Classwork- population pyramids

Those 0-14 and 65+ are usually classified as?

• Dependents
• Independents
• Working Age
• Baby Boomers

the periodic count of a nation's population by its government

• census
• count day
• rate of natural increase
• migration

What word describes a pyramid shaped diagram that shows the age and gender of a population?

• population map

• standard of living

• population pyramid

• pyramid graph

What population is displayed on the RIGHT side of this pyramid?

• Children

• Women

• Men

• Elderly

What does life expectancy measure?

• The average that a person in a given population can expect to live to.

• The number of old and young dependents who don't work compared with the working age population.

• The average number of children a woman in a given population will have in her lifetime.

What is the definition of dependency ratio?

• the study of human populations, including how they change due to births, deaths, aging, and migration

• the number of old and young dependents who don't work compared with the working-age population

• the average age that a person in a given population can expect to live to

• the total fertility rate needed for a population to replace itself

This country has a low birth rate

• True

• False

Describe the likely death rate of this country.

• This country has a low death rate

• This country has a high death rate

• This country has many old people

• Very few people die in this country

Which statement is true?

• There are more men in this country

• There are fewer women in this country

• There are more 30-34 year olds than 25-29 year olds

• There are more people age 25-29 than 30-34

This country has a very large population

• True

• False