Geography- Population Flashcards
What is the definition of carrying capacity?
The amount of people that an environment can hold in terms of resources and space
What is education like in a sparsely area?
Sparsely populated- bad education, not many schools/infrastructure, not enough teachers per child, low literacy rate
What is the definition of desertification and what is its issue?
Desertification is the process of soil turning into sand and it stops crops from growing in the soil
Give two reasons why the death rate might be high
Poor sanitation, natural disasters, poverty, diseases, bad harvest, unreliable food and water supply etc
What job sector is producing and manufacturing?
Secondary sector
What job sector is providing services?
Tertiary sector
What job sector is science and research and what kind of country have people who work in this sector?
Quaternary sector, HICs
What kind of job is the tertiary sector?
Providing services
What is the definition of GDP per capita?
The wealth of a country shared out between every person in the country
What is the definition of GDP?
The total wealth of a country
What is natural increase?
Natural increase is where the birth rate is higher than the death rate
Give three ways to measure development
How much green space is available, the cleanliness of the space, amount of infrastructure, GDP per capita
What is the definition of exploitation?
Exploitation is using too many unrenewable resources which is therefore a harm to our environment
What is the definition of overgrazing?
Where animals (mainly cattle) eat up our resources
Give 3 aspects of an HIC
Rich country, high adult literacy rate, employment in tertiary and quaternary sectors, high life expectancy, low birth rate
