Population and Population Density

China has a population of over a billion. Monaco has a population just over 37,000. Why does Monaco have a higher crude (arithmetic) population density?

• Monaco has less land area than China

• Monaco is more urbanized.

• Monaco is a developed country

• Monaco has a higher amount of people per unit of arable land

"Mongolia has a population density of over 4 people per square mile". Without any other information, which type of density is being given?

• Agricultural

• Physiological

• Arithmetic (crude)

• Malthusian

Which conclusion BEST illustrates the impact of both human and physical factors on population distributions?

• As humans produce more Carbon Dioxide, climates change, ice caps melt, ocean temperatures increase, and sea levels rise. Knowing this, the government of Bangladesh encourages citizens to migrate northward

• Areas rich in natural resources like petroleum, iron ore, and copper tend to be more densely populated in South Sudan

• The population in India is less concentrated in the highlands of the Himalayan and more concentrated on the lowlands near the Ganges River Valley

• Even though Europe is highly urbanized, some Scandinavians prefer to remain isolated from densely populated regions.

Which of the following is an accurate inference from the information on the map above?

• There is a high of concentration of population in and around the Northeastern metropolitan areas

• Many people are migrating to rural areas outside of cities to escape high levels of pollution

• Internal migration in the United States has created evenly dispersed settlement patterns

• Population density levels analyzed at a country scale would be similar to those analyzed at a state scale in most western states.

According to the 2005-2009 Community Service Survey, the racial and ethnic composition of Los Angeles, CA is as follows: White (41.3%), Latino/Hispanic (29.4%), Asian (10.7%), and African American (9.8%).

However, in Little Tokyo, Asians comprise 48% of the population, followed by Whites (18%), African Americans (18%), and Latinos (16%)

This difference demonstrates why it is important for geographers to study the _______________ of population distributions.

• Density

• Scale

• Interaction

• Composition