Population Flashcards
What is it called when a place has a large population?
It is called a Densely Populated area.
What is it called when a place has very few people living there.
it is called a Sparsely Populated area.
What is the meaning of World Population Density and Distribution?
World Population Distribution describes how people are spread out across the globe. The human population is not spread evenly. Few people live in places that are sparsely populated and densely populated places have many.
How is the data of the World Population Density and Distribution shown?
The distribution of people is often shown using a dot distribution map.
What is the meaning of Population Density.
A measurement of the number of people in an area.
What is the meaning of Population Distribution?
The pattern of where people live.
What does infant mortality mean?
The annual number of deaths of infants less than one year old per 1,000 live births.
What does life expectancy mean?
The number of years an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics.
What does birth rate mean?
The number of births per 1,000 people in a year.
What does natural increase mean?
The number of extra people .
What does the death rate mean?
The number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year.
What is the meaning of population structure?
The population structure of a country is how it is made up of people of different ages, and of males and females.
How can you represent data of Population Structure?
The common method to show the structure is called the Population Pyramid.
Why do MEDCs (developed countries) have low birth rates?
-It is expensive to look after large families.
-More women prefer to focus on their careers.
-There is more advice on family planning.
Why do LEDCs (developing countries) have high birth rates?
-Many parents will have a lot of children in the expectation that some will die because of the high infant mortality rate.
-Large families can help in looking after the farm.
-The children will be able to look after the parents if they get old or sick; there may not be an old age pension scheme.
-There may be a lack of family planning facilities and advice.
