3.5.2 - G12 Revision 3 - Population and the DTM

3.5.2 - G12 Revision 3 - Population

By Liz Anderson

Multiple Choice

What is population?

• The number of people who live in a particular area.

• The number of babies that born in a particular area.

• The number of people that die in a particular area.

• The number of immigrants that live in a particular area.

Multiple Choice

The approximate population of the world today is..

• 7.6 Million

• 6.7 Billion

• 6.7 Million

• 7.6 Billion

Multiple Choice

What is the world's most populous country?

• India

• China

• U.S.

• Mexico

Multiple Choice

Demography is the science that studies

• Population using vital statistics such as births, deaths, ages…

• How people leave the country

• How people react to their climate zones

• When people want to leave the country

Multiple Choice

What word describes the study of population patterns and change?

• population

• population density

• cartography

• demography

Multiple Choice

What word describes the pattern, or spread of people in a given area?

• population

• population density

• population distribution

• demography

Multiple Choice

Which definition best matches the term population density?

• human beings in general
• number of people in a particular area
• A measurement of people for a specific area
• All the inhabitants of a particular area

Multiple Choice

Which is [likely to be] more densely populated?

• desert
• coast

Multiple Choice

The average number of people living in an area

• population distribution
• population density
• urbanization
• population rate

Multiple Choice

Natural population change is the difference in__________ which is recorded each __________.

• births and deaths, months

• births and deaths, years

• push and pull factors, months

• push and pull factors, years

Multiple Choice

How is the difference in population measured?

• By the Natural Increase Rate

• By the death rate per year

• By the birth rate per year

• By what people fill in on their census

Multiple Choice

If a country records a 'natural increase', this means what?

• That there have been more births than deaths

• There have been more death than births

Multiple Choice

How many stages are there in the DTM?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Multiple Choice

Infant mortality rate means what?

• The number of school-age children, per 1000, that pass away

• The number of children, per 1000, under one that pass away

• The number of children, per 1000, who die at childbirth

Multiple Select

Tick all the items that are calculated in the Demographic Transition Model

• Births

• Deaths

• Migration

• Total population

Open Ended

After reading the slide about stage 1 of the DTM, write down all the things that you remember. What are the birth and death rates like? Who are the people/ countries that may be in this stage of the DTM?

Multiple Select

Stage 1 of the DTM is characterised by what?

• High birth rates

• Low birth rates

• High death rates

• Low death rates

Open Ended

After reading the slide about stage 2 of the DTM, write down all the things that you remember. What are the birth and death rates like? Who are the people/ countries that may be in this stage of the DTM?

Multiple Select

What happens to the birth and death rates in stage 2 of the DTM?

• Birth rates remain high

• Death rates remain high

• Birth rates starting to fall

• Death rates starting to fall

​demographic transition model stage 1

Open Ended

After reading the slide about stage 3 of the DTM, write down all the things that you remember. What are the birth and death rates like? Who are the people/ countries that may be in this stage of the DTM?

Open Ended

After reading the slide about stage 4 of the DTM, write down all the things that you remember. What are the birth and death rates like? Who are the people/ countries that may be in this stage of the DTM?

​demographic transition model stage 1

Open Ended

After reading the slide about stage 5 of the DTM, write down all the things that you remember. What are the birth and death rates like? Who are the people/ countries that may be in this stage of the DTM?

Open Ended

In one sentence, what are some of the criticisms of the DTM?