Population

Question 1

How does human population growth look like?

Answer 1

Hyperbolic rise till a little before 2050, then slowing down, close to levelling

Question 2

Which type of country has most contributed to population growth?

Answer 2

LEDCs

(Less economically developed countries)

Question 3

Define Optimum population

Answer 3

Population can maximise benefits from resources available

Question 4

Describe and explain the population distribution in China

Answer 4

EAST CHINA
- better resources
- flatter land
- better agricultural conditions

WEST CHINA
- Rain shadow -> deserts and extreme
- less resources
- higher and more rugged/bumpy/mountainous land

Question 5

Define Overpopulation

Answer 5

• The resources cannot sustain current population
• Decline in quality of life through:
  Unemployment
  Pollution
  Damage of environment

Question 6

What population problem does Japan have?

Answer 6

Old dependants

Question 7

What is HIV and AIDS

Answer 7

HIV : Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Sexually transferred
- sickness
- takes 8 years to break down immune system
- incurable but treatable

AIDS : Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- After 8 years of HIV, the syndrome is called AIDS
- Serious and deadly phase

Question 8

When was the Chinese 1 child policy?

Answer 8

1979-2015

Question 9

Which 4 things/factors affect population numbers?

Answer 9

Predation
Competition
Food supply
Diseases

Question 10

Which were the positives and negatives of the Chinese 1 child policy?

Answer 10

EMPTY

Question 11

What would a healthy population look like?

Answer 11

• Large amount of economically active people
• Balance in dependants
  Slightly convex

Question 12

What does the LEDC pop pyramid usually look like?

Answer 12

Low life expectancy
Concave pyramid
High death rate
High infant mortality
High birth rate
Many young dependants

Question 13

What does a MEDC pop. pyramid usually look like?

Answer 13

High female life expectancy
Old dependants
Baby boom
Convex

Question 14

How do you find the rate of natural increase RNI

Answer 14

birth rate - death rate

negative = decline
positive = growth

Question 15

Define birth rate

Answer 15

Number of birth per 1000 people per year

Question 16

Define death rate

Answer 16

Number of death per 1000 people per year

Question 17

Define natural increase

Answer 17

Growth in population from excess in births over deaths

Question 18

Define natural decrease

Answer 18

Decline in population resulting from lower birth rate that death rate

Question 19

What are the features of overpopulation?

Answer 19

• lack of employment
• high crime rate
• poverty
• not enough health care and education
• water and air pollution
• shortage of food and water
• Lack of housing

Question 20

Describe features of underpopulation

Answer 20

• low level of production
  -Resources underused
• small market for goods and services
• shortage of workers
• High taxes
• Lack of government income
• low value of exports

Question 21

Define underpopulation

Answer 21

Population cannot fully utilise resources available
Quality of live can only SLOWLY be improved
Increase in population brings increase in quality of life

Question 22

What are the impacts of rural-urban migration on urban areas?

Answer 22

Positives
- increased economically active population in the community
- increase in cultural wealth
- more knowledge and skills in the city community

Negatives
- pressure on places to live
- tensions between older and newer residents
- pressure on services such as education and healthcare provision
- social and environmental problems associated with slum growth

Question 23

What are the impacts of rural-urban migration on rural areas?

Answer 23

Positives
- fewer people to feed
- more land per person
- more resources per person
- money may be sent home by migrants

Negatives
- population structure upset by loss of young people
- fewer economically-active men left in the rural community
- families are split up
- the elderly remain and the death rate in the community may increase