KS3 population - with migration from one country to another

Geography Quiz - Population 05 (Questions)

Life expectancy tells us how long people can live on average. In KS3 Geography you explore why it varies between countries and what it means for development.

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Fascinating Fact:

Life expectancy is the average number of years a person is expected to live, and it is usually higher in richer countries with good healthcare.

In KS3 Geography, pupils investigate how population data reveals patterns of health and development. Life expectancy helps them compare countries, spot inequalities and think about how healthcare and living conditions can improve people’s lives.

Key Terms

Life expectancy: The average number of years people in a place are expected to live based on current death rates.
Infant mortality: The number of babies who die before their first birthday per thousand live births.
Quality of life: A measure of how comfortable and healthy people’s lives are, including income, housing and access to services.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How do geographers work out life expectancy?

Geographers use data on how old people are when they die and calculate an average age for the whole population. This gives a single figure called life expectancy.

Why is life expectancy usually higher in rich countries?

Life expectancy is usually higher in rich countries because people often have better healthcare, clean water, good sanitation, safer jobs and more secure housing and food supplies.

What factors can reduce life expectancy in a country?

Life expectancy can fall when a country faces war, widespread disease, poor healthcare, unsafe water, malnutrition or frequent natural disasters that damage homes and services.

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Moving by choice is what sort of migration?

[ ]	Decisive
[ ]	Forced
[ ]	Temporary
[ ]	Voluntary

The average number of children born to each woman is called the what?

[ ]	Birthing rate
[ ]	Fertility rate
[ ]	Hatching rate
[ ]	Maternity rate

What is the best way to describe the UK's population?

[ ]	Ageing
[ ]	Coffin dodgers
[ ]	Rapidly falling
[ ]	Teenage

In which of the following countries is rapid population growth most likely to have happened?

[ ]	Canada
[ ]	Ghana
[ ]	Greece
[ ]	Sweden

If birth rate is higher than death rate what will happen?

[ ]	Everyone will leave
[ ]	Population will fall
[ ]	Population will rise
[ ]	Population will stay the same

Which is an argument against migration?

[ ]	If immigrants return home they take new skills with them
[ ]	Immigrants often do those jobs that nobody else wants
[ ]	Immigrants send money back home to help their families
[ ]	It can lead to prejudice

Which of the following is most likely to have a sparse population density?

[ ]	Employment opportunities
[ ]	Good road links
[ ]	Good shopping centres
[ ]	Steep slopes

When a person moves for less than a year it is known as what?

[ ]	Annual migration
[ ]	Demi-migration
[ ]	Partial migration
[ ]	Temporary migration

Population grows slowly in MEDCs. What is not a reason for this?

[ ]	Contraception is readily available
[ ]	It is expensive to raise a child
[ ]	Many women choose to put a career before children
[ ]	Women marry young

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How is natural population growth defined?

[ ]	By how much the population numbers drop
[ ]	How many tall people there are
[ ]	The difference between birth rate and death rate
[ ]	The number of migrants

Geography Quiz - Population 05 (Answers)

Moving by choice is what sort of migration?

[ ]	Decisive
[ ]	Forced
[ ]	Temporary
[x]	Voluntary

Migration can be either internal or international

The average number of children born to each woman is called the what?

[ ]	Birthing rate
[x]	Fertility rate
[ ]	Hatching rate
[ ]	Maternity rate

It's used as one of the ways of measuring population growth and is a statistical figure rather than a measure of the fertility of the women in a particular country

What is the best way to describe the UK's population?

[x]	Ageing
[ ]	Coffin dodgers
[ ]	Rapidly falling
[ ]	Teenage

People are living longer so the average age in the UK is getting higher

In which of the following countries is rapid population growth most likely to have happened?

[ ]	Canada
[x]	Ghana
[ ]	Greece
[ ]	Sweden

Ghana is in West Africa and is an LEDC. Many LEDCs have had a large population growth since international aid agencies have brought better healthcare and clean water supplies to remote communities

If birth rate is higher than death rate what will happen?

[ ]	Everyone will leave
[ ]	Population will fall
[x]	Population will rise
[ ]	Population will stay the same

This is referred to as a natural increase

Which is an argument against migration?

[ ]	If immigrants return home they take new skills with them
[ ]	Immigrants often do those jobs that nobody else wants
[ ]	Immigrants send money back home to help their families
[x]	It can lead to prejudice

It's thought there are over 100,000 racial incidents in the UK each year - not all of them are reported

Which of the following is most likely to have a sparse population density?

[ ]	Employment opportunities
[ ]	Good road links
[ ]	Good shopping centres
[x]	Steep slopes

It's difficult to build and farm in such areas so very few people attempt it unless they have no other option

When a person moves for less than a year it is known as what?

[ ]	Annual migration
[ ]	Demi-migration
[ ]	Partial migration
[x]	Temporary migration

An example would be a student going to university