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Population Flashcards

1
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What is the population of the earth 2024?

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8.1 billion

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2
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What country has the largest population?

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India

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3
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What country is the most densely populated?

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Monaco

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4
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What country is the least dense?

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Greenland

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5
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What city has the largest population

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Tokyo

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6
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What is population distribution?

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Compares which areas of the world are sparsely or densely populated

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7
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What is population density?

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The number of people per km2

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8
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What does densely populated mean?

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A higher number of people per km2

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9
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What does sparsely populated mean?

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A fewer number of people per km2.

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10
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5 reasons for densely populated countries

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Water supply, availability for jobs, temperate climate, costal location for trade and natural resources

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11
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5 reasons for sparsely populated areas

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Natural disasters, poor education, unbalanced age proportion, landlocked and crime/war

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12
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Birth rate definition

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The number of babies born per 1000 people per year

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Death rate definition

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The number of people who die per 1000 people per year

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14
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Population growth rate/ Natural increase definition

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The difference between the birth rate and death rate (how quickly the population grows)

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15
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Ageing population definition

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The population has an increase in the number of elder people

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16
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Youthful population definition

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Hugh proportion of young people die to high birth rates and a decrease in infant mortality

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17
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Fertility rate definition

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The number of live births per 1000 women of a child bearing age (15-44)

18
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What is the name of the model that shows the stages of development in countries?

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The demographic transition model

19
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What does LIC/ HIC stand for

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Low income countries / high income countries

20
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Are birth rates higher in more or less developed countries

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Higher in less developed countries and lower in more developed countries

21
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Why are birth rates lower in developed countries

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Education, family planning and contraception. Women also are choosing to pursue a career instead of being a housewife so have children later in their life. It is also expensive to raise a child, as well as paying for essentials such as electricity, petrol and technology, so women are choosing to have fewer children to give them a better quality of life.

22
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Why are birth rates higher in lower income countries

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Culture and that the more children they have, the more they can work and earn money and lack of family planning. The infant mortality rate is also high meaning the parents will want to replace the child with another child to reach the desired family size, influenced by culture.

23
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What is discrete data?

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Separate categories ( bar/ pie chart)

24
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What is continuous data?

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Linked data ( over time or space)

25
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Migration definition

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Moving from one place, their origin, to another, the destination, to live and/or work. It is a permanent move

26
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Refugee definition

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Someone who flees their own country because there is a threat to their life or freedom (war, persecution and natural disasters)

27
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Asylum seeker definition

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Someone who seeks safety and refuge in another country

28
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What is a push factor

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A reasons for a migrant to leave their place of origin

29
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What to look for when analysing data

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Pattern/ distribution, quantity and anomaly

30
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What is a pull factor

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A reason for a migrant to move to a destination

31
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Name 11 pull factors

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Similar language, safety, similar culture, low crime rate, more jobs, better education, better healthcare, government supporting immigration because there is an ageing population with little youth, being a richer country and family members in other countries

32
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Name 11 push factors

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War, illness, income, no family, high crime rate, natural disasters, corrupt government, lack of freedom/rights, lack of jobs, overpopulation and being a poor country

33
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Name 6 intervening obstacles

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Physical features (mountains, oceans, deserts), no accommodation, not enough food and drinks for the trip, lack of money, closed borders/permits/visas, and young children/ elderly family

34
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What is overpopulation

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When the population size exceeds the available resources (eg. food and water) in a given country or area

35
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What is the carrying capacity

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Number of people (population density) w given area can accommodate with the space and resources available

36
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Name consequences of overpopulation

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Food insecurity, malnutrition, starvation, homelessness/ growth of slums, spread of diseases(especially water-borne) / lack of healthcare, lack of education-> fewer qualified workers -> less investment -> unemployment, protests and civil war

37
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Summarise the one child policy

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In 1978, China established the one child policy which meant every family could only have one child. Rules were more strict in urban areas compared to rural. Punishments for more then one child would be having the child aborted, woman sterilised and all children after the first would go unreported so they can’t go abroad or get a job. It stopped 1st Jan 2016 because there were not enough working class people. It was partially successful as there were less homeless people and better education but it was more damaging.

38
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How significant is less working class citizens and an ageing population on the one child policy

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There would not be enough people to support the elderly population and it would affect pensions as more people are retiring and less tax is being paid. Teachers or youth related jobs could lose their job as there are less children.

39
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How did India lower its population

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India is a democratic country so it has to keep its people happy. They educated women in careers and family planning so they focused on careers resulting in less time for children

40
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look at a map of asia

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Geography year 8 (2 decks)

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