The World's People HW

On a global scale, rapid population can harm the environment.

• True

• False

In most countries, population typically distributed evenly because people move to places that have important resources.

• True

• False

Migration is one of the main causes of population shifts in our world today.

• True

• False

A cluster of cities with an extremely large population is called a metropolis.

• True

• False

. What is the main reason people choose to settle in one area and not in another?

• A. They want to get away from major transportation centers.

• B. The area has sufficient resources to meet their basic needs.

• C. They want to live close to friends and family.

• D. The area has deep religious significance to them.

Which of the following illustrates a push factor—something that drives people from an area?

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

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

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

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

Which of the following means to enter and live in a new country?

• A. immigrate

• B. urbanization

• C. emigrate

• D. migrate

Rapid population growth can harm the environment because of the _____.

• increased demand for resources

• increase in poverty

• use of wind, solar and geothermal energy

• surplus of jobs

__________factors drive people from an area

• Push

• Pull

• Migration

• Environment

The average number of people living within a square mile or a square kilometer is called _____

• population density

• urbanization

• birthrate

• population distribution