key words

Question 1

birth rate

Answer 1

the number of births per 1000 in a population

Question 2

death rate

Answer 2

the number of deaths per 1000 in a population

Question 3

life expectancy

Answer 3

the average age people will live to in a country

Question 4

megacity

Answer 4

a city with a population of 10 million or more

Question 5

urbanisation

Answer 5

the growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities compared to the countryside

Question 6

aging population

Answer 6

a population with loads of people aged 65+ because of a high life expectancy and low birth rate.

Question 7

migration

Answer 7

the movement of people from one country to another

Question 8

population policy

Answer 8

a set of measures taken by the government to alter the way its population is changing

Question 9

food insecurity

Answer 9

demand from the population exceeds supply

Question 10

natural resources

Answer 10

resources that exist without actions of humankind

Question 11

non-renewable energy

Answer 11

energy that will eventually run out one day

Question 12

renewable energy

Answer 12

energy which can be recycled and has an infinite supply.

Question 13

fossil fuels

Answer 13

fuels that gives us energy such as electricity that are naturally made over million years. examples include coal, oil and gas.

Question 14

greenhouse gases

Answer 14

gases such as carbon dioxide which are given off when we burn fossil fuels - they cause global warming.

Question 15

energy security

Answer 15

energy supply meets the demand from the population

Question 16

conservation

Answer 16

saving or protecting something.

Question 17

biome

Answer 17

a biome is a large area characterised by its vegetation, soil, climate and wildlife

Question 18

cloud seeding

Answer 18

planes spray tiny salt crystals into clouds to encourage water droplets to grow larger, so that it rains

Question 19

conflict

Answer 19

a serious disagreement or argument which can sometimes result in war

Question 20

desalination

Answer 20

removal of salts and minerals from water

Question 21

drought

Answer 21

an event of prolonged shortages in the water supply

Question 22

population density

Answer 22

the amount of people per km2

Question 23

the arabian peninsula

Answer 23

consists of the countries yemen, oman, qatar, bahrain, kuwait, saudi arabia, uae

Question 24

water stress

Answer 24

the demand for water exceeds the supply

Question 25

aid

Answer 25

money, goods and services given by a government or organization to help another country

Question 26

brandt line

Answer 26

an imaginary line to show the divide between the North (rich) and the South (poor)

Question 27

development

Answer 27

economic and social progress that leads to an improvement in quality of life

Question 28

development indicator

Answer 28

a measure of quality of life in a country e.g GDP, literacy rate

Question 29

famine

Answer 29

extreme scarcity of food

Question 30

GDP

Answer 30

gross domestic product. total income of a country divided by the population

Question 31

infant mortality

Answer 31

numbers of deaths of children under the age of 5

Question 32

informal economy

Answer 32

a job which has no contract, is unregulated and doesn’t pay tax e.g car washer

Question 33

life expectancy

Answer 33

the average number of years that a person can expect to live

Question 34

poverty

Answer 34

being extremely poor