Population Geography Quiz

What is population?

• The total number of people who live in a specified area

• The number of births per 1,000 per year

• The number of deaths per 1,000 per year

• The number of people who have moved into an area

What are the factors that have led to population growth in the last 200 years?

• Food production, discoveries in medical science, and improvements in sanitation

• Decrease in birth rate, increase in death rate, and decrease in migration

• Decrease in food production, decrease in medical advancements, and increase in pollution

• Increase in birth rate, decrease in death rate, and increase in migration

What is the birth rate?

• The number of births per 1,000 per year

• The number of deaths per 1,000 per year

• The number of people who have moved into an area

• The number of people who have moved away from an area

What is the death rate?

• The number of births per 1,000 per year

• The number of deaths per 1,000 per year

• The number of people who have moved into an area

• The number of people who have moved away from an area

What is the rate of natural increase?

• The number of births per 1,000 per year

• The number of deaths per 1,000 per year

• The difference between birth rate and death rate

• The difference between death rate and birth rate

What is population density?

• The number of people in a location divided by the amount of space available

• The number of births per 1,000 per year

• The number of deaths per 1,000 per year

• The number of people who have moved into an area

What is population distribution?

• The number of males and females in a given area or region
• The average age of people in a given area or region
• The number of people in a given area or region
• Pattern of where people live within a given area or region

What is urban sprawl?

• Planned expansion of urban areas into surrounding rural areas.
• The process of converting rural areas into urban areas.
• Uncontrolled expansion of urban areas into surrounding rural areas. It also makes Mr. Writt irrationally upset.

• The controlled expansion of urban areas into surrounding rural areas.