Welcome to your Grade 11 Geography chapter 7
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
Which factors are described as influencing each other in the context of contemporary population-related concerns?
2.
According to the text, what impact do family sizes have on children?
3.
Which theorists view the relationship between population and economic growth rates as inverse?
4.
In which group of countries are unemployment problems described as being wider?
5.
What is identified as a major driver promoting environmental degradation and desertification?
6.
How does climate change typically affect droughts in drylands?
7.
What term describes the clearing of forest trees through "careless actions"?
8.
Why does exposure to the digital gap occur?
9.
High population growth in affected countries impacts quality of life through:
10.
Which theorists consider the relationship between population and economic growth to be positive?
11.
What is the distressing effect of unemployment mentioned in the text?
12.
Competition for which land resources exacerbates desertification risks?
13.
What minimizes the capacity to invest in sustainable environmental management?
14.
What causes the severity of famines to increase?
15.
The digital divide is described as widening what between countries and regions?
16.
Which group of countries has experienced highest rates of population growth accompanied by rapid urbanization?
17.
What type of family structure is described as common in Developing Countries (DCs)?
18.
What is cited as a possible solution to the problem of youth unemployment in DCs?
19.
"Non-responsive policies and overuse of resources" are main drivers of:
20.
The greatest challenge in the present-day world is ensuring the sustainability of:
21.
Which type of droughts occur specifically in drylands according to the text?
22.
Unsustainable land-use practices in drylands "push people in":
23.
What destabilizes the capacity of DCs to respond to population dynamics?
24.
Household incomes influence family nutrition and:
25.
Which phenomenon widens information gaps among individuals and businesses?
26.
What type of jobs does a large segment of the youth population engage in in affected countries?
27.
Environmental degradation is promoted by growing population pressures on:
28.
The impact of the digital gap is described as being great because it:
29.
Famines can be caused by unfair sharing of resources and:
30.
"Sound policy and fair distribution of resources" are solutions to problems in:
