Grade 8 Geography (Population)

The measurement of the number of people per unit of land is:

• population rate

• population density

• community density

• carry capacity

What TWO things are needed to calculate population density?

• Population and People

• Area of Land and Population

• People and Death Rate

• Birth Rate and Death Rate

What term is given to the averaged number of people living in an area at a given time?

• Population Density

• Population Distribution

• Population

• Natural Increase

What term is given to the way in which people are spread out over an area?

• Population Density

• Population Distribution

• Birth Rate

• Natural Increase

What term is given to the difference between birth and death rate?

• Death Rate

• Population Distribution

• Birth Rate

• Natural Increase

What term is given to the number of births in one year per thousand of the total population?

• Death Rate

• Population Distribution

• Birth Rate

• Natural Increase

What term is given to the number of deaths in one year per thousand of the total population?

• Death Rate

• Population Distribution

• Birth Rate

• Natural Increase

What is the formula for calculating population density?

• Population ÷ Area

• Population + Area

• Area ÷ Population

• Area + Population

Which country has the highest population below?

• Country A (100,000 people)

• Country B (7,000 people)

• Country C (56,000 people)

• Country D (1,100,000 people)

Which country has the lowest population below?

• Country A (10,000 people)

• Country B (8,900 people)

• Country C (520 people)

• Country D (780,000 people)