Geography-Population

Geographers who study population would be interested in all of the following except?

 

• How many people live in an area

• How many species of birds inhabit an area

• Why people live where they do

• How and why the population of an area changes over time

What is the measure of the number of people living in an area?

 

• birthrate

• population density

• migration

Which of the following is not a key statistic in tracking population change?

average life spanbirthratedeath raterate of natural increase

 

• average life span

• birth rate

• death rate

• natural incresas

Which of the following countries has a negative rate of natural increase?

• Nigeria

• Mali

• Russia

Which of the following is not a reason that people migrate?

WarfareAvailability of cheap landLack of jobsBirthrate

 

• warfare

• availability of cheap land

• lack of jobs

• birthrate

Which of the following is an important trend in world population today?

• The population growth in some of the more industrialized nations has begun to slow.

• World population is growing

• Less industrialized countries have high growth rates.

• All of these are important trends.