Population Density
What is the meaning of "Population Density"
The number of people living in a square km.
What is the difference between birth rate and death rate?
Birth rate = the amount of people being born every 1000 people in an area
Death rate = the amount of people dying every 1000 people in an area
What are the 3 ranks of ages
Young Dependent, Working Age, Old Dependent
What is a population policy
Set of measures by the government to influence population change
Name DENSELY populated areas (at least 2)
Eastern China, Central America, India, Western Europe, etc.
What can cause high BR?
Children need to work for families, infant mortality rate, cultural tradition, food shortage, etc.
How do you calculate the dependency ratio?
(Number of people under 15 + Number of people 65 and over) divided by number of people aged 15-65, then times 100
What is the definition of pro-natalist policy?
a population policy that encourages people to have more children
Name SPARSELY populated areas (at least 2)
Canada, Sahara Desert, Russia, Australia, etc
What would the birth rate be if the area had high income?
Very low birth rate
What are the problems of an ageing population?
People will need to work more, healthcare costs increase, cope with elders needs
Give at least 2 vocabulary we studied in this population policies topic
Abortion, communism, infanticide, maternity leave, contraception, exemption, incentive, province, sterillization
What are some of the factors for a densely populated place?
Many natural resources, access to services, high employment, etc.
Low life expectancy, bad economy, high healthcare costs
What are the problems of a youthful population
Low employment, people will need to work more, children may need to work for their families, increased BR
What was 2 incentives China gave
5 yuan per month, one child honorary certificates, longer maternity leave
What does PUSH and PULL factors mean
Push = Something that will make people go away
Pull = Attracting people
How do you calculate natural change in population?
Subtract the DR from the BR
What is the meaning of dependency ratio?
The number of people of working age in relation to retirees.
Give 1 reason each for why governments would want to reduce and increase birth rates.
Reduce = Lack of jobs, lack of education, environmental damage, etc.
Increase = Shortage of workers, no army, tax is to high, etc