Unit 2: Population Quiz Flashcards
Stage 2 Birth Rate & Death Rate:
Level of Growth
Birth Rate = High
Death Rate = Low
Level of Growth = Decreasing
Stage 3: Birth Rate & Death Rate:
Level of Growth:
Birth Rate = Decreasing
Death Rate = Slightly decreasing
Level of growth = Moderate
Stage 4: Birth Rate & Death rate:
Level of growth:
Birth rate: Decrease
Death Rate: Decrease
Level of growth: Least amount of growth.
What is the demographic transition and what is it best used for?
A tool, best used on a country.
What are “push factors”?
Negative things.
make you think about wanting to leave, moving.
What are some examples of “push factors”?
Oppressive government
social injustice
economics/jobs.
What are “pull factors?”
Positive things that are somewhere else
makes you want to go someplace else
usually answer to “push”
What are some examples of “pull factors”?
Stable governments
freedom/rights/opportunity
jobs, money
services (Medical)
In what stages of the Demographic Transition does a location experience growth from immigration?
All of them.
What happened in the 1970’s-190’s?
What was the result?
China experiences a hyper stage-2 growth.
Food shortages, mass of population rationed to a cup of rice a day.
What is the government response to what happened in the 1970’s?
Limit families to one child.
What is China a perfect example of?
- How government will get involved, even take drastic steps in the face of “population problems”.
- How population can affect someone’s individual, everyday life.
What are natural Hazards?
What are some examples?
Thing that naturally happen as part of earths systems.
What are 3 causes of Human induced hazards?
1) Over population
2) Over consumption
3) Carelessness
What is desertification?
Also known as what?
The transformation of arable (farmable) land into desert either naturally or through human intervention.
Top soil exhaustion.
Where is the desertification process taking place right now?
1) Sahara desert
2) Austrailia
Throughout the Midwest there is…?
It is protected by what?
Very fertile soil.
A thick layer of prairie grass.
An increasing amount of people moving into the area led to?
In addition there was an increase in…? Which fed on…? Which resulted in…?
Increased farming to the point of “social desertification”
Cattle, grass.
Dust.
Desertification can…?
1) Disrupt food availability.
2) Force populations to uproot.
3) Can cause very serious problems.
What is deforestation?
The process of stripping the land of its trees.
Where is deforestation taking place?
Sri Lanka & Brazil
Deforestation and desertification are both examples of what?
Growing population causes a growing demand for goods.
What does the carrying capacity theory speculate?
The planet only has enough resources to support the existence of a certain amount people.
What is the problem with having a solution to over population?
- Will change the way we think and the way we live.
What are 4 things we can do to turn around over consumption and carelessness?
- conserve
- recycle
- develop new technologies
- develop a non careless mentality
What is the Birth Rate & Death Rate of stage 1?
What is the level of growth?
Birth Rate = High
Death Rate = High
Growth: Low
Stage 1: Birth rate/ Death rate
Leave of growth:
High: High: Low
