Human Geography - Population

Question 1

How do you calculate population density?

Answer 1

It is calculated by dividing the total population by the size of the area

Question 2

What is population distribution?

Answer 2

It refers to the way in which people are spread in any given area. It is uneven and changes over time

Question 3

What physical factors influence where we live?

Answer 3

Climate, natural resources, water supply, natural routes, relief, vegetation and soil

Question 4

What is birth rate?

Answer 4

The number of babies being born each year per 1000 people in the total population

Question 5

What is death rate?

Answer 5

The number of people that die each year per 1000 people in the total population

Question 6

When does a natural increase in the population occur?

Answer 6

When the birth rate is higher than the death rate

Question 7

When does a natural decrease occur in a population?

Answer 7

When the death rate is higher than the birth rate

Question 8

Why does the populations stay the same?

Answer 8

The birth rate and death rate are roughly the same

Question 9

What is the population growth rate?

Answer 9

The speed at which the population increases

Question 10

How birth and death rates measured?

Answer 10

The number of births and deaths for each 1000 of the population

Question 11

What was the growths like in the population between 1750 and 1900?

Answer 11

The worlds population grew slowly to reach over 1 billion by 1900

Question 12

What happened in the 20th century to the worlds population?

Answer 12

There was a population explosion when population grew from just over 1 billion to over 6 million in 2000

Question 13

What is the population growth rate estimated to be like in the future?

Answer 13

In the future, population is projected to continue to grow to about 9 billion by 2050 so the population will continue to increase but at a slower rate

Question 14

What three factors control the size of a population?

Answer 14

Birth rate, death rate and migration

Question 15

What is an immigrant?

Answer 15

Someone who is entering a geographic area

Question 16

What is an emigrant?

Answer 16

Someone who is leaving a geographic area

Question 17

How is net migration calculated?

Answer 17

The difference between the immigrants and emigrants

Question 18

Why did the population grow so rapidly in developed countries during the industrial revolution?

Answer 18

The death rate began to fall because new technologies and increasing industrialisation improved public health and living standards. Also, new farming and transportation technology expanded the food supply and lessened the danger of famine. Finally, people could plan having families with available contraception.

Question 19

What is total fertility rate (TFR)?

Answer 19

The number of children woman is having today (UK 2007 is 1.8)

Question 20

In which climate region are people most likely to be found?

Answer 20

Warm / cool temperate forest

Question 21

Name some densely and sparsely populated areas in the world

Answer 21

Densely populated: Sydney, Etna, north-west Europe, New York and Bangladesh
Sparsely populated: Afghanistan, North East Brazil, Greenland, Iraq and Rwanda

Question 22

What is population density?

Answer 22

Population density is a measurement of the number of people in an area (usually per sq km). It is an average number