Introduction to Demography

What word describes the number of people in a defined area such as a square mile?

• population

• population density

• population distribution

• demography

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

• population

• population density

• population distribution

• demography

What word describes the study of population patterns and change?

• population

• population density

• cartography

• demography

What word describes all the people of a particular area?

• population

• population denisty

• population distribution

• demography

True/False: People are evenly spread out across the Earth.

• True

• False

True/False: Population density can help show is a place is crowded.

• True

• False

True/False: Population distribution is only based on a places climate.

• True

• False

True/False: A country can have a high population but low density if it has a large land area.

• True

• False

True/False: A country cannot have a low population and a high population density.

• True

• False

True/False: The population distribution of many countries is that people tend to live by the water.

• True

• False