Year 8 Assessment 2 - Population

When does total World population rise?

• When death rate is higher than birth rate

• When birth rate is higher than death rate

• When immigration is higher than emigration

• When emigration is higher than immigration

What factors cause an increase in life expectancy? Choose 2.

• Improvements in medical care

• Women being more educated

• A higher birth rate

• Climate change causing flooding

What does MEDC stand for?

• MEDC stands for Major Economic Development Center
• MEDC stands for More Economically Developed Country.
• MEDC stands for Modern Economic Development Corporation
• MEDC stands for Most Economically Developed Country

What does LEDC stand for?

• Low Energy Development Corporation
• Linguistic Education and Development Center
• Less Economically Developed Country

• Less Environmentally Developed Country

Which country would most likely have a higher life expectancy?

• MEDC

• LEDC

• NIC

What was the starting point for the rapid increase in population over the last 130 years?

• Bronze age

• Iron age

• Industrial Revolution

• Stone Age

What is the name for the rapid population rise in the 20th century? The population _________

The picture represents...

• Densely populated area

• Sparsely populated area

• Developed population area

• Singular population area

This picture shows a...

• Sparsely populated area

• Densely populated area

• Urban area

Population distribution is about...

• The pattern of where people live

• How many people live in a place

• What the development of the population is like

• How high the GDP is for a country