Chapter 3 - The Human World

What causes population growth?

• Declining death rate

• Rising birth rate

• Rising death rate

• Declining birth rate

• Both A and B

Number of years it takes a population to double in size based on it's current growth rate?

• Population distribution

• Death Rate

• Doubling time

• Birth rate

Geographic pattern of where people live on earth?

• Population density

• Densely populated

• Sparsely populated

• Population distribution

Number of deaths compared to the total number of individuals in a population at a given time?

• Birth rate

• Death rate

• Population density

• Population distribution

What are some challenges when populations grow too fast?

• Overcrowded

• Potential disease

• Unemployment

• Poverty

• All the above.

The average number of people living within a square mile?

• Population distribution

• Globalization

• Population density

• Productivity

A densely populated area?

• Rural

• Urban

• Customs

• Dialect

A sparsely populated area?

• Urbanization

• Culture

• Rural

• Urban

The main reason that people settle in some area's and not others is?

• Customs

• Religion

• Resources

• Economy

When cities grow larger and spread into surrounding areas?

• Megalopolis

• Culture

• Urbanization

• Cultural region