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Europe - Population Pyramids and Development of Countries

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How would you describe the population of this country?

a)

They are experiencing rapid population growth

b)

They are experiencing stable population growth

c)

They are experiencing negative population growth

2.

How would you describe the population of this country?

a)

They are experiencing stable population growth

b)

They are experiencing negative population growth

c)

They are experiencing rapid population growth

3.

How would you describe the population of this country?

a)

They are experiencing stable population growth

b)

They are experiencing rapid population growth

c)

They are experiencing negative population growth

4.

Describe the life expectancy of this country

a)

People live a long time

b)

People die early

c)

Men live longer than women

5.

Describe the likely GDP of this country

a)

They have a high GDP

b)

They have a low GDP

c)

They are super poor

d)

They have no GDP

6.

This country has a low birth rate

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Three indicators of development of a country

a)

GDP per capita, literacy rate and life expectancy.

b)

Richness, industrial production and business

c)

Multinationals and industry

d)

Technology, trade and research

8.

Countries with high levels of literacy and higher education are in which level of economic development?

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

9.

Which of the following is most likely a characteristic of a developing country?

a)

Low unemployment rate

b)

High GDP per capita

c)

High birth rate

d)

High literacy rate

10.

Developed countries tend to have an extremely low (under 5) percent of the population in the ___________ sector of the economy

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

quaternary

11.

A complex economy means that a country _______.

a)

exports a wide variety of goods

b)

imports a wide variety of goods

c)

relies on a single type of export

d)

relies on a single type of import

12.

Developed countries tend to have __________.

a)

a high percentages of people living in urban areas

b)

a high percentage of people living in rural areas

c)

an even percentage of people living in urban and rural areas

d)

no pattern of where people live

13.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that Europe has a high population density in urban areas?

a)

People moved to urban areas during the Industrial Revolution

b)

High percentage of jobs in secondary and tertiary sectors

c)

Land availability in urban areas

d)

Economic and cultural opportunity in urban areas

14.

What factors contribute to a higher life expectancy in Europe?

a)

Access to medicine

b)

Access to healthcare

c)

Access to nutritional foods

d)

Education

15.

What are TWO issues of a declining and aging population?

a)

Workers are needed to care for elderly population

b)

Less workers resulting in less taxes for the government

c)

Increased availability of land

d)

Increased availability of jobs