Demography

What is the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or disease called?

• Mortality

• Demography

• Demographer

• Population Growth

World population remained steady for thousands of years until the ______________________, when it began to grow exponentially.

• Creation of antibiotics

• World Wars

• 1900s

• Industrial Revolution

The current world population is over __________.

• 8 billion

• 8 million

• 7 billion

• 350 billion

The event that led to the creation of factories, which in turn led to better technology and medicine, and large population growth was:

• Industrial Revolution

• American Revolution

• Civil War

• New Deal

What are the two most populous countries in the world?

• China

• India

• The United States

• Russia

Which 3 areas do people NOT like to live in?

• Cold

• Desert

• Mountains

• Tropical

People especially like to live near _____________ for irrigation, jobs, and recreational activities.

• water

• mountains

• tundra

• The United States

People move to places where there are _____________ because these create jobs.

• natural resources

• water

• mountains

• schools

What is the term for the average number of people who live in a measurable area, like a square mile?

• Population density

• Mega city

• Demography

• Map scale

Person who studies population statistics

• Demographer

• Demography

• Literacy rate

• Mortality rate