Population Geography Quiz

What is the birthrate?

• The number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people

• The number of births per year for every 1,000 people

• The growth rate of a population

• The movement of people from place to place

What is the natural increase?

• The number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people

• The number of births per year for every 1,000 people

• The growth rate of a population

• The movement of people from place to place

What is the demographic transition model?

• A diagram that shows the distribution of a population by age and gender

• The model that uses birthrates and death rates to show how populations in countries or regions change over time

• The average number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land

• The variations in population that occur across a country, a continent, or the world

What is zero population growth?

• The number of years it takes for a population to double in size

• The growth rate of a population

• The model that uses birthrates and death rates to show how populations in countries or regions change over time

• The birthrate and death rate are equal, resulting in no population growth

What is the doubling time?

• The number of years it takes for a population to double in size

• The growth rate of a population

• The model that uses birthrates and death rates to show how populations in countries or regions change over time

• The average number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land

What are the challenges of rapid population growth?

• Increased access to resources

• Decreased food production

• Decreased population density

• Decreased urbanization

What is population distribution?

• The number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land

• The variations in population that occur across a country, a continent, or the world

• The growth rate of a population

• The movement of people from place to place

What is population density?

• The number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land

• The variations in population that occur across a country, a continent, or the world

• The growth rate of a population

• The movement of people from place to place

What is urbanization?

• The number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land

• The variations in population that occur across a country, a continent, or the world

• The growth rate of a population

• The movement of people from rural villages to cities

What are push factors of migration?

• Factors that attract people to a place

• Factors that push people out of their home countries

• Factors that result in negative population growth

• Factors that result in zero population growth