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Test
2 Questions
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Population
Feedback
to this test can be found in the next Unit of Get That Grade.
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Explain
what is meant by each of the following terms: |
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(i)
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birth
rate |
(2)
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(ii) |
infant
mortality rate |
(2)
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(iii) |
dependency
ratio |
(2)
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emigration |
(1)
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(v) |
rural-urban
migration |
(1)
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| 2 |
Name
a country where the death rate has fallen rapidly since the 1960s.
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(i) |
For
that country give three reasons why the death rate has fallen. |
(6)
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(ii) |
How
has this change in death rate affected life expectancy? |
(1)
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| 3 |
The
diagram below shows a simplified version of the demographic transition
model. |
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(i) |
What
was happening to the population total in Stage 2? |
(1)
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(ii) |
What
was happening to the population total in Stage 3? |
(2)
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(iii) |
Name
a country which has developed a policy to reduce its birth rate. |
(1)
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Why
was this policy needed? |
(3)
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(v) |
Describe
the policy. |
(6)
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How successful has the policy been? Mention any problems that the
policy has caused, as well as its successes. |
(3)
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| 4 |
Choose
a major international migration that you have studied which has taken
place in the last 30 years. It may still be going on. |
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(i) |
Name
the two countries that were the original home and the destination
of the migrants. |
(2)
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(ii) |
Explain
what caused the migration. |
(6)
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(iii) |
How
has the movement of people affected:
the area which the migrants left?
the area that they moved to?
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(9)
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