What statistic adds to a country's population?

• birth rate 

• death rate 

• growth rate 

• emigration 

What statistic subtracts from a country's population?

• rate of natural increase

• death rate

• birth rate

• immigration 

How do you find the rate of natural increase for a country?

• subtract the birth rate from the death rate 

• subtract the death rate from the birth rate 

• add the death rate to the birthrate 

• add the birthrate and multiply by π

Which continents have countries with the lowest rates of natural increase? (two answers)

• Europe

• South America

• North America

• Asia 

• Africa

What are the three main factors that may effect migration? (three answers)

• environmental factors 

• educational factors 

• economic factors 

• political factors 

• familial factors 

Which of the following would be pull factors? (two answers)

• abundant land

• slavery 

• employment opportunities

• drought/famine 

• civil war

Which of the following would be push factors? (two answers) 

• exhausted resources

• good climate

• ethnic persecution (treating someone poorly because of their ethnicity) 

• religious freedom

• abundant resources 

Why has the world's population increased so rapidly in the past 200 years?

• Farmers have improved food production

• Countries have large populations living in poverty

• Nations have settled disputes through violence 

• Many governments have provided poor health care services 

Which of the following illustrates a push factor?

• Anu moves from India to the United States to be with her family living there.

• Peter moves from his small town to Nashville to find a job in the music industry.

• Amit moves to Turkey from his home in India after an earthquake destroys his village.

• Bethany moves from her home in Ohio to go to school in France.

What is the world's population?

• 4.5 billion

• 6.25 billion

• over 8 billion

• over 8.3 billion