9A - Population Distribution

Human beings avoid all but which of these regions?

• Warm lands
• Dry lands
• High lands
• Wet lands

All of the people in a particular area

• migration

• demographics

• population

• census

Study of population patterns and change

• census

• demographics

• migration

• death rate

the pattern or spread of people in a given area

• census

• death rate

• population distribution

• demographics

the number of people in a defined area such as a square kilometre

• population density

• birth rate

• death rate

• population

Population divided by Area =

• population density

• population growth

Why do people live longer today than 200 years ago?

• better health care

• better restaurants

• better hairstyles

• better clothing

In order for population to grow

• death rate must be higher than birth rate

• heart rate must be lower than death rate

• birth rate must equal death rate

• birth rate must be higher than death rate

Why would an area be sparsely populated?

• lack of natural resources

• land is covered with ice

• land cannot be developed

• all of the above

Deserts are usually....

• densely populated.
• sparsely populated.
• evenly populated.
• None of the above