IGCSE Geography Theme 1 Review

The carrying capacity of earth has increased because of ...

• ...technology

• ...anti-natalist policies

• pro-natalist policies

• demographic momentum

When the birth rate is lower than the death rate the population of a country will...

• Increase

• Decrease

• increase or decrease depending on net migration

• A natural decrease

Which country is in stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model?

• India

• Japan

• Cameroon

• Brazil

Which of the following is not an indication that a country may be over-populated?

• Scarcity of water resource

• High housing prices

• Heavy traffic

• More people needed for getting valuable resources

Money sent back to the country of origin is called

• remittance

• involuntary monetary transfer

• external bank transfer

• internal bank transfer

All refugees are internally displaced people

• True

• False

• Sometimes

• They are basically the same thing, yes

Counter-urbanization is most likely to happen in...?

• Developed countries

• LEDCs

• The Gambia

• Indonesia

Which of the following is not a benefit to destination country that migrant moves to?

• Increase in labour will help reduce inflation

• They bring new ideas and skills

• Can help support an ageing population

• Reduces the pressure on health and education

This would be the population pyramid of what type of country?

• MEDC

• NIC

• LEDC

• Most likely a Western European country

Andorra has (or soon will have) a high dependency ratio?

• True

• False

• Unable to determine from the population pyramid

• It will happen by maybe in 50 years