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WorksheetsPOPULATION
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does population density mean?
The way people are spread out across the world
The number of people per square kilometre
The age range of people in a population
How is population density worked out?
Land area divided by number of people
Land area multiplied by number of people
Number of people in an area divided by land area
Which of the following factors encourage people to live in a place?
Poor soils
Good job opportunities
Very cold weather
What is happening to the world population?
Steadily decreasing
Staying the same
Increasing at a fast rate
What does a population pyramid show?
Changes in death rates
The structure of the population
Changes in birth rates
In migration, which of the following is a push factor?
Good job opportunities
Floods
A fair, stable government
Which factor is likely to be a cause of rural to urban migration?
Poor government
Crop failure
Overcrowded cities
Which factor was a cause of the one child policy in China?
The population was growing by 55 million every 3 years
Everyone had a job
China didn't like children
The population pyramid on the left shows:
A LIC with high birth rate and high death rate
A HIC with low birth rate and low death rate
A NEE with low death rate but high birth rate
The population pyramid on the right shows:
A LIC with high birth rate and high death rate
A HIC with low birth rate and low death rate
A NEE with low death rate but high birth rate
Which three of these are reasons why life expectancy around the world has increased in recent years:
Better education
War
Better medicine and healthcare
Poor medicine
Improvements in housing, sanitation and standard of living
Which of these places are sparsely populated. Select three answers.
United Kingdom because it has too much rain
Russia due to it's harsh, cold climate in winter
Australia due to the desert in central Australia
USA because of Donald Trump
Many African countries due to harsh environments, deserts and lack of resources
Pick 2 reasons why life expectancy may decrease in a country?
Good healthcare
Wars - some may flee their country and others may be killed in the war
Good education
Famine - not enough resources to feed the population
Select three reasons why people might migrate from one place to another
Because they already have a good quality of life
For better opportunities - economic, environmental or social
Because they already have access to clean water
Civil war may force people to migrate for safety
Economic migration for better jobs and wages
Select 4 problems caused by an ageing population:
One child policy led to parents without children to support them in old age
Not enough working age people paying taxes to support infrastructure, pensions etc
Not enough school places
A lot of elderly left to fend for themselves as there are not enough care homes
Children won't have playmates, cousins etc
Select 4 problems faced by people who are forced to flee (leave) their country due to war
Children don't get education
Living in poor conditions e.g. makeshift tents
They can't afford designer clothes
Spread of diseases. Can't find jobs. Can't speak same language
Loss of family members and mental health issues
