population

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

A population is a distinct group of individuals,

Question 2

Cultural location factors

Answer 2

set of beliefs, moral values, traditions, language, and laws

Question 3

Rural

Answer 3

characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.

Question 4

Densely populated

Answer 4

contain many people

Question 5

Baby boom

Answer 5

a period marked by a significant increase in the birth rate.

Question 6

Push factors

Answer 6

things that make you want to leave somewhere

Question 7

Population distribution

Answer 7

The way in which people are spread across a given area is known as population distribution.

Question 8

Coastal lowlands

Answer 8

an area where the land is at, near, or below the level of the sea and where there are not usually mountains or large hills

Question 9

Census

Answer 9

an official survey, of a population.

Question 10

Sparsely populated

Answer 10

an area that contains few people.

Question 11

Ethnicity

Answer 11

belonging to a social group that has a common tradition.

Question 12

Pull factors

Answer 12

things that make you move to live somewhere

Question 13

Natural/Physical location factors

Answer 13

Physical factors such as natural hazards or climate

Question 14

Urban

Answer 14

An urban area is the region surrounding a city

Question 15

Population density

Answer 15

a measurement of population

Question 16

Moderately Populated

Answer 16

not extreme access of houses or settlements

Question 17

Life expectancy

Answer 17

a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live

Question 18

Diversity

Answer 18

Differences among groups of people and individuals

Question 19

Age-sex structure/Population pyramid

Answer 19

a graph that shows the percentage of males and females and their ages

Question 20

Youthful population

Answer 20

those people aged less than 15.

Question 21

Developing country

Answer 21

a county with a lesser developed industrial base

Question 22

Population gender imbalance

Answer 22

more of one gender than the other

Question 23

Ageing population

Answer 23

increasing median age in a population because of declining fertility rates and rising life expectancy.

Question 24

Developed country

Answer 24

has a high quality of life, developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure

Question 25

Dependency/dependents

Answer 25

children/ elderly who can’t work

Question 26

Multicultural

Answer 26

relating to or containing several cultural or ethnic groups within a society.

Question 27

Negative population growth

Answer 27

these countries have more deaths than births

Question 28

Birth Rate

Answer 28

babies born every year per 1000 people

Question 29

Death Rate

Answer 29

deaths every year per 1000 people

Question 30

Natural Increase

Answer 30

where the Birth rate is greater than the death rate (more births than deaths in that population in a year.)

Question 31

Natural decrease

Answer 31

the death rate is greater than the birth rate (more deaths occur in a population than babies are born so population numbers decline.)

Question 32

Fertility Rate

Answer 32

this is the actual number of children born per woman

Question 33

Infant mortality rate

Answer 33

is the number of infants who do not survive past their first birthday per 1000 live births per year

Question 34

Replacement Rate

Answer 34

is the required number of births per woman in a country required to keep the population size stable

Question 35

Life Expectancy

Answer 35

is the average that people can expect to live to at birth

Question 36

Total Dependency Rate

Answer 36

% of population under 15 + % of population over 65 X 100
% of people of working age
(Dependent groups include some disabled people, the very young and the very old)

Question 37

Age-Sex Pyramid

Answer 37

a graph that allows us to see the gender and age structure of a population

Question 38

Net Migration

Answer 38

The difference between immigration into and emigration from the area during the year

Question 39

Immigration

Answer 39

immigration into (moving into another county permanently)

Question 40

Emigration

Answer 40

emigration from (moving from another county)

Question 41

Negative Population Growth/Population Decline/Depopulation

Answer 41

not enough children being born each year to replace those dying

Question 42

overpopulation

Answer 42

too many children being born/ not enough people dying

Question 43

Underpopulation

Answer 43

not enough children being born/too many people dying