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POPULATION

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does population density mean?

a)

The way people are spread out across the world

b)

The number of people per square kilometre

c)

The age range of people in a population

2.

How is population density worked out?

a)

Land area divided by number of people

b)

Land area multiplied by number of people

c)

Number of people in an area divided by land area

3.

Which of the following factors encourage people to live in a place?

a)

Poor soils

b)

Good job opportunities

c)

Very cold weather

4.

What is happening to the world population?

a)

Steadily decreasing

b)

Staying the same

c)

Increasing at a fast rate

5.

What does a population pyramid show?

a)

Changes in death rates

b)

The structure of the population

c)

Changes in birth rates

6.

In migration, which of the following is a push factor?

a)

Good job opportunities

b)

Floods

c)

A fair, stable government

7.

Which factor is likely to be a cause of rural to urban migration?

a)

Poor government

b)

Crop failure

c)

Overcrowded cities

8.

Which factor was a cause of the one child policy in China?

a)

The population was growing by 55 million every 3 years

b)

Everyone had a job

c)

China didn't like children

9.

The population pyramid on the left shows:

a)

A LIC with high birth rate and high death rate

b)

A HIC with low birth rate and low death rate

c)

A NEE with low death rate but high birth rate

10.

The population pyramid on the right shows:

a)

A LIC with high birth rate and high death rate

b)

A HIC with low birth rate and low death rate

c)

A NEE with low death rate but high birth rate

11.

Which three of these are reasons why life expectancy around the world has increased in recent years:

a)

Better education

b)

War

c)

Better medicine and healthcare

d)

Poor medicine

e)

Improvements in housing, sanitation and standard of living

12.

Which of these places are sparsely populated. Select three answers.

a)

United Kingdom because it has too much rain

b)

Russia due to it's harsh, cold climate in winter

c)

Australia due to the desert in central Australia

d)

USA because of Donald Trump

e)

Many African countries due to harsh environments, deserts and lack of resources

13.

Pick 2 reasons why life expectancy may decrease in a country?

a)

Good healthcare

b)

Wars - some may flee their country and others may be killed in the war

c)

Good education

d)

Famine - not enough resources to feed the population

14.

Select three reasons why people might migrate from one place to another

a)

Because they already have a good quality of life

b)

For better opportunities - economic, environmental or social

c)

Because they already have access to clean water

d)

Civil war may force people to migrate for safety

e)

Economic migration for better jobs and wages

15.

Select 4 problems caused by an ageing population:

a)

One child policy led to parents without children to support them in old age

b)

Not enough working age people paying taxes to support infrastructure, pensions etc

c)

Not enough school places

d)

A lot of elderly left to fend for themselves as there are not enough care homes

e)

Children won't have playmates, cousins etc

16.

Select 4 problems faced by people who are forced to flee (leave) their country due to war

a)

Children don't get education

b)

Living in poor conditions e.g. makeshift tents

c)

They can't afford designer clothes

d)

Spread of diseases. Can't find jobs. Can't speak same language

e)

Loss of family members and mental health issues