Population Density - Check your Understanding

Population density is best described as?

• The number of people that live in your town

• The number of people that live in a country

• The number of people that live in a kilometer squared

• The number of people living in the world

When a settlement has been established like a path, it is referred to as?

• Linear settlement

• Scattered settlement

• Clustered settlement

• All of the above

When a settlement has been established with many people living in one area, it is referred to as?

• Linear settlement

• Scattered settlement

• Clustered settlement

• All of the above

When a settlement has been established in a rural area where large amounts of people are hard to support, it is referred to as?

• Linear settlement

• Scattered settlement

• Clustered settlement

• all of the above

Which population type has the most amount of people living in an area?

• Dense

• Sparse

• a lot

• moderate

A choropleth map could be used to give you information about?

• population density

• age

• income

• all of the above

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What is the formula for figuring out population density?

• population divided by the area of a country

• area of a country divided by it's population

• area of the school divided by how many students there are

• population multiplied by the area of a country