Population (Geography) Y8

Question 1

Def: Birth rate

Answer 1

the rate of births per 1000 people per year.

Question 2

death rate

Answer 2

the number of deaths pr 1000 per year.

Question 3

Natural increase

Answer 3

When the birth rate is higher than the death rate.

Question 4

migration internal

Answer 4

the movement of people in the same country.

Question 5

Migration international

Answer 5

movement of people from one country to another.

Question 6

Push factor examples

Answer 6

war, famine, lack of jobs, weather, education

Question 7

Def: push factor

Answer 7

Something negative that makes someone want to move away from a particular country or area.

Question 8

Def: Pull fator

Answer 8

Positive thing that attract people to an area or country.

Question 9

pull factor examples

Answer 9

Family links, job opportunities, Political stability, climate

Question 10

what is the population 2024

Answer 10

8,019,876,189

Question 11

When will the population hit 9.8 million

Answer 11

2050

Question 12

Sustainability meaning

Answer 12

Sustainability is the idea that humans must interact with the environment in a way that ensures there will be enough resources left for future generations.

Question 13

Is the population growth sustainable?

Answer 13

No, because as the number of humans increase that increase the food, energy and housing demand also most people have a car which is realising fumes every time it is used so air pollution will go up. Also more people will want food eg meat, this means that more forests will be cut down to accommodate more cows, sheep, pigs etc so there are lees trees which means less oxygen and natural habitat for animals .

Question 14

What would a social problem of a megacity be?

Answer 14

Lack of hospitalisation, schooling, housing, jobs being taken up, too many people for the amount of public transport.

Question 15

What are slums a result of which problem? (and why)

Answer 15

Economic issues because a slum is an area of temporary houses often made of corrugated iron, these people end up living in the slums because of a lack of money and they can’t pay for a house.

Question 16

What is a social challenge of urbanisation and a social opportunity of urbanisation?

Answer 16

A social challenge of urbanisation is that now there are more people the prisons might be more full and also the emergency services would be increasingly busy and there might be over used public transport. An opportunity would be more people to work for the government.

Question 17

What is a economic challenge of urbanisation and an economic opportunity of urbanisation?

Answer 17

An opportunity of urbanisation (economic) is that there would be more people to do jobs and there wouldn’t be a shortage of people working. A challenge of urbanisation would be inflation of prices eg food and housing and as there would be more people the government might have to pay for more houses to be built but also council flats.

Question 18

What is a environmental challenge of urbanisation and an environmental opportunity of urbanisation?

Answer 18

Increased air pollution as there are more cars. Also more plastic as more people are dying things made out but also packaged in plastic. An opportunity is that people will live in flats unlike in the rural areas and by living in a flat it is taking up less space so is overall better for the environment.

Question 19

What are 5 example of megacities.

Answer 19

São Paulo, Shanghai, Mumbai, Cairo, Tokyo

Question 20

What is an example of something governments around the world are doing to prevent increased population.

Answer 20

In 1980 china emplaced a policy that there was to be only 1 child per family but this wasn’t working as women were having dodgy backstreet abortions as they wanted a son not a daughter if they were pregnant with a girl. But governments are now trying to educate

Question 21

Urbanisation meaning

Answer 21

Urbanisation is the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities. Urbanisation occurs because people move from rural areas (countryside) to urban areas (towns and cities).