Population Demographics Review

What is birth rate?

• increase or decrease in infant mortality

• the number of live births per 1000 people

• the average life expectancy in a given location

• the number of deaths per 1000 people

What three things most affect a place's population?

• emigrattion, migration and imigration?

• birth rate, life expectancy, natural disasters

• natural increase, natural decrease, death rate

• birth rate, death rate, migration

What does a high birth rate lead to?

• a decreasing population

• an increasing population

• increases in life expectancy

• decreases in life expectancy

What does a higher life expectancy lead to?

• increases in birth rate

• increases in infant mortality rates

• decreases in birth rates

• decreases in the death rate

What is demography?

• the study of culture

• the study of human interactions

• Using statistics to explain past, present and future population trends

• using statistics to understand how cultures interact

How do you calculate the natural increase of a population?

• You divide the death rate by the life expectancy

• You multiply the death rate by the life expectancy

• You subtract the death rate from the birth rate

• You add the death rate to the birth rate

About when did the world population reach 1 billion

• 200 CE

• 500 CE

• 1000 CE

• 1800 CE

About what is the current population on earth?

• around 7.7 thousand

• around 7.7 million

• around 7.7 billion

• around 7.7 trillion

If both the birth rate and infant mortality rate are high, what likely happens to the overall population?

• population increases very fast

• population decreases very fast

• life expectancy is very high

• populations increase slowly

Which of the following would increase a place's population

• access to better healthcare

• a civil war

• a natural disaster

• people emigrating from the country