Chapter 3 Earth's Human Geography

The way a population is spread out over an area

A scientist who studies populations

The average number of people per square mile or km

Which of the following is NOT a challenge created by rapid population growth ?

Which of the following explains why a continent might have a low population density

Technological advances in agriculture & medicine has had what affect on population

To survive in harsh desert environments, people have developed

A person who moves from one country to another

A theory used to explain human migration or immigration

Changes in agriculture since 1950 that have increased the world’s food supply is known as

Why do demographers use the “push-pull” theory?

An area with a low population density

The average number of years a person is expected to live

Stable populations use resources slower than populations that are ?

Population distribution is uneven because people want to live in areas that have

The application of science & technology to agriculture

The average number of live births per 1,000 people

The movement of people to cities or the growth of cities

The total number of people in an area

Which of the following would NOT be an example of Push factor

Demographers are able to figure out population growth by comparing

In modern times, the world’s population has

The population of the Earth is approximately

Which of the following would NOT be an example of Pull factor

Population Density is the number of people that live in an area divided by

The Earth adds about 1 billion people to its population about every

Many people leave the country for the city because they want

The number of deaths each year per 1,000 people

Why do more than 81 % of the Earth’s population live in Asia, Europe and North America?