POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
What term describes areas like Antarctica or the Sahara, where extreme climates (cold or arid) make permanent human settlement very difficult?
P___________ D_____
👉 What are population deserts?
Which two Spanish autonomous communities concentrate the highest population due to economic opportunities and urban development?
👉 What are Madrid and Catalonia?
What term describes the rapid increase in world population that began after the Industrial Revolution due to improved medicine and food supply?
P_______ G_________
👉 What is population growth?
What term describes the movement of people from one place to another to live permanently or temporarily?
👉 What is migration?
What process describes the increasing proportion of people living in cities rather than rural areas?
👉 What is urbanisation?
Which two continents concentrate most of the world’s population due to fertile land, rivers, and favourable climates?
👉 What are Asia and Europe?
What demographic indicator in Spain is currently very low, contributing to population ageing and slow population growth?
👉 What is the fertility rate (or birth rate)?
What is the name of the model that explains how countries move from high birth and death rates to low ones as they develop?
👉 What is the demographic transition model?
What is it called when people leave their country to live in another one?
👉 What is emigration?
What term describes cities with more than 10 million inhabitants, such as Tokyo or Mexico City?
👉 What are megacities?
What type of climate, found in regions like Western Europe or East Asia, attracts high population densities due to mild temperatures and reliable rainfall?
👉 What is a temperate climate?
Which country provides the largest immigrant community in Spain, especially since the early 2000s?
👉 What is Morocco?
What stage of the demographic transition is characterised by high birth rates and declining death rates, leading to rapid population growth?
👉 What is Stage 2?
What is it called when people enter a country from abroad to live there?
👉 What is immigration?
What problem occurs when cities grow too quickly and infrastructure cannot keep up with population needs?
👉 What is urban overcrowding?
What physical factor explains why most of the world’s population lives near coasts rather than in inland or mountainous regions?
👉 What is access to resources and trade routes?
Which Spanish autonomous community has the largest total population in the country?
👉 What is Andalusia?
What type of population structure is represented by a wide-based pyramid, indicating a large number of young people?
👉 What is an expansive population pyramid?
What type of migration occurs when people move from rural areas to cities in search of jobs and better services?
👉 What is rural-to-urban migration?
What environmental problem is caused by high population density in cities, including air and water contamination?
👉 What is urban pollution?
What concept explains the uneven distribution of population across the planet, where some areas are densely populated while others are almost empty?
👉 What is population distribution inequality?
Which city-municipality of Spain has the lowest population density and is often referred to as part of “España vaciada”?
👉 What is Soria?
What problem occurs in countries with ageing populations, where there are more elderly people than young workers?
👉 What is population ageing?
Name three reasons why people move to other countries?
Economic Opportunities
Safety and Stability (Humanitarian Reasons)
Social and Personal Reasons
What demographic trend explains why many rural villages in Spain have ageing populations and very few young people?
👉 What is rural exodus?