Assesment 2

Question 1

What is population?

Answer 1

The number of people living in a particular area

Question 2

What is Global Population Distribution

Answer 2

Population Distribution - the way in which people are spread out. This distribution is uneven and changes over time

Question 3

Give 4 reasons people live in certain places

Answer 3

4 reasons are access to recourses, climate, work opportunities, social services

Question 4

What does it mean to be densely populated?

Answer 4

When the population of an area is described as DENSELY populated there are lots of people in one area

Question 5

What does it mean to be sparsely populated?

Answer 5

When the population is described as SPARSELY populated there are few people in one area.

Question 6

Give 4 factors of a sparsely populated place.

Answer 6

1. Poor water supply
2. Extreme climate (too hot or too cold)
3. Not many public services such as school
4. Quiet

Question 7

Give 4 factors of a densely populated place.

Answer 7

1. Transport networks are available in lots of areas.
2. Land is relatively flat
3. There’s lots of jobs available
4. Has a temperate (mild) climate
5. Access to recources

Question 8

What is birth rate?

Answer 8

Number of births per 1000 people per year

Question 9

What is death rate?

Answer 9

Number of deaths per 1000 people per year

Question 10

1) How many people were there in 1800?
2) When did they reach 5.3 billion people?
3) When is the population expected to stop rising?

Answer 10

1) There were less than a billion people in the 1800
2) The population reached 5.3 billion in the 1900.
3) The population is expected to stop rising at 2050

Question 11

What is natural increase and how do you work it out?

Answer 11

Natural Increase: The difference between birth rates and death rates. You work it out by taking birth rate away from death rate

Question 12

What is overpopulation?

Answer 12

Overpopulation is when a country’s population can no longer support itself on the natural resources that are available.

Question 13

What is a population pyramid?

Answer 13

A population pyramid is a graph showing us the population, birth and death rate of male and female at ages.

Question 14

What is Life Expectancy?

Answer 14

Life Expectancy: The length of time on average that people can expect to live until in a particular country.

Question 15

What does a poor country look like on a population pyramid and what does a rich country look like on a population pyramid in comparison?

Answer 15

A poor or poorer country might look like a science flask because they usually have high birth rates. A rich or richer country may look like a bottle and have a smaller bottom because they usually have low birth rates.

Question 16

What is a Demographic Transition Model?

Answer 16

Demographic Transition Model: shows how population in a country changes over time

Question 17

What are the 5 stages of a Demographic Transition Model?

Answer 17

The 5 stages of a Demographic Transition Model:
Stage 1: Population is low but Birth Rate and Death Rate are high
Stage 2: Birth Rate high but death rate low
Stage 3: Birth rate falls
Stage 4: Birth Rate and Death Rate low but population is high
Stage 5: What might happen in the future- death rate may be high

Question 18

What stage will a poorer country be at vs a richer country on the demographic transition model?

Answer 18

A poorer country would be at stage 1 and a richer country would be at stage 4.

Question 19

From when to when was china’s one child policy in place?

Answer 19

It was was from 1975 to 2015

Question 20

Why did China have a one child policy?

Answer 20

Chinas best-known population policy introduced to limit population growth.

Question 21

Did the one child policy work?

Answer 21

Yes it slowed down growth in the country.

Question 22

What were the rewards for following the policy?

Answer 22

Some rewards were better schooling for your child, higher wages, better employment and preferential treatment in loans .

Question 23

What were the sanctions for not following the policy?

Answer 23

Some of the sanctions were employment termination, fines and difficulty obtaining government assistance.

Question 24

Where was the policy more strict?

Answer 24

In urban areas of China the policy was much more strict.

Question 25

What were some of the exceptions of the policy?

Answer 25

Some of the exceptions were if couples were both only children then they were allowed another child, if the first child is born with birth defects or major health problems and if first child that couples in rural areas (farms) had was a girl.

Question 26

What was China’s sex ratio at birth?

Answer 26

China’s sex ratio at birth was more imbalanced than the global average. The ratio from boy to girls was 113:100.

Question 27

What did China’s fertility drop to?

Answer 27

China’s fertility rate dropped to 1.55

Question 28

Did parents in China want boys or girls more and why?

Answer 28

Boys because when they married the wife would move in and care for the parents.