(2. Overpopulation)

Question 1

What is overpopulation?

Answer 1

occurs when the number of people in a region is too great to be supported by the available natural resources. Overpopulation does not necessarily depend on population density – the Netherlands has an average population density of 500 people per km2 and yet it is not overpopulated.

Question 2

What is carrying capacity?

Answer 2

is the maximum population a country’s natural resources can support.

Question 3

What is optimum population?

Answer 3

is the number of people who can have a high standard of living in a region using the resources and technology that are available to them at any time.

Question 4

What is under-population?

Answer 4

occurs when there are too few people in a region to exploit the resources of that region. Today, examples include Western Australia and the interior of Canada, where large mineral resources exist. Ireland was under-populated at the beginning of the 1990’s – Celtic Tiger. In- migration made up for the shortage in labour.

Question 5

What does GDP stand for?

Answer 5

Gross domestic product

Question 6

What is GDP?

Answer 6

is a measure of the total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year divided by the population.

Question 8

What is Irelands GDP?

Answer 8

Ireland $100,172.08

Question 9

What is Bangladesh’s GDP?

Answer 9

Bangladesh $2,457.92

Question 10

What does HDI stand for ?

Answer 10

Human development index

Question 11

What is HDI?

Answer 11

It is a measure of how developed a country is, based on quality of life.

Question 12

What is Irelands HDI?

Answer 12

0.950

Question 13

What is Bangladesh’s HDI?

Answer 13

0.670

Question 14

What are the cause of overpopulation in Bangladesh?

Answer 14

• Resources are at risk
• High population growth

Question 15

What are the effects of overpopulation in Bangladesh

Answer 15

• Poverty
• Migration

Question 16

What is the greatest resource in Bangladesh?

Answer 16

The rich alluvial soil despistes by the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers

Question 17

What does Bangladesh’s population rely on for food?

Answer 17

Food imports and food aid

Question 18

How much of Bangladesh is flooded during monsoon season?

Answer 18

One fifth

Question 19

What percentage of Bangladesh rely of the land for a living?

Answer 19

Two thirds

Question 20

How many people were killed from flooding in Bangladesh between May and Aug 2022?

Answer 20

141 and millions were displaced

Question 21

What is the primary religion in Bangladesh?

Answer 21

Islam

Question 22

What role does Islam play in overpopulation in Bangladesh?

Answer 22

Traditional role of women, large families, many marry young in arranged marriages

Question 23

What are children seen as in Bangladesh?

Answer 23

Economic asset

Question 24

How has the fertility rate changed in Bangladesh?

Answer 24

Declined; 6 children per woman in 1980, 2 per woman today

Question 25

How many children under five are chronically malnourished in Bangladesh?

Answer 25

The World Food Programme says 7 million

Question 26

What percentage of women in Bangladesh are underweight?

Answer 26

25%

Question 27

If malnourished adults are not fit for work what does this perpetuate?

Answer 27

The cycle of poverty

Question 28

Where do many young adults from Bangladesh migrate to?

Answer 28

Malaysia, Persian Gulf, Thailand

Question 29

What are large sums of money sent back to home country by migrants called?

Answer 29

Remittances

Question 30

By how much will the Bangladeshi Coast rise by by 2100 and how many will this displace?

Answer 30

0.4-1.4 m, displacing 50 million people

Question 31

How many people migrate to Dhaka everyday on average?

Answer 31

2,000

Question 32

Where is the Sahel and how large is it?

Answer 32

It lies south of the Sahara Desert and stretches for 5900km across the African Continent

Question 33

What are countries in the Sahel?

Answer 33

Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad

Question 34

What is the climate in the Sahel?

Answer 34

Arid/ semi-arid - low annual rainfall

Question 35

How many people live in the Sahel?

Answer 35

Approx. 135 million, mostly farmers and nomadic herders

Question 36

What is the name for the advancement of the Sahara desert?

Answer 36

Desertification

Question 37

By how much does the Sahara desert advance each year?

Answer 37

5-10 km

Question 38

What is the carrying capacity of the Sahel?

Answer 38

30 per km squared

Question 39

What is the population density of the Sahel?

Answer 39

48 per km squared

Question 40

How much less rainfall has there been in the Sahel in the last 25 years?

Answer 40

40%

Question 41

How many people in the Sahel are lining with food insecurity?

Answer 41

35 million

Question 42

What stage of the DTM is the Sahel in?

Answer 42

Stage 2

Question 43

What is the TFR of the Sahel?

Answer 43

5-7 births per woman

Question 44

What is the estimated population of the Sahel by 2050?

Answer 44

340 million people

Question 45

What is the leading cause of infant mortality in the Sahel?

Answer 45

Lack of safe drinking water

Question 46

How many people have had to flee their homes in the Sahel in the last decade due to armed conflict?

Answer 46

2.5 million people