The World Population

 1. What is the main point of the text?

Answer: The main point of the text is to discuss the distribution and density of the world's population.

2. How is population distribution defined?

Answer: Population distribution refers to the way people are spaced over the Earth's surface.

3. What is the general pattern of population distribution?

Answer: Broadly, 90 percent of the world population lives in about 10 percent of its land area.

4. What are some factors that influence population distribution?

Answer: Availability of water, landforms, climate, soils, minerals, urbanization, industrialization, religious or cultural significance, and social and political factors all influence population distribution.

5. What is population density?

Answer: Population density is the ratio between the number of people living in an area and the size of that area.

6. What is the difference between crude birth rate (CBR) and crude death rate (CDR)?

Answer: Crude birth rate (CBR) is the number of live births per thousand people in a population, while crude death rate (CDR) is the number of deaths per thousand people in a population.

7. What are the three components of population change?

Answer: The three components of population change are births, deaths, and migration.

8. What are push factors and pull factors in migration?

Answer: Push factors are reasons why people might leave a place, such as unemployment, poor living conditions, political turmoil, or natural disasters. Pull factors are reasons why people might move to a new place, such as better job opportunities, living conditions, peace and stability, or a pleasant climate.

9. What is the demographic transition theory?

Answer: The demographic transition theory is a model that describes how population growth changes as a society develops. The theory suggests that population growth is initially high, then declines, and eventually stabilizes.

10. In what ways are humans able to adjust their fertility?

Answer: Humans can adjust their fertility through a variety of means, such as family planning, education, and access to healthcare.