Social Science - Population Studies

Birth Rate is

• Number of births per hour

• Number of live births per 1000 people

• Number of births

• Number of births per 1000 people

The South African population is approximately

• 57 million

• 50 million

• 45 million

• 40 million

The Birth rate in South Africa is approx.

• 50 births per 1000 people

• 30 births per 1000 people

• 15 births per 1000 people

• 20.7 births per 1000 people

Death rate is defined as

• Number of deaths per 1000 people

• Number of deaths in a year

• Number of deaths per month

• Number of deaths per week

The population growth rate is

• The Birth rate plus the death rate

• The Birth rate minus the death rate

• The Death rate minus the Birth rate

• The Birth rate divided by the death rate

SA Life expectancy at the moment is:

• 80 for men 60 for women

• 60 for women 70 for men

• 61 for men 67 for women

• 70 for men and 65 for women

A disease that spreads to many countries is a.....

• Pandemic

• Epidemic

• Crisis

• Major emergency

Study this graph carefully. In the semi-nomadic era the world population growth was

• Very fast

• Almost unchanged

• Growing steadily

• Dropping steadily

Study the same graph carefully. In the last 500 years the world population has

• Grown slowly

• Declined fast

• Stayed more or less the same

• Grown at a very fast rate

Population Density means

• the number of goats per square kilometre

• the number of people

• the number of people per square kilometre

• the change in population over time.