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What is a social scientist who studies population called?
a) Demographer
b) Popologist
c)
d)

About how large is the world's population?
a) 7 Billion
b) 5 Billion
c) 7 Million
d)

What is called when there are too many people living in an area and there are not enough resources?
a) Overpopulation
b) Urbanization
c) Demographic Transition
d) Natural Increase

What two factors are most responsible for the decline in the global death rate over the last 200 years?
a) Agricultural and Medical Revolutions
b) Industrialization and the Invention of the Internet
c) World Peace and Urbanization
d)

How do you calculate population density?
a) Number of people divided by square miles
b) Number of people added to the square miles
c) Number of miles timesed by the number of people
d)

How do you calculate natural increase?
a) Birth rate - death rate = natural increase
b) Immigrants - Emigrants = Natural Increase
c)
d)

Which type of area has the lowest population density?
a) Rural
b) Urban
c)
d)

Which of the following is a pull factor?
a) Job Opportunities
b) War
c) Poverty
d) Unstable Government

Which of the following is a push factor?
a) Disease
b) Education
c) Safety
d) Jobs

Which has a higher population density with more buildings and people.
a) Urban
b) Rural
c)
d)

Which has a higher level of poverty?
a) Developing countries
b) Developed Countries
c)
d)

What is the difference between an immigrant and emigrant?
a) Immigrants move in, Emigrants move out
b) Emigrants move in, Immigrants move out
c)
d)

Which continent is most densely populated?
a) Europe
b) Africa
c) North America
d) South America

If a country has more babies being born than people dying is their population increasing or decreasing?
a) Increasing
b) Decreasing
c)
d)

If a country has less babies being born than people dying is their population increasing or decreasing?
a) decreasing
b) increasing
c)
d)

If a country has more immigrants than emigrants is their net migration increasing or decreasing?
a) Increasing
b) Decreasing
c)
d)

If a country has fewer (less) immigrants than emigrants is their net migration increasing or decreasing?
a) decreasing
b) increasing
c)
d)

Is this a push or a pull factor: Great jobs for people
a) pull
b) push
c)
d)

Is this a push or a pull factor: Areas with high crime that are not safe.
a) push
b) pull
c)
d)

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