Global Studies - Population

Question 1

Explain latitude

Answer 1

Latitude runs east to west and is measured north of south of the equator

Question 2

Explain longitude

Answer 2

Longitude runs north the south and is measured east to west of the prime meridian

Question 3

List the five themes of geography

Answer 3

1. Location
2. Place
3. HEI
4. Movement
5. Religion

Question 4

Define location

Answer 4

Where point exists

Question 5

Define place

Answer 5

Locations physical and human features

Question 6

Define human environment interaction

Answer 6

How people affect their environment

Question 7

Define movement

Answer 7

How goods, ideas, and people get from one place to another

Question 8

Define religion

Answer 8

Large areas that are linked by similar characteristics

Question 9

Define population

Answer 9

The people living in a particular region

Question 10

Define population distribution

Answer 10

How the population is spread over the earth’s surface

Question 11

Define demographer

Answer 11

An expert in the study of statistics relating to the changing structure of human populations.

Question 12

Define birth rate

Answer 12

The number of live births each year per 1,000 people

Question 13

Define death rate

Answer 13

The number of deaths each year per 1000 people

Question 14

Define life expectancy

Answer 14

The average number of years that people live

Question 15

Define migration

Answer 15

The movement of people from one place to another

Question 16

Define green revolution

Answer 16

Changes in agriculture that have resulted in better farming methods and increased production

Question 17

Define immigrant

Answer 17

The people that move to a country

Question 18

Define emigrant

Answer 18

People leaving from one country and moving to another

Question 19

Define urban

Answer 19

An area with a high population destiny, city or town

Question 20

Define urbanization

Answer 20

The movement of people the cities and the growth of those cities

Question 21

Define rural

Answer 21

An area with low population destiny, such as a villager countryside

Question 22

Define forced migration

Answer 22

Being told you have to migrate

Question 23

Define “push”

Answer 23

The situation makes you leave

Question 24

Define “pull”

Answer 24

A new location of attracts you

Question 25

Why do people move to cities

Answer 25

For themselves and their children

Question 26

What are the three most populous continents

Answer 26

-Asia
-Europe
-Africa

Question 27

Whatever three least populous continents

Answer 27

-North America
-Australia
-Antartica