Population Pyramids + DTM

Question 1

Describe Stage 1 of the DTM (high expanding) and an area which is witnessing that stage.

Answer 1

High birth rate, High death rate, low total population. No population growth.

Example area: Matis Tribe, Amazonia

Question 2

Describe Stage 2 of the DTM (Early expanding) and an area which is witnessing that stage.

Answer 2

High birth rate, falling death rate, higher population. Natural increase is taking over.

Example area: Afghanistan

Question 3

Describe Stage 3 of the DTM (late expanding) and an area which is witnessing that stage.

Answer 3

Birth rate falling, death rate coming to a optimum low. Natural increase still happening.

Example area: Brazil

Question 4

Describe Stage 4 of the DTM (low stationary) and an area which is witnessing that stage.

Answer 4

Low birth rate, low death rate, total population high. Population is staying at an even level where the replacement rate is at a good standard.

Example area: UK

Question 5

Describe Stage 5 of the DTM (declining) and an area which is witnessing that stage.

Answer 5

Death rate is starting to beat birth rate, birth rate low, death rate slightly higher, total population falling. Natural decrease taking place.

Example area: France

Question 6

Top of the population pyramid is called the:

Answer 6

Apex

Question 7

Bottom of the population pyramid is called the:

Answer 7

Base

Question 8

A wide middle section of the triangle indicates

Answer 8

A high amount of economically active

Question 9

A sharp pyramid suggests:

Answer 9

High death rate and short life expectancy

Question 10

What does a pyramid look like for High fluctuating (stage 1)?

Answer 10

Short apex, wide base, curved arrow head shape

Question 11

What does a pyramid look like for early expanding (stage 2)?

Answer 11

Taller apex, wide base, straight triangle

Question 12

What does a pyramid look like for late expanding (stage 3)?

Answer 12

Tall apex, smaller base, more of a dome shape

Question 13

What does a pyramid look like for low stationary (stage 4)?

Answer 13

Perfect sized base, tall apex, oblong shape

Question 14

What does a pyramid look like for declining (stage 5)?

Answer 14

Small base, large apex, wide amount of people aged between 18 and 64, starting to look like it is retracting underneath triangle.

Question 15

A wide base means:

Answer 15

High birth rate

Question 16

A oblong shape suggests:

Answer 16

That the country is in stage 4 and the replacement rate is at where it roughly should be.

Question 17

An oblong with a retracting base suggests:

Answer 17

That the birth rate is falling and that the country is entering stage 5 of the DTM

Question 18

On a population pyramid, Females are shown on the _______ hand side of the table while males are shown on the ________ hand side of the graph.

Answer 18

Males on left, women on right

Question 19

What factors can effect the shape of a population pyramid?

Answer 19

Birth rate, death rate, war, medical advances etc.