WorksheetsHuGeo 7.2 Think Like a Demographer
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
The average number of births women bear in the lifetime is:
crude birth rate.
total fertility rate.
The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the:
crude birth rate.
total fertility rate.
What is infant mortality rate?
The age a person can expect to live
the number of babies that die out of 1,000 births
Do we want a high or low infant mortality rate?
Low - it means fewer babies have died
High - it means more babies have died
How many of the world’s 1-year-old children today have been vaccinated against some disease?
80%
20%
Infant mortality rate tells us how good or bad the ____________________ system is in that country.
education
healthcare
What is the percent of the population that can read and write called?
Literacy Rate
Infant mortality
What does literacy rate tell us about in that country?
Healthcare
Education
Worldwide, 30 year old men have spent 10 years in school, on average. How many years have women of the same age spent in school?
9 years
6 years
In all low income countries across the world today, how many girls finish elementary school?
60%
20%
Why do women in more developed countries (MDCs) have lower rates of fertility? (Women in richer countries have fewer babies.)
they are engaged in business and political activities
they have access to medical care and birth control
they pursue education opportunities, thus delaying child birth
all of the above
Does a country want a high or low literacy rate?
High
Low
There are two billion children in the world today, aged 0 to 15 years old. How many children will there be in the year 2100 according to the United Nations?
1 billion
3 billion
What is the average length of time a person can expect to live called?
infant mortality rate
life expectancy
What is the life expectancy of the world population? Life expectancy is how old most people will get in a place.
50 years
70 years
What area does life expectancy tell us about?
education
healthcare
Would you want a high or low life expectancy rate?
High
Low
How did the number of deaths per year from natural disasters change over the last hundred years?
Decreased to less than half
More than doubled
Per capita income is
average yearly income per person (per head : per person)
the amount of money everyone in the country makes (gross : whole country added together)
In the last 20 years the proportion of people living in extreme poverty, worldwide, has...?
Almost doubled
Almost cut in half
The United Nations predicts that by 2100 the world population will have increased by another 4 billion people. What is the main reason?
There will be more children (below age 15)
There will be more adults (age 15 to 74)
There will be more very old people (above age 75)
Where does the majority of the world population live?
Low income countries
Middle income countries
High income countries
How many people in the world have some access to electricity?
20%
50%
80%
Global climate experts believe that, over the next 100 years, the average temperature will:
Get warmer
Remain stable
