Populations Revision

What does population density mean?

• The way people are spread out across the world

• The number of people per square kilometre

• The age range of people in a population

How is population density worked out?

• Land area divided by number of people

• Land area multiplied by number of people

• Number of people in an area divided by land area

Which of the following factors encourage people to live in a place?

• Poor soils

• Good job opportunities

• Very cold weather

What is happening to the world population?

• Steadily decreasing

• Staying the same

• Increasing at a fast rate

What does a population pyramid show?

• Changes in death rates

• The structure of the population

• Changes in birth rates

Which three of these are reasons why life expectancy around the world has increased in recent years:

• Better education

• War

• Better medicine and healthcare

• Poor medicine

• Improvements in housing, sanitation and standard of living

Which of these places are sparsely populated. Select three answers.

• United Kingdom because it has too much rain

• Russia due to it's harsh, cold climate in winter

• Australia due to the desert in central Australia

• USA because of Donald Trump

• Many African countries due to harsh environments, deserts and lack of resources

Pick 2 reasons why life expectancy may decrease in a country?

• Good healthcare

• Wars - some may flee their country and others may be killed in the war

• Good education

• Famine - not enough resources to feed the population

How many stages are there in the Demographic Transition Model?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 6

What does the 'D' in the DTM stand for?

• Democracy

• Distribution

• Density

• Demographic