Population

Question 1

Give some causes in the increase of population

Answer 1

Better living standards
Education
Desire for children, work, old age
Better living standards
Disease cures
Improved technology

Question 2

Why will the agricultural and industrial revelations increase the population

Answer 2

Crop rotation, higher crop yields + selective breeding. The richer the country, less diseases, sewers

Question 3

Why will urbanisation increase the population

Answer 3

Better infrastructure, less diseases, more jobs, easier to support a family

Question 4

Why will the increased role of women decrease the population

Answer 4

Less time to just raise children

Question 5

How do you work out the population growth

Answer 5

Birth rate - death rate (+ or -) depending if its emigration or immigration

Question 6

What does Natural Decrease mean

Answer 6

The difference from the number of live births and deaths per year, death rate will be more than the birth rate

Question 7

What is a balanced population

Answer 7

a population that is sustainable and can be supported by its own natural resources which are not depleting. Ideal as the entire population has a good living standard.

Question 8

What is overpopulation

Answer 8

Resources are not able to sustain the population at the current standards of living. Biggest concern of the future

Question 9

What is under population

Answer 9

The resources could support a larger population without any reduction in the standard of living. Too few people to use the resources of a country efficiently. e.g Australia

Question 10

How big is the population of Australia

Answer 10

24.13 million

Question 11

What is the GDP per person in Australia

Answer 11

$46,400

Question 12

What percentage of Australians are literate

Answer 12

99%

Question 13

What is the infant mortality rate in Australia

Answer 13

4.37 per 1000

Question 14

Give an overpopulated country

Answer 14

Bangladesh

Question 15

In what place is Bangladesh in the largest population scale

Answer 15

8th

Question 16

What is the GDP of Bangladesh

Answer 16

$3,400

Question 17

What percentage of the population is underemployed in Bangladesh

Answer 17

40%

Question 18

What percentage of the population are literate in Bangladesh

Answer 18

61.5%

Question 19

What is the infant mortality rate in Bangladesh

Answer 19

44.09 per 1000

Question 20

What is emigration

Answer 20

Where people exit a country

Question 21

What are some social and cultural reasons for high birth rates

Answer 21

Belive in big families
Son to carry family name
Girls have a family at a young age

Question 22

What are some religious reasons for high birth rates

Answer 22

against contraception

Question 23

What are some economic reasons for high birth rates

Answer 23

Children are an asset in some countries

Children can look after adults when they are old or sick

Question 24

What is demography

Answer 24

Means population

Question 25

What is the model/graph called and what does it show

Answer 25

Demographic Transition Model

Explains birth and death rate patterns across the world and time

Question 26

What are the 10 biggest countries in order of population

Answer 26

1) China
2) India
3) USA
4) Indonesia
5) Brazil
6) Pakistan
7) Nigeria
8) Bangladesh
9) Russia
10) Japan

Question 27

How does urbanisation affect the population

Answer 27

Birth rate rises as more people have an access to medical care in cities rather than rural areas. This the infant mortality rate will fall which increases the birth rate.

Birth rates may fall in the long term as it is easier to have “family planning”.

Death rates fall as it is cheaper and easier to receive medical attention and education services. More reliable food supplies.

Question 28

How does Agriculture affect the population

Answer 28

More food is being produced than ever before

Frees up workers on the farm which goes into industry, rising the birth rate

Question 29

How does eduction affect the population

Answer 29

If people know about hygiene, death rates will fall.

People tend to have fewer children they can focus their resources on improving the lives of those few children.

Question 30

How has emancipation of women affected the population

Answer 30

Delays child bearing age
Women are much more likely to go to university and work for a few years before having their first child which results in fewer women being born per women as fertility declines the older you get.