Population Basics
This term means how people are spread across Earth.
What is population distribution?
Movement of people from one place to another.
What is migration?
People moving from rural areas to cities.
What is urbanization?
This cluster includes India and Bangladesh.
What is South Asia or Asia?
A region has little water and frequent floods. High or low population?
Low population.
This environmental factor most directly supports farming and settlements.
What is fertile land?
An attractive reason people move somewhere.
What is a pull factor?
A top reason people move to cities.
What are better job opportunities?
This cluster includes London, Paris, and Berlin.
What is Europe?
Name one pull factor from a family moving to a safer country.
Safety, job opportunities, good schools.
Population is NOT evenly spread because of this.
What is resources and opportunities differ by region?
War and conflict are examples of this.
What is a push factor?
A challenge of urban growth.
What is overcrowding?
This cluster includes cities like New York City and Toronto.
What is Eastern North America?
Explain why access to fresh water affects population density.
Water is needed for drinking, farming, sanitation.
This is a region most likely to have low population density.
What is a desert or snowy area?
People forced to leave due to conflict, persecution, or disaster.
Who are refugees?
A benefit of urban growth.
What is increased access to education and healthcare?
Name one major global population cluster.
East Asia / South Asia / Europe / Eastern North America
Explain two ways urban growth can affect cities.
Overcrowding, housing shortages, job growth, more services needed.
Global population trends matter because they affect this type of planning.
What is planning for resources and services?
In a story where a family leaves because of violence and drought — name TWO push factors.
Violence and drought (or no stable jobs).
Name one thing governments must plan for when cities grow.
Housing, infrastructure, healthcare, schools, transportation (any one).
Give two reasons why population clusters form in certain regions.
Reliable water, fertile land, moderate climate, job opportunities, trade routes.
Explain TWO ways global population trends affect resources or cities.
More demand for housing
Strain on healthcare
More jobs needed
Infrastructure expansion
Environmental impact