Population Distribution and Change: An Interactive Geography Quiz

Question 1

What word describes all the people living in one place?

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Population

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Town

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City

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Country

Question 2

What three things can affect how quickly a population grows?

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Number of births, number of deaths, and number of people moving in or out

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Number of houses, number of schools, and number of jobs

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Number of cars, number of roads, and number of shops

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Number of trees, number of animals, and number of rivers

Question 3

Which of these is a sign that an area is rural?

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Harder to get to shops and schools

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Lots of people living close together

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Lots of factories and businesses

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More traffic and noise

Question 4

What is NOT a factor that affects how many people live in an area?

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The weather

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The number of babies born

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The number of people who die

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The number of people who move in and out

Question 5

Which country has the most people living in a small space?

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Monaco

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China

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India

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United States

Question 6

What do we call it when people move from one place to another?

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Migration

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Emigration

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Immigration

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Population growth

Question 7

Which of these does NOT affect how people are spread out across the world?

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The pull of the Earth

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The weather

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Religion

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Job opportunities

Question 8

If there are more births than deaths in an area, what kind of population change is happening?

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The population is increasing

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The population is decreasing

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The population is stable

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The population is growing very quickly

Question 9

A population pyramid shows us how old people are and if they are boys or girls. Which shape of pyramid means the population is getting smaller?

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A pyramid with a narrow bottom

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A pyramid with a wide bottom

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A pyramid that is shaped like a triangle

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A pyramid that is shaped like an hourglass

Question 10

Which of these places has more than 10 million people living there?

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London

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Manchester

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Birmingham

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Liverpool

Question 11

When people move from the countryside to the city, what is this called?

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Urbanisation

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Migration

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Emigration

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Immigration

Question 12

How is population density different from how people are spread out over an area?

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Population density tells us how many people live in each square kilometre, and population distribution tells us how spread out they are.

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Population distribution tells us how many people live in each square kilometre, and population density tells us how spread out they are.

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Population density and population distribution are the same thing.

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Population density is the number of people per square mile, and population distribution tells us how spread out they are.

Question 13

Who collects information about how many people live in the world?

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The United Nations Population Fund

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The World Bank

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The World Health Organization

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The International Monetary Fund

Question 14

What is the name for the number of people living in an area?

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Population

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Density

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Growth rate

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Distribution

Question 15

What is the name for the portion of people in an area who are under the age of 15?

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Dependency ratio

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Fertility rate

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Infant mortality rate

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Life expectancy

Question 16

What is the name for the number of deaths in an area per 1,000 people each year?

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Death rate

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Birth rate

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Life expectancy

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Migration rate

Question 17

What is the name for the number of years a person is expected to live?

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Life expectancy

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Birth rate

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Infant mortality rate

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Fertility rate

Question 18

Which of these does NOT affect how many people live in a place?

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The weather

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How many babies are born

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How many people die

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How many people move in

Question 19

Which of these places has the most people living in it?

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A big city

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A village

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A forest

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A desert

Question 20

What is a picture that shows how many people are young, old, male, or female in a place called?

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A population pyramid

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A population map

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A population diagram

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A population table

Question 21

What is it called when people move from one place to another?

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Migration

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Moving house

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Going on holiday

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Visiting friends

Question 22

How is population density different from population distribution?

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Population density tells us how many people live in a certain area, while population distribution tells us where people live.

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Population distribution tells us how many people live in a certain area, while population density tells us where people live.

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Population density and population distribution are the same.

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I don't know

Question 23

What is the difference between a population pyramid and a population density map?

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A population pyramid shows age and gender, while a population density map shows the number of people in an area.

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A population density map shows age and gender, while a population pyramid shows the number of people per square kilometer.

Question 24

What is the term for the number of people who die in a population each year?

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Death rate

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Birth rate

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Life expectancy

Question 25

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the world into two equal halves?

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The Equator

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The Tropic of Cancer

Question 26

Which factor below does NOT affect changes in a population's size?

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Average temperature

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Migration

Question 27

How can people be distributed across the world?

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Unevenly

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Evenly

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an area with many people living in it?

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Clean air

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Crowded

Question 29

What is a type of migration when people move within the same country?

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Internal

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External

Question 30

What is the term for when the number of people in a population decreases?

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Population decline

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Population growth

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Population density

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Urbanization

Question 31

What do you call the average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime?

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Fertility rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Migration rate

Question 32

What is one factor that can change the size of a population?

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Birth rate

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Number of trees in a forest

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Type of weather

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Availability of toys

Question 33

What do we call the number of people living in a particular area?

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Population density

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Birth rate

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Migration rate

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Population growth

Question 34

Which of these is NOT a benefit of migration?

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It can make it harder to find homes and schools

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It can bring new skills and ideas to a country

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It can help to create a more diverse society

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It can boost the economy

Question 35

What is the term for the speed at which a population changes?

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Population growth rate

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Population density

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Birth rate

Question 36

What do we call it when large numbers of people move from one place to another?

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Migration

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Tourism

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Immigration

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Emigration

Question 37

Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences how many people live in an area (population distribution)?

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Animal life

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Migration

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Water availability

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Climate

Question 38

How many people live in a given area is called:

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Population density

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Life expectancy

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Population growth rate

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Fertility rate

Question 39

The increase in the number of people in a population over time is called:

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Population growth

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Population stability

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Population migration

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Population decline

Question 40

The number of years it takes a population to double is called:

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Doubling time

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Life expectancy

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Fertility rate

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Generation time

Question 41

If there are a lot of jobs in an area, it is called a:

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Pull factor for migration

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War

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Persecution

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Natural disasters

Question 42

The number of babies born in a population per 1,000 people is called the:

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Birth rate

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Death rate

Question 43

Too many people living in one area can cause:

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Overcrowding

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Pollution

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Economic development

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Healthcare