IGCSE Population

What does the term "Natural increase/natural growth mean"?

• Birth rates - death rates = natural growth

• Death rates - birth rates = natural growth

• Birth rates and life expectancy - natural growth

• Birth rates + death rates = natural growth

Define CMR

• Crude Mortality Rate

• Central Migration Rate

• Child Mortality Rate

• Child Migration Rate

Child Mortality Rate is:

• Number of children who die before the age of 4 per 1,000 of the population

• Number of infants who die before the age of 1 per 1,000 of the population

• Number of children who die before the age of 5 per 1,000 of the population

• Number of children who die before the age of 6 per 1,000 of the population

Define the term - TFR -Total fertility rate

• The number of births per 1,000 of the population

• The number of children a woman has in her lieftime

• Total number of births each year

• The number of children per 1,000 of women in a population

Population distribution is ...

• The number of people per km2

• Few people live in an area

• People living in remote areas

• How the population is spread out e.g worldwide or within a country

Tick two correct statements which explain why birth rates are high in LEDCs

• Access to maternal health care

• Children are seen as a need for labour to support on the land for agriculture

• Low Infant mortality rate

• Lack of pensions - needed to look after parents when they're old

• Anti Natal policy

In stage 3 of the DTM - which of the following statements is true

• Death Rates are falling and birth rates remain high

• High birth rates, which are steadily falling and death rates are falling

• Death rates are higher than birth rates

• Birth rates are falling and death rates are high

Define "Population density"

• The number of people in a certain area

• The number of people perk km2

• An area with a high amount of population

• Overpopulation

Tick three correct statements which explain why some places are sparsely populated

• Steep relief

• Ports and Industries

• Polar climate

• Large arid land area

• Accessibility to highways and railways

Which two statements are correct to explain why many areas with good transport networks are densely populated.

• Able to commute/travel to work

• Large amount of agricultural land

• High relief

• Industries need to transport raw materials