WorksheetsPopulation and Migration
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
When the birth rate is much bigger than the death rate what happens?
Stable population
Population explosion
Population decrease
More girls are born than boys
Select the country that has a declining population
China
Uganda
Brazil
Germany
Select the characteristics shown in a population pyramid.
Age
Religion
Nationality
Gender
When a population pyramid has a very broad base what problem does that country face?
An ageing population
A high death rate
A youth dependant population
A large economically active section
What shape is a typical LEDC population pyramid?
Oblong
Upside down triangle
Triangle
Rectangle
Movement within a country is called (a) migration e.g. Omagh to Belfast
What two things contribute to population change...
Migration
Tourism
Adoption
Natural change
Select the push factor.
Cleaner, safer environment
Better Climate
To be with friends and relatives
Unemployment
Select the pull factor.
Religious/Political Persecution
Entertainment
Overpopulation
Forced labour - slavery
Once your asylum has been formally accepted by a country you would be called a (a) .
One reason the world is growing so quickly is because...
The world has infinite resources for everyone
Birth rate is higher than death rate
There are more and more places for people to live
Death rate is higher than birth rate
A person forced to flee their country due to war, violence, or natural disaster is called a...
Immigrant
A runner
Refugee
An illegal alien
Things that attract people to a new place are called
Push factors
Pull factors
Something that makes people want to leave where they are is called a...
Push factor
Pull factor
An example of a push factor is...
A new job
A better school
Natural disaster
Better health care
The movement of people from rural areas into cities is called..
Industrialization
Urbanization
Globalization
City moving
This population pyramid shows... (HINT: Think about the age of the most people in the country and what that tells us about the birth rate.)
Rapid population growth
Slow population growth
Negative population growth
This population pyramid shows...
a country with an old population
a country with a young population
a country with an uneven male/female distribution
This population pyramid shows...
a large number of people under the age of 20
most of the population is between the ages of 20 - 80
most of the population is over the age of 80
A country with slow or negative growth is usually...
Developed
Developing
All of the following are characteristics of a developed country EXCEPT...
A large urban population
A large rural population
Access to education
Advanced technology
Population growth rates are influenced by human, environmental, economic and —
physiological factors
political factors
physical factors
emotional factors
Migration
the movement of people in one area
the movement of people in two areas
why people move from one place to another
the movement of people from one place to another
Humans are most likely to live near....
Mountains
Deserts
Bodies of Water
Snow
Sparsely Populated:
very few people
a lot of people
Population Distribution:
the number of people who live in cities
the number of people who live in the countryside
explains how people got from one place to another
the number of people in a specific area
Densely Populated:
very few people
a lot of people
Census:
the number of people living in a city
the counting of the worlds population every 10 years
the number of people living in the country
the amount of money you make
Urban:
city
farm
desert
beach
Rural:
city
farm
_________________ is a graph that shows the distribution of ages across a population divided down the center between male and female members of the population.
Population pyramid
Dependency ratio
Migration
Population density
Social scientists who study changes in population, migration, and population patterns are called...
archeologists
demographers
geographers
cartographers
Population is evenly distributed across the world.
true
false
the study of population patterns is called...
geography
migration
population study
demography
A population pyramid provides information about all of the following items except...
how different ages and genders are distributed
whether a population is growing, stable, or declining
the exact location on the map or geography of the area
what the age distribution of population will look like in the future
