Population

Question 1

Population Density

Answer 1

the number of people per Km^2 in an area.

Question 2

Population Distribution

Answer 2

How spread out the population is in an area - the pattern of where people live.

Question 3

Economic Development

Answer 3

The wealth of a country/how developed a country is.

Question 4

HIC

Answer 4

High-income country

Question 5

LIC

Answer 5

Low-income country

Question 6

NIC

Answer 6

Newly industrializing country

Question 7

MEDC

Answer 7

More economically developed country

Question 8

BRICs

Answer 8

Brazil, Russia, India andChina

Question 9

MINT

Answer 9

Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey

Question 10

CIVETS

Answer 10

Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa

Question 11

Next Eleven (N11)

Answer 11

Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philipines, Turkey, South Korea and Vietnam - countries that have potentially the fastest growing economies in the twenty-first century.

Question 12

CPEs

Answer 12

Centrally Planned Economics

Question 13

RICs

Answer 13

Recently industrializing countries

Question 14

Core regions

Answer 14

Thecoreregions aredominant capitalist countries which use theperipheral for raw materials and labour.

Question 15

Peripheral regions

Answer 15

Theperipheralregions are countries that export materials to thecore regions and that depend on the core countries.

Question 16

Birth rate

Answer 16

The number of live births per 1000 per year.

Question 17

Death rate

Answer 17

The number of people who die per year.

Question 18

Fertility rate

Answer 18

The average number of births per 1000 women of childbearing age.

Question 19

Life expectancy

Answer 19

The average number of years that a person can be expected to live.

Question 20

Natural increase

Answer 20

Calculated by subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate. It is expressed as a %.

Question 21

Doubling time

Answer 21

The number of years needed for a population to double in size. It is found by dividing 70 years by the rate of natural increase (in %). It is expressed in years.

Question 22

Population momentum

Answer 22

The tendency for a population to grow despite a fall in birth rate or fertility levels. It occurs because of a relatively high number of people at child-bearing age. When these people have children the greater number of births will exceed the number of deaths, and so the population will continue to grow.

Question 23

Population projections

Answer 23

Predictions about the future population, based on trends in fertility, mortality and migration.

Question 24

Mega cities

Answer 24

A megacity is a city with a population of more than 10 million.

Question 25

Voluntary (economic) migration

Answer 25

This occurs when an individual makes the decision to move area to improve their living standards.

Question 26

Forced migration

Answer 26

This occurs when an individual is forced to move area, in many cases to ensure their own survival.

Question 27

Pull factors

Answer 27

These factors encourage a person to leave an area.

Question 28

Push factors

Answer 28

These factors attract a person to an area.

Question 29

Refugee

Answer 29

This is a person who has been forced to flee their home area.

Question 30

Illegal immigrant

Answer 30

This is an individual that has moved to a country in which they are not legally allowed to be. They may have had an application for residence rejected, or may not have even applied for residence in the first instance.

Question 31

Asylum seeker

Answer 31

An asylum seeker is a person who has left their country of origin in search of protection in another country. they are seeking safety and legal status.

Question 32

Internally Displaced Persons

Answer 32

Groups of people who are forced