Topic 4: Population Geography

How is population density calculated?

• death rate minus birth rate

• land area divided by population

• birth rate minus death rate

• population divided by land area

Which is [likely to be] more densely populated?

• desert
• coast

Which definition best matches the term population?

• A measurement of people for a specific area
• All the inhabitants of a particular area
• human beings in general
• the increase in the number of people in a particular area

What is another name for a city?

• rural area

• urban area

• suburban area

Sparsely populated areas such as the country side

• Urban areas

• Rural areas

• Suburbs

• Urbanization

For population to grow what essentially has to happen?

• people have to have more children

• more people have to die than what is being born

• birth rate must exceed death rate

• death rate must exceed birth rate

An emigrant is...

• a person who is leaving their home country to move to another place

• a person who is entering and living in a new country

An immigrant is...

• a person entering and living in a new country or place

• a person leaving their home country and moving to a new place

The migration of skilled or talented people out of a place is known as brain

Around the world, urban populations in cities are growing at a much higher rate than rural populations

• True
• False