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Trends in World Population

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Movement from a farm to a city is considered which type of migration?
a)
Migrant stream
b)
Intercontinental
c)
External Migration
d)
Rural to Urban migration
2.

The Largest number of legal, documented and illegal, undocumented immigrants to the United States come from what country?

a)

the Philippines

b)

Dominican Republic

c)

Cuba

d)

El Salvador

e)

Mexico

3.
This caused a jump in the worlds' population in the late 1700's and helped send England into stage 2 of the Industrial Revolution: 
a)
the Renaissance
b)
the Industrial Revolution
c)
the Medical Revolution
d)
the Scientific Revolution
4.
Since the 1980's, most US In-Migration has come from
a)
Europe
b)
East Asia
c)
Latin America
d)
South Asia
5.
According to this map (Page 120), which nation attracted the largest number of immigrants?
a)
The US
b)
Brazil
c)
Australia
d)
China
6.
The United States experienced a period of greatly increased immigration in the mid-nineteenth century. In particular, there was a surge in the number of Irish immigrants. Why did Irish immigration increase during the mid-nineteenth century?
a)
the end of the Napoleonic Wars
b)
the Irish won their independence from the United Kingdom
c)
the Great Potato Famine in Ireland
d)
the spread of the Plague in Ireland
7.

If a location is urban, it is...

a)

outside towns and cities

b)

far away from main centres of population

c)

within towns and cities

d)

by a sea or an ocean

8.

What is the definition of urbanization

a)

The outward growth of urban areas

b)

An increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas

c)

An increase in the amount of people living in urban areas

d)

An increase in the birth rate compared to death rate

9.

The two ways that urban areas grow are

a)

nitrogen and phospherous

b)

natural increase and migration

c)

lower death dates

d)

immigration and less pollution

10.

The main problems in city today concern

a)

shops, malls and leisure centers

b)

the overpopulation, pets and runners

c)

the buildings, the streets and the parks

d)

the environment, the infrastructures and the transport

11.

What percentage of the world population lives in cities?

a)

under 50%

b)

between 50% and 60%

c)

over 80%

d)

between 60% and 80%

12.
People were able to settle in the one place after they 
a)
worked out how to farm
b)
found cities
c)
made roads
d)
created families
13.
Since the 1980's, most US In-Migration has come from
a)
Europe
b)
East Asia
c)
Latin America
d)
South Asia
14.
The wave of immigrants into America around 1900-1915 was different from earlier waves of migration because most were from what area?
a)
Southern and Eastern Europe
b)
Asia
c)
Africa
d)
Latin America
15.

People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...

a)

Ruralization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Colonization

d)

None of these

16.
By 1890, most European immigrants to the US were from ___ and ___ Europe.
a)
Western and Southern
b)
Western and Northern 
c)
Eastern and Southern
d)
Eastern and Northern
17.

What are the essential needs for a group of people to establish a settlement?

a)

fresh water

b)

arable land

c)

transportation

d)

all are correct

18.

The majority of the immigrants from the first wave of migration left because of

a)

lack of jobs

b)

poverty and hunger

c)

war and religious persecution

d)

natural disasters

19.

The majority of the immigrants from the second wave of migration left because of

a)

war and religious persecution

b)

hunger and poverty

c)

jobs

d)

disease

20.

The majority of the immigrants from the third wave of migration left because of

a)

war and religious persecution

b)

jobs

c)

hunger and poverty

d)

disease

21.

Why do most immigrants settle in cities or major urban areas.

a)

jobs

b)

friends and family

c)

religious freedom

d)

ethnic enclaves