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WorksheetsSocial Science - Population Studies
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Birth Rate is
Number of births per hour
Number of live births per 1000 people
Number of births
Number of births per 1000 people
The South African population is approximately
57 million
50 million
45 million
40 million
The Birth rate in South Africa is approx.
50 births per 1000 people
30 births per 1000 people
15 births per 1000 people
20.7 births per 1000 people
Death rate is defined as
Number of deaths per 1000 people
Number of deaths in a year
Number of deaths per month
Number of deaths per week
The population growth rate is
The Birth rate plus the death rate
The Birth rate minus the death rate
The Death rate minus the Birth rate
The Birth rate divided by the death rate
SA Life expectancy at the moment is:
80 for men 60 for women
60 for women 70 for men
61 for men 67 for women
70 for men and 65 for women
A disease that spreads to many countries is a.....
Pandemic
Epidemic
Crisis
Major emergency
Study this graph carefully. In the semi-nomadic era the world population growth was
Very fast
Almost unchanged
Growing steadily
Dropping steadily
Study the same graph carefully. In the last 500 years the world population has
Grown slowly
Declined fast
Stayed more or less the same
Grown at a very fast rate
Population Density means
the number of goats per square kilometre
the number of people
the number of people per square kilometre
the change in population over time.
Study the map carefully. Where is the lowest population density in SA?
Gauteng
Western Cape
KZN
Northern Cape
Look at the graph showing extreme poverty. What trend is being shown?
Extreme poverty staying the same
Extreme poverty is increasing
Extreme poverty is decreasing
Nothing is happening regarding Extreme poverty
What factors would affect the birth rate and death rate?
Medicine
Vaccinations
Education
All of the above
When you are given statistics you should?
Check their reliability
Spread via social media
See if three other sources say the same
Not believe them
Population statistics showing only the Western point of view would be with exaggeration....
Virtually unbiased
Unbised
very biased
slightly biased
