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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is (approximately) the current World population?
7 billion
6 billion
7.6 billion
7.7 billion
- 2. Multiple Choice
The 4 largest countries by population are:
China, India, USA, Indonesia
India, China, Russia, USA
China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia
India, China, Nigeria, Indonesia
- 3. Multiple Choice
What year did the world population reach 7 billion?
2012
2001
2011
2014
- 4. Multiple Choice
True of false: the world population growth rate is increasing?
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the current (2020) world population yearly growth rate?
2%
10%
1.5%
1.05%
- 6. Multiple Choice
Global population distribution is even?
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
Greenland is a sparsely populated place
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
Levels of economic development vary considerably between populations (places), but what is considered the most useful indicator of development?
Gross National Income (GNI)
Human Development Index (HDI)
Life expectancy
Literacy rate
- 9. Multiple Choice
Tanzania is a:
HIC
NIC
MIC
LIC
- 10. Multiple Choice
Population distribution is:
the number of people in a given area (people/km2)
the total number of people in an area
the scale of population e.g. local or national
the spatial pattern of where people live
- 11. Multiple Choice
Spatial interaction between a places will impact the level of migration (movement of people)
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
A choropleth map can be used to show population distribution. What is a choropleth map?
a map with different sized shapes to indicate the average values of a particular quantity in those areas.
a map with different colours and shapes to indicate the average values of a particular quantity in those areas.
a map which uses differences in shading to indicate the average values of a particular quantity in those areas.
a map with different proportional symbols to indicate the average values of a particular quantity in those areas.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which one of these is NOT a physical factor that affects global population distribution?
Soil
Agriculture
Climate
Vegetation
- 14. Multiple Choice
Relief is a physical factor which affects population distribution. What is relief?
height and shape of the land
height of the land
distance from the equator
shape of the land
- 15. Multiple Choice
What latitude are we (in Singapore) currently at?
5 degrees north
1 degree south
2 degrees north
1 degree north
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which term matches this definition "Number of deaths each year per 1,000 people"
population growth
population density
birth rate
death rate
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which term matches this definition " Number of births each year per 1,000 people"
birth rate
population growth
population density
migration
- 18. Multiple Choice
the pattern or spread of people in a given area
census
death rate
population distribution
demographics
- 19. Multiple Choice
Birth Rate + Migration - Death Rate =
population growth
population density
- 20. Multiple Choice
Population divided by Area =
population density
population growth
- 21. Multiple Choice
Birth rates tend to be higher in
less developed countries
developed countries
industrialized countries
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which area of North America is the most densely populated?
Canada
The Great Plains of the US
The West Coast of the US
The East Coast of the US
- 23. Multiple Choice
In order for population to grow
death rate must be higher than birth rate
heart rate must be lower than death rate
birth rate must equal death rate
birth rate must be higher than death rate
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why would an area be sparsely populated?
lack of natural resources
land is covered with ice
land cannot be developed
all of the above
- 25. Multiple Choice
True or false: The movement of people from rural to urban areas is called urbanization
true
false
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe maximum population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment.sparse populationenvironmentalcarrying capacitydense population
- 27. Multiple Choicethinly scattered or distributedcarrying capacityimmigrationdense populationsparse population
- 28. Multiple ChoiceMoving from place to place in the same countryUrbanizationInternal MigrationPull FactorDeclining death rates
- 29. Multiple Choice
By the year 2100 the UN has predicted that the population will reach how much?
11 billion
12 billion
13 billion
15 billion
- 30. Multiple Choice
4 billion of our 7 billion of the population live in which continent?
Africa
Asia
Americas
Europe
- 31. Multiple Choice
NIC - Newly industrialised countries - Examples of countries which are NIC are:
China, Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia
China, India, Brazil, South Africa
China, Brazil, Turkey and Taiwan
Brazil, Mexico, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
- 32. Multiple Choice
Emerging Economy (developing country) are nations that are investing in more productive capacity and are rapidly growing. Which ONE of the following countries is not an Emerging economy country
Indonesia
Turkey
South Korea
Burma
- 33. Multiple Choice
MINT countries are all upper and lower middle income countries situated in different parts of the world. They are a group of countries with the potential to realise very rapid economic growth. (2011) What are the MINT countries?
Mexico, India, Nigeria, Thailand
Mexico, Iceland, Nepal, Thailand
Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey
Mexico, Italy, Norway, Tuvalu
- 34. Multiple Choice
What does the term "OPEC" mean?
Occurrence of Powerful Emerging Countries
Organizations of Power Economy and Circulations
Organisation of Populated Emerging Countries
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- 35. Multiple Choice
The "Core" is:
a well-developed prosperous area with a sound economic base in secondary and tertiary industry
A lower standard of living and higher levels of poverty having limited access to markets and less widespread transport links
- 36. Multiple Choice
The Periphery are is:
A less developed area with lower standard of living and higher levels of poverty and having limited access to markets due to less widespread transport links
Being the centre for decision-making, scientific innovation and economic growth
high levels of foreign direct investment (FDI)
a wide range of services such as health care, education, communications and technology
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