Population Dynamics

Question 1

Push factor

Answer 1

A force that drives people away from a place
- example of push factor would be pushing people from a place affected by war or poverty or factors such as climate and weather

Question 2

Key factors that have influenced population since 1950

Answer 2

War
The availability to immigrate
Improvement in medical equipment expanding life expectancy

Question 3

Stage 5

Answer 3

-very low birth rate and death rate
- natural increase is 0 and the population is beginning to natural decrease
-Japan and Germany
High levels of education
Later marriages
Improved status of women in terms of education and income
Reliable food supply with good nutrition for the population

Question 4

Demographic transition model

Answer 4

A general. Odell of population, change which covers four to five stage

Question 5

Natural increase

Answer 5

The difference between crude birth rate and crude death rate of a population, with birth exceeding deaths, usually expressed as a percentage
-does not include migration

Question 6

Mortality rate

Answer 6

Number of deaths that occurred within a population

Question 7

Evaluation of the relevance of Malthus theory today

Answer 7

Ongoing evidence that population will outstrip resources. This is evident in the sub-Saharan Africa, were food production has fallen behind population population increase. Kenya and Cameroon

• population control advocates often taken up Malthus viewpoints. Restrictions the number of children a couple can have, would help reduce the pressure on existing and future resource use, as well as food supplies
• China’s one child policy

Question 8

Outflow

Answer 8

Outflow is the movement out of a country.
Reasons behind out flow include
War, poverty
Natural landscape, climate, land degradation

Question 9

Stage 4

Answer 9

Low death rate and birth rate 
-it has a stable or slowly natural increase
- Australia, USA, France
Why a country at this stage
Highlevel sanitation 
High level education 
Stable democratic government 
Separation of religion and state

Question 10

Population dynamics

Answer 10

A branch of knowledge concerned with the sizes of populations and the factors involved in their maintenance, decline or expansion

Question 11

Inflow

Answer 11

Is the movement into a country
Reasons behind
- economic opportunities, safe environment
-climate is more suitable

Question 12

Life expectancy

Answer 12

The average number of years a person might be expected to live from any age, but usually birth

Question 13

Birth rate

Answer 13

Also know as crude birth rTe, the number of births in a total population in a year, given as a rate per 1000 people

Question 14

Ageing populations

Answer 14

When 7-14 percent of the population are over 65 years old

-Japan

Question 15

Factors impacting population distribution

ENVIRONMENTAL

Answer 15

Access to drinking water and arable land affects

- Agriculture land use

Question 16

What is the difference between population and population density

Answer 16

Population is the number of people who reside in a country, state or city. Whereas population density is the number of people per are! Such as a square kilometre

Question 17

Factors influencing population distribution SHEEPT

SOCIAL

Answer 17

Access to schools, places of worship, health facilities, impact upon on where people move or live

Question 18

Factors influence population dynamics

HISTORICAL

Answer 18

Which colonial powers colonised the area and were able to invest in infrastructure and develop cultures of governance
, trade and language

Question 19

Stage 2

Answer 19

The birth rate remains high as the death rate falls as a consequence of improvements in hygiene, medical care and agriculture

• natural increase rates are high and rise
• Cambodia, Niger and Burkina Faso were at this stage in 1980s and 1990s

Question 20

Factors influence population distribution

ECONOMIC

Answer 20

Economic opportunities in terms of job availability, farming and son on

Question 21

Factors influencing population distribution

POLITICAL

Answer 21

Stable and effective democratic political structure which has low enforcement and like opportunity for citizens to vote and encourage greater population density

Question 22

Stage 1

Answer 22

Characterise by high birth rates and high death rates
- no significant natural population growth
- Niger is an example
Why at this stage
No family planning
- disease affects infant severely
-lack of education

Question 23

Stage 3

Answer 23

Is characterised by birth rate are high and death rates are lowering

• natural increase is still happening, but at a slower rate
• Bangladesh, Brazil, India
• why a country is at this stage
• improved medical care
• improved diet
• fewer children are needed

Question 24

Fertility rate

Answer 24

Also called general fertility rate, the number of live births per 1000 women ages 15-44 or 15-49 in a given year

Question 25

Factors influencing the decline of MMR, mortality rate

Answer 25

Hygiene

• safer environment
• better management and sustainable infrastructure

Question 26

Factors influence population distribution

TECHNOLOGY

Answer 26

Acess to power

• life support
• transport
• better technology

Question 27

Malthus theory

Answer 27

Population growth would eventually outstrip the resources needed to support the population solutions

• purples should practice abstinence, delaying marriage and sex until they could afford to raise children
• marriage between couple of extreme poverty or with social defect should be restricted

Question 28

Infant mortality

Answer 28

The number of deaths of children under one year old per 1000 live births in a year

Question 29

Pull factor

Answer 29

A force that draws people to migrate to a place

Example would be pulling people to urban areas, for jobs and also for schooling