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The World Population: Distribution, Density and Growth

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks · Time: 37 minutes

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Write full answers in Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
About 90% of the world’s people live on roughly what share of its land area?
  1. 50%
  2. 75%
  3. 30%
  4. 10%
2.
Which example shows how landforms affects where people live?
  1. flat plains like the Ganga plains attract people
  2. cities offer jobs, schools and hospitals
  3. industrial belts like Kobe–Osaka attract workers
  4. mining areas like the Katanga–Zambia copper belt draw workers
3.
Which of these is a push factor of migration?
  1. peace and stability
  2. better living conditions
  3. better job opportunities
  4. an unpleasant climate
4.
Suppose a region of 670 sq km has 1,105,500 people. What is its density of population?
  1. 1,650 persons per sq km
  2. 1,660 persons per sq km
  3. 67 persons per sq km
  4. 16,500 persons per sq km
5.
Suppose a town has a mid-year population of 376,000 and 11,280 live births in a year. What is its crude birth rate?
  1. 300 per 1,000
  2. 30 per 1,000
  3. 35 per 1,000
  4. 27 per 1,000
6.
What is meant by “actual growth”?
  1. a rise in population between two dates
  2. people who move out of a place
  3. births minus deaths plus in-migration minus out-migration
  4. the place people move from
7.
Suppose a region had 2,300 births, 1,800 deaths, 1,600 people moving in and 300 moving out in a year. What was its actual growth?
  1. 1,800 people
  2. 5,400 people
  3. 500 people
  4. 2,400 people
8.
Which of these is true of Stage I of demographic transition?
  1. fertility and mortality are both low
  2. the population is urban and literate
  3. people deliberately control family size
  4. life expectancy is low and most people farm
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Name three geographical factors that influence the distribution of population.
10.
How does each factor affect the distribution of population? (a) soils (b) minerals
11.
Is each a geographical or an economic factor of population distribution? (a) climate (b) soils
12.
Explain each term: (a) crude birth rate (b) negative growth
13.
Suppose a town of 282,000 people had 8,742 births and 1,410 deaths in a year. Find its crude birth rate, crude death rate and natural growth rate (per 1,000).
14.
Suppose a district’s population grew from 344,000 to 371,520 between two censuses. What is the growth in numbers, and the growth rate?
15.
Is each a push or a pull factor of migration? (a) natural disasters (b) unemployment
16.
Suppose Region A has 550 sq km and 99,000 people, and Region B has 430 sq km and 253,700 people. Which is denser, and by how many persons per sq km?
Section C — Longer answers4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Discuss the factors influencing the distribution of population in the world.
18.
Match each with its effect: (a) soils (b) landforms (c) industrialisation. Choose from: fertile loamy soils support intensive farming; flat plains like the Ganga plains attract people; industrial belts like Kobe–Osaka attract workers.
19.
Suppose a city of 336,000 people records 9,072 births, 3,024 deaths, 4,500 people moving in and 900 moving out in a year. (a) What is its natural growth? (b) What is its actual growth? (c) Name one pull factor that may draw migrants to it.
20.
Name the stage of demographic transition for each, and explain why population grows fastest in Stage II: (a) people deliberately control family size (b) fertility and mortality are both low
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QAnswerWorking
1(d) 10%—
2(a) flat plains like the Ganga plains attract people—
3(d) an unpleasant climate—
4(a) 1,650 persons per sq km1,105,500 ÷ 670
5(b) 30 per 1,00011,280 ÷ 376,000 × 1,000
6(c) births minus deaths plus in-migration minus out-migration—
7(a) 1,800 people2,300 − 1,800 + 1,600 − 300
8(d) life expectancy is low and most people farm—
9Availability of water, landforms, climate and soils (any three).—
10(a) fertile loamy soils support intensive farming (b) mining areas like the Katanga–Zambia copper belt draw workers—
11(a) geographical (b) geographical—
12(a) live births in a year per 1,000 people (b) a fall in population between two dates—
13CBR 31, CDR 5, natural growth 26 per 1,000÷ 282,000 × 1,000; 31 − 5
1427,520 people; 8%371,520 − 344,000; ÷ 344,000 × 100
15(a) push (b) push—
16Region B, by 410 persons per sq km (A 180, B 590)population ÷ area for each
17Geographical (water, landforms, climate, soils), economic (minerals, urbanisation, industrialisation); people gather where these are favourable.—
18(a) fertile loamy soils support intensive farming (b) flat plains like the Ganga plains attract people (c) industrial belts like Kobe–Osaka attract workers—
19(a) 6,048 (b) 9,648 (c) e.g. better jobs, better living conditions, security9,072 − 3,024; + 4,500 − 900
20(a) Stage III (b) Stage III. In Stage II better health and sanitation cut deaths while births stay high.—