Unit 2 - Population Geography

Question 1

Did you know that:

The world’s population is growing 1.10 percent per year, or approximately an additional 83 million people annually.

Answer 1

*no answer needed

Question 2

Did you know that:

The global population is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100.

Answer 2

• no answer needed

Question 3

50.4 percent of world’s population is male, and 49.6 percent is female

Answer 3

*no answer needed

Question 4

Upon close examination of how the population is distributed, you will be able to come up with many rational reasons for population clusters in regions referred to as what?

Answer 4

Ecumene

Question 5

_____ environments, for one thing, affect the population of an area. Cold lands, drylands, high lands, and wetlands are not favorable to establishing large communities. Such places are too remote, or the climate and soil cannot support agricultural activities.

Answer 5

Physical environments

Question 6

These two are the main forces which affects the size of a population.

Answer 6

Fertility

Morality

Question 7

Population growth or decline transpires through ____ and ____.

Answer 7

births and deaths

Question 8

There are several basic measurements of population dynamics, including:

Answer 8

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
Infant Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy
Natural Increase Rate

Question 9

This is used to measure population growth through births.

Answer 9

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

Question 10

The CBR is equal to the number of births in a year for every ____ people in a country.

Answer 10

1,000

Question 11

The CBR figures are _____ to the population size, so that it will give us a more realistic view of the population dynamics within each country, and we can compare the different rates for each country.

Answer 11

relative

Question 12

Correlated to the CBR is the _______, the average number of children a woman in a particular country will have during her childbearing years.

Answer 12

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Question 13

A large ____ means a large Crude Birth Rate.

Answer 13

Total Fertility Rate

Question 14

Deaths result in the population decline, which is measured with the __________.

Answer 14

Crude Death Rate

Question 15

Death can result from many factors, including:

Answer 15

Sanitation, access to health care, or how old the population is.

Question 16

This is defined as the total number of infants’ deaths before their first birthday for every 1000 births in a country.

Answer 16

Infant Mortality Rate

Question 17

This rate is frequently utilized as a sign of the level of health in a country.

Answer 17

Infant Mortality Rate

Question 18

This refers to the average number of years a person will live, given the country’s current conditions.

Answer 18

Life Expectancy

Question 19

________ at birth is also a measure of the overall quality of life in a country.

Answer 19

Life expectancy

Question 20

This calculates the percentage growth of a population in a given year. It is computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate (CBR - CDR) and converted to a percentage.

Answer 20

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

Question 21

An ______ revolution that took place around 8000 B.C. generated a slow, almost insignificant, natural increase rate.

Answer 21

Agricultural

Question 22

This is established on historical population trends of two demographic characteristics – birth rate and death rate – to indicate that a country’s total population growth rate cycles through stages as that country develops economically.

Answer 22

Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

Question 23

What stage of the Demographic Transition Model is this:

Applicable to most of the world before the Industrial Revolution when both birth rates and death rates were high. Consequently, population size stayed relatively steady but had significant changes with events such as wars or pandemics

Answer 23

Stage 1

Question 24

What stage of the Demographic Transition Model is this:

The launch of new medicine decreased death rates, particularly among children, while birth rates stayed high; the result is fast population growth. These days many of the least developed countries are in Stage ___.

Answer 24

Stage 2

Question 25

What stage of the Demographic Transition Model is this: Birth rates slowly decline, mostly because of better economic conditions, access to contraception, and a rise in women’s status. Population growth persists, but at a lower rate. Most developing countries are in Stage ___.

Answer 25

Stage 3

Question 26

What stage of the Demographic Transition Model is this: Both birth and death rates are both low, steadying the population. These countries are likely to have better healthcare, higher education levels, stronger economies, a higher percentage of working women, and a fertility rate of around two children per woman. Most developed countries are in Stage ___.

Answer 26

Stage 4

Question 27

What stage of the Demographic Transition Model is this: A potential Stage ___ would consist of countries where fertility rates have dropped substantially below replacement level (two children), and the aging population is greater than the younger population.

Answer 27

Stage 5

Question 28

He was an English clergyman and economist who assumed that population growth would overtake the human ability to produce food, which in turn will lead to famine, war, and diseases. His idea was put forth when England was undergoing the Industrial Revolution and was beginning stage 2 of the demographic transition. He did not expect the technological development that helped food production to beat population growth.

Answer 28

Thomas Malthus (1766-1834)

Question 29

They are modern-day followers of Malthus's ideas. They emphasize that the bulk of future population growth will occur in LDCs where food production and other resources may not keep in step with fast population growth. They ask that population growth in these countries be limited to prevent potential famines and wars over resources.

Answer 29

Neo-Malthusians

Question 30

They emphasize that reducing population growth will make more resources available to support fewer people; in other words, expanding abundance around the world.

Answer 30

Neo-Malthusians

Question 31

These two perceived the overpopulation argument differently. They assumed that there were sufficient food and other resources in the world to feed the rapidly increasing population --- the crisis was that the resources were disproportionately spread.

Answer 31

Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)

Question 32

They claimed that people in Canada, the United States, and Europe had many resources to support themselves, but people in other parts of the world did not. They also agreed that technological advances could boost resources, but if such expansions were not equitably distributed, then famines and wars would persist in afflicting the human race.

Answer 32

Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)

Question 33

The ______, identified after the mythical horn of plenty, have a different perspective on overpopulation. They think that there is no population problem since the world has abundant resources, but we must develop the technology to utilize them. Because every person potentially has something to offer in terms of skills and ideas, the more people there are, the more technological innovations we will have.

Answer 33

Cornucopians

Question 34

A universal term than overpopulation because it permits distinctions between places to be compared. The problem could be attributed to population density and the kind of technology used in farming, etc. This accepts the effect of population growth on resources. Still, it permits the differences between places, technological innovations, and population growth changes that can make the difference at which place becomes overpopulated.

Answer 34

Population Pressure