Topic 5

Question 1

Demography

Answer 1

Study of the characteristics of human populations, such as their size and structure and how these change over time

Question 2

Migration

Answer 2

Changing the country of usual residence for a period of at least a year, so the country of destination becomes country of usual residence

Question 3

Globalisation

Answer 3

The growing interconnectedness of societies across the world, with the spread of the same culture, consumer goods and economic interests

Question 4

Life expectancy

Answer 4

An estimate of how long the average can be expected to live

Question 5

Death rate

Answer 5

(Mortality rate) the numbers of deaths per loss of the population per year

Question 6

Infant mortality rate

Answer 6

The number of deaths of babies in their 1st year of life per 1000 live births per year

Question 7

Ageing population

Answer 7

Where the average age is getting higher, with a greater proportion of the population over retirement age and a smaller population of younger people

Question 8

Dependency ratio

Answer 8

An increasing n. of older people have to be supported by a decreasing population of the working population