Graphs & Maps
Which Statement is correct?
a.) About one-third of the world's people live in cities.
b.) The population in Europe is mostly agriculture
c.) The rate of urbanization is higher in Brazil and Japan than in North America.
c:The rate of urbanization is higher in Brazil and Japan than in North America.
The nations of Will town and Landon town each have the population of 9 million. Will town has 100 times the amount of land that Landon town has.
Which statement is accurate?
a.) Will town's population density is much higher than Landon town
b.) Landon town's population density is much higher than will town
c.) Their population density is the same.
d.) Will town has more arable land than Landon town.
b.) Landon town's population density is much higher than will town
A population pyramid is very wide at the bottom and narrow at the top.
Choice a correct answer:a.) This nation has a very fast growing population
b.) This nation is likely a more developed country
c.) This nation has a replacement rate of or less than 2
a.) This nation has a very fast growing population
Approximately how many people live on the earth today?
8 billion
A place that can be used to support agriculture
arable land
Using this map on population distribution, what inference could you make?
a.) Australia has a significant amount of arable land.
b.) Most of the global population lives in in Europe
c.)The climate in North Africa, South Africa, and Asia are probably harsh
c.)The climate in North Africa, South Africa, and Asia are probably harsh
Which Population is growing faster?
Urban or Rural?
What does this population pyramid indicate?
a.) High birth rate
b.) population decreasing
c.)Low birth rate
a.) High birth rate
What must be higher than death rate for the population to grow?
Birth Rate
The spread of new ideas from a source point
cultural diffusion
Which statement is supported by the graph
a.) The overall world population is decreasing
b.) The rate of population growth is decreasing
c.) The rate of population growth is increasing
b.) The rate of population growth is decreasing
How is population density calculated?
Population
_________
Land Area
If there is a bulge in the middle of age groups in a population pyramid, what does this indicate?
a.) A balanced birth rate
b.) A high birth rate in the past
c.) A high death rate in the past
b.) A high birth rate in the past
Which is correct when describing the population distribution in the United States?
a.)Most people live in the central region.
b.)Most people live in the northern region.
c.)Most people live in the coastal region.
d.)Most people live in Alaska.
c.)Most people live in the coastal region.
The number of years it takes for a population to double in size
Doubling time
Using the map, which is correct:
a.) Human population increases as elevation increases
b.) Most people on earth live in a relatively small portion of the planet's land
c.)Population is strongly related to the earths geography
b.) Most people on earth live in a relatively small portion of the planet's land
c.)Population is strongly related to the earths geography
A person who is leaving their home country to move to another place is a _______. After they move to the new country, we call that person a ________.
Emigrant
Immigrant
Based on the pyramid, name the location the pyramid is representing.
Military base
Where do most people live in:
- lowlands
-mountains
Why?
a.) Longer growing seasons
b.) better infrastructure
c.) fresh air
Lowlands
Longer growing season
The average number of people living in a square mile
Population density
According to the map:
what does the map show you?
Population Density
The migration of skilled or talented people out of a place :
Brain Drain
Write if the following are effects of rapid or negative population growth.
Polluted water supplies
rapidly build & unsafe homes
Not enough workers to support economy
Tensions between host and immigrate populations
Food shortages
R
R
N
N
R
Label the following as push or pull:
Weakening Economy / Lack of Jobs
Natural Disasters
Political Unrest
Attract people
Religious freedoms
Educational opportunities
Drive people away
- Push
-Push
-Push
-pull
-pull
-pull
-push
The geographic pattern of where people live
Population distribution