Welcome to your Grade 11 Geography chapter 4
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
Which branch of geography focuses on the size, composition, spatial distribution, and changes in population across time?
2.
What are the three essential processes that define the pattern of population growth?
3.
Approximately what was the world's population in the year 2019?
4.
According to the "medium variant" estimate, what is the projected world population for the year 2050?
5.
In the Demographic Transition Model, which stage did most developed countries enter by the end of the twentieth century?
6.
Which measure counts only female births per woman through her reproductive years?
7.
What is the primary demerit of the General Fertility Rate (GFR)?
8.
How is the Crude Death Rate (CDR) calculated?
9.
Which region is categorized as a "net sender" of international migrants?
10.
What phenomenon is caused by a low number of working-age people relative to older people in a population?
11.
Which improvements are cited as reasons for the rapid and explosive growth of the world population over the last hundreds of years?
12.
To reap the benefits of the "demographic dividend," in which areas must governments primarily invest?
13.
Which factor is NOT mentioned as a determinant of mortality rate?
14.
What is the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)?
15.
Which type of countries began the twentieth century in the first stage of the demographic transition model?
16.
What is the probability percentage that the world's population may plateau or begin to fall before 2100?
17.
Which age group is noted for having an appreciably higher child-bearing rate?
18.
What determines the level of certainty of population projections?
19.
Rapid population growth in LDCs is NOT typically associated with which of the following?
20.
Which region has for decades been a net recipient of international migrants?
21.
In the formula CDR = D/P x 1,000, what does 'P' represent?
22.
Population aging is a characteristic trend in which group of countries?
23.
What can address the inequalities between demographic changes and socio-economic goals?
24.
Which fertility measure is the average number of live births per woman who lives through her reproductive years?
25.
What issues must be addressed in population policies besides growth?
26.
Based on the 2019 report, the world population is projected to reach what number by 2100?
27.
In the Case Example for CDR, if total deaths are 80,000 and the population is 16,000,000, what is the CDR?
28.
Which is NOT a component of population change?
29.
What characterizes the "medium variant" estimate for countries where women currently have less than two babies on average?
30.
In the Demographic Transition Model, what describes the progress of Less Developed Countries by the middle of the twentieth century?
