The Human World

a residential area outside a city

• suburb

• city

• density

• flood

All of the people in a particular area

• migration

• demographics

• population

• census

Study of population patterns and change

• census

• demographics

• migration

• death rate

Number of births each year per 1,000 people

• birth rate

• population growth

• population density

• migration

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

Why do people live longer today than 200 years ago?

• better health care

• better restaurants

• better hairstyles

• better clothing

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

One reason for a rapid population growth is...

• an increase in pull factors.
• declining death rates. 
• a sparse population density. 
• internal migration.