the DISADVANTAGES for NORTHERN IRELAND (the receiving country) when Polish people migrate from Poland (the losing country) to Northern Ireland?

Answer 46

- migrants are sometimes viewed by some people as taking local's jobs - more and more Polish speaking children need to go to school. This puts pressure on the number of school places available