MC SS 2.2 - Population Patterns

Match the following

• average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer

• Birthrate

• lack of food

• Population density

• number of people out of every 1,000 who die in a year

• Death rate

• number of children born each year for every 1,000 people

• Famine

Match the following

• leave the country you were born in and move to another

• Urbanization

• movement of people out of the countryside and to cities

• Emigrate

• people who flee to another country to escape persecution, disaster, or extreme hardship

• Refugee

Which of the following problems is NOT caused by overpopulation?

• more food needed

• more resources needed

• strained economy

• more water available than needed

Why do people live on only a small fraction of the Earth?

• Much of the Earth is covered by water, ice, mountains, or conditions in which humans can't live

• Humans prefer to live very close to other humans

• We are unable to travel to other places to live

• There is no explanation for why humans live in a small fraction of the EArth

What is the main reason for growing urbanization?

• Find jobs

• Find water

• Be close to family

• Grow their own food

What is the difference between an emigrant and an immigrant?