HUMAN GEOGRAPHY topic 4-6

The world population is expected to increase by almost___ within 12 years

Answer explanation

Even tho we can't know this for sure we can estimate the population will grow mostly in Africa and Asia.

Can we apply this growth to rich countries (MEDCs)?

• yes they will also grow as much as LEDCs

• They mostly will stay the same, but in some countries the population will decrease.

• No, their population is estimated to decrease by 2100

Answer explanation

The population of 40 of this MEDCs countries are expected to decrease between 2013 and 2100

The Republic of Niger is a _____ country

Answer explanation

The largest ethnic groups in Niger are the Hausa and the Djerma-Songhai, but are they nomads or sedentary farmers?

• nomads

• sedentary farmers

What's happening in the last 50 years in Niger?

• death rates have been falling more and more

• high death risk due to crime is increasing

• nothing

• the birth rates decrease significantly

Answer explanation

In the last 50 years Niger improved their healthcare, food supplies, water and sanitation supplies ( Mainly in the capital, Niamey)

Male life expectancy in Russia is relatively low, exactly ___

Answer explanation

Most causes of death among russian (Male) population are:

- Alcohol related

- AIDS/HIV

- heart diseases

- tuberculosis

Women in Russia are not interested in having more than 1 or 2 kids

• False

• True

Answer explanation

Due to more education, women in Russia don't want large families and they are not persuade by the idea of having many children.

Governments collect money through....

• selling supplies

• by building things

• the amount of people living in the country

• taxes

Answer explanation

the government use the collected taxes to pay roads, hospitals, schools, pensions and much more!

Since __ the Communist Party has ruled China

Answer explanation

This Party encourage large families to make China strong, but that also lead the country to the posterior 1 child policy ("later, longer, fewer" policy) in 1979.

A bad consequence of the "One Child" policy

• because of the increase in old population and less young population the workforce shrank

• most of the young families decided to move from China to another country to have more than 1 child

• no bad consequences