Population Dynamics

Question 1

What affects where people are?

Answer 1

• Fertility
• Weather
• Trade
• Flood risk
• Tourism
• History of industry

Question 2

What is stage 1 like of the demographic transition model?

Answer 2

• High birth rate
• High death rate
• Low population
• LIC
• Example: Zambia

Question 3

What is stage 2 like in the demographic transition model?

Answer 3

• High birth rate
• Decreasing death rate
• Population starts to increase
• LIC
• Example: Bangladesh

Question 4

What is stage 3 like in the demographic transition model?

Answer 4

• Birth rate decreasing
• Low birth rate
• Population increases rapidly
• MIC
• Example: Mexico

Question 5

What is stage 4 of the demographic transition model?

Answer 5

• Low birth rate
• Low death rate
• Population starts decrease
• HIC
• Example: UK

Question 6

What is stage 5 like of demographic transition model?

Answer 6

• Low birth rate
• Low death rate
• Population decreases
• HIC
• Japan

Question 7

What is a LIC like? (Population pyramid)

Answer 7

• Wide base: high birth rate
• Large jump at base: high infant mortality rate
• Rapidly narrowing: youthful population: Low life expectancy
• Example: Angola

Question 8

What is a MIC like? (Population pyramid)

Answer 8

• Wide base: high birth rate
• No gap at base: low infant mortality rate
• Doesn’t narrow as quick: higher life expectancy
• Example: Mexico or Turkey

Question 9

What is a HIC like? (Population pyramid)

Answer 9

• Base narrowing: Falling birth rate
• Bulge in the center: ageing population
• Top widening: higher life expectancy

Question 10

What is an example of a youthful population?

Answer 10

Mexico

Question 11

What are the advantages of a youthful population?

Answer 11

• Bigger work force
• The elderly can depend on careers
• Rapidly expanding economy

Question 12

What are the disadvantages of a youthful population?

Answer 12

• More taxes being spent on nursery and schools
• Higher risk of unemployment
• More jobs needed to be created

Question 13

What is an example of a ageing population?

Answer 13

The UK

Question 14

What are the disadvantages of a ageing population?

Answer 14

• More tax’s needed to be spent on care homes

- Reduction in the size of the work force.

Question 15

What are the advantages of a ageing population?

Answer 15

• Creates more jobs
• Less people to consume food/ resources
• Elderly have a large disposable income

Question 16

What is an example of a country with a anti-natalist policy?

Answer 16

China

Question 17

What is a anti-natalist policy?

Answer 17

where the country restricts the amount of children a person can have

Question 18

Why was the anti-natalist policy introduced?

Answer 18

The popuation of China had reached 1.3 billion

Question 19

What were the effects of the anti-natalist policy?

Answer 19

• There are lonely children
• Imbalance of men {142 men to 100 women}
• Aging population

Question 20

What is an example of pro-natalist policy?

Answer 20

Singapore

Question 21

What is a pro-natalist policy?

Answer 21

when they encourage you to have as many kids as possible

Question 22

How do they enforce the anti-natalist policy?

Answer 22

• Forced abortions
• Make you pay a fine
• Take your things away if you live on a farm

Question 23

Why was the pro-natalist policy introduced?

Answer 23

Their population was decreasing

Question 24

What were the effects of the pro-natalist policy?

Answer 24

• It has made it hard for other countries to migrate their.

- Imbalance of men and women

Question 25

What is a census?

Answer 25

A national quiz to find out about the country. For example how much do you earn?