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1.2 Changing Populations and Places

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is demography?

a)

The study of people

b)

The study of population change

c)

The study of birth rates

d)

The study of population sex ratio

2.

Natural increase means

a)

Number of deaths of infant children below 1 year per 1000 live births per year

b)

The % in population growth

c)

Number of births per 1,000 of the population

d)

The difference between crude birth rate and crude death rate in any year

3.

What does the term 'fertility rate' mean?

a)

Average number of years a person of a particular is expected to live

b)

number of live births per 1000 of the population per year

c)

number of deaths of children before the age of 5 per 1000 a year

d)

Average no. of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime

4.

IMR stands for?

a)

Number of deaths of infant children below 1 year per 1000 live births per year

b)

Number of deaths of children before the age of 5 per 1000 a year

c)

Number of deaths per 1000 per year

d)

Average number of years a person of a particular is expected to live

5.

What was the first megacity to reach 10 million people?

a)

New York

b)

Shanghai

c)

Tokyo

d)

Jakarta

6.

What does Population Momentum mean?

a)

The theory that population is growing more more slowly

b)

How populations continue to grow even after fertility rates have dropped to or below the replacement level e.g through immigration

c)

A method that could potentially be used and applied to help reduce population growth

7.

China is the most populated country in the world with 1.4 billion. In which year is India predicted to overtake China as the most populated country?

a)

2050

b)

2022

c)

2030

d)

21000

8.

The Demographic Transition Model (DTM) is used to look at the current level of development of a country and to try to predict how its population will transition. Which stage of the DTM is Bangladesh in?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

9.

What stage of the DTM is Japan in?

a)

Stage 2

b)

Stage 3

c)

Stage 4

d)

Stage 5

10.

What is Singapore's current fertility rate?

a)

1.2

b)

1.4

c)

1.6

d)

1.8

11.

To work out the dependency ratio of a population you need to

a)

%15 and under plus %65 and over divided by the economic workforce

b)

%15 and under plus %65 and over divided by the economic workforce times 100

12.

The term is used to describe the side of this population pyramid for Niger?

a)

Convex

b)

Perpendicular

c)

Concave

d)

Narrow

13.

Which word would you use from this list to describe Singapore's population pyramid

a)

wide base = high birth rate

b)

Concave sides = high death rate and low life expectancy

c)

Narrow base = low birth rate

d)

perpendicular sides for the Economic workforce

14.

What is the total population for Singapore and Bangladesh? (approx)

a)

5.4 and 150 million

b)

5.8 million and 160 million

c)

6 million and 180 million

d)

5.5 million and 190 million

15.

The World Bank estimates that Dhaka, in Bangladesh will have a total population of how much by 2025?

a)

15 million

b)

20 million

c)

25 million

d)

30 million

16.

What is Japans current life expectancy age and fertility rate?

a)

89 years old and 0.9

b)

87 years old and 1.2

c)

85 years old and 1.3

d)

82 years old and 1.5

17.

A refugee is

a)

A person who leaves their country of origin e.g. Syria to Turkey because their lives are in danger or at risk e.g. war / conflict.

b)

A person who leaves their country of origin for economic purposes.

c)

A person who leaves their country after filling in formal papers and now resides in another country

d)

A person who's life is in danger and they've had to leave their homes and live in another region of their home country

18.

IDP stands for:

a)

Internally displaced people

b)

Internally displaced persons

c)

Internally displaced populations

19.

The push and pull factors are the PROCESSES of forced migration populations. Which is the correct name for the Push and pull model and theory?

a)

Park's model

b)

PAR model

c)

Lee's model

20.

According to the UNHCR how many globally forced refugees are there?

a)

70 million

b)

41 million

c)

26 million

d)

3.5 million

21.

Which of the following forced migration types are becoming the future trend (Possibilities)

a)

IDPs

b)

Asylum seekers

c)

Environmental refugees

d)

War and conflict refugees