geo Flashcards
1
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define population density
A
The average number of people per square kilometer
2
Q
Differentiate between sparce and dense population.
A
Sparce’s population number of people per square kilometre is low and dense’s number of people per square kilometre is high
3
Q
Angola has 20,000,000 people with the area of 245,000 Square km
calculate the population density
A
81.63people/km squared
4
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Outline any three characteristics of a; Densely populated area
A
- Many people in a small area
- Many house settlement
- Many houses close to eachother
- Multi-story buildings
4
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Outline any three characteristics of a; Sparsely populated area
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- few people live in the area
- few houses
- small buildings
- scattered houses
5
Q
state factors affecting population density and distributio—–
PHYSICAL
HUMAN
A
A:Physical:
-Climate
-resources e.g oil, coal
-fertile
-flat sound
B:Human
-Jobs
-transport network
-communication network
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