Population Quiz 1 - Population Density

Number of births per year for every 1,000 people

• birth rate
• death rate 
• natural increase
• migration 

number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people 

• birth rate 
• death rate
• natural increase 
• migration 

the growth of a population; the difference between birthrates and death rate

• birth rate
• death rate
• natural increase
• migration 

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

• population pyramid 
• population distribution
• population density 
• population doubling 

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

• population density 
• population distribution 
• population pyramid 
• population doubling time 

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

Which of the following is a PULL factor?

• Job Opportunities

• Religious Persecution

• Political Corruption

• Warfare

Which definition best matches the term population?

• A measurement of people for a specific area
• All the inhabitants of a particular area
• human beings in general
• the increase in the number of people in a particular area

There are approximately 17,620 people per square mile in New York City. If New York City is 468 square miles, approximately how many people live in New York City?

• 17,620
• 8,246,160
• 37
• .027

A city has a population of 8792 people. The area of the city is approximately 6.5 square miles. Approximately, how many people per square mile live in the city?

• 57148
• 208
• 1353
• 135