KS3 population - all the inhabitants of a particular place

Geography Quiz - Population 02 (Questions)

Discover how and why people move between places, and explore how migration changes population patterns in towns, cities and countries at different scales.

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Fascinating Fact:

Moving to live in a new place is called migration, and it can happen within the same country or between different countries.

In KS3 Geography, pupils learn how migration changes where people live and work. They explore reasons why people move, compare internal and international migration, and consider how migration affects population size and structure in different regions.

Key Terms

Migration: The movement of people from one place to another to live, either within a country or between different countries.
Push factors: Negative reasons that encourage people to leave an area, such as lack of jobs, war or natural disasters.
Pull factors: Positive reasons that attract people to a new area, such as better work, safety, education or healthcare.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What does migration mean in KS3 geography?

In KS3 geography, migration means people moving to live in a new place for more than a short visit, either within their own country or to another country.

What are push and pull factors of migration?

Push factors are problems that encourage people to leave, like poverty or conflict. Pull factors are attractions, such as good jobs, safety or higher living standards in another place.

How does migration affect population in a country?

Migration can increase population in some areas and reduce it in others. It can change the age structure, skills and cultural mix of both the sending and receiving regions.

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Population density is the number of people per what?

[ ]	Square centimetre
[ ]	Square decametre
[ ]	Square kilometre
[ ]	Square metre

A very rapid increase is a population what?

[ ]	Elevation
[ ]	Eruption
[ ]	Explosion
[ ]	Overload

Which of these is classed as an LEDC?

[ ]	Brazil
[ ]	Canada
[ ]	Japan
[ ]	Switzerland

What is meant by population distribution?

[ ]	How spread out a population is
[ ]	If there are enough houses
[ ]	The number of people in an area
[ ]	The ratio of people to jobs

What word describes a low population density?

[ ]	Abandoned
[ ]	Bare
[ ]	Sparse
[ ]	Sprinkled

A 'one child only' policy helped population control in which country?

[ ]	Australia
[ ]	China
[ ]	Ethiopia
[ ]	Germany

What does immigration mean?

[ ]	Moving from city to countryside
[ ]	Moving within a country
[ ]	Permanently entering a new country
[ ]	Visiting for a long holiday

The number of children who die very young is the infant what?

[ ]	Moratorium rate
[ ]	Morbidity rate
[ ]	Mortality rate
[ ]	Mortuary rate

Which 'transition model' shows changes in population size over time?

[ ]	Demographic
[ ]	Folkographic
[ ]	Hydrographic
[ ]	Popographic

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What term means the average age people will live to?

[ ]	Life estimate
[ ]	Life expectancy
[ ]	Life guess
[ ]	Life prediction

Geography Quiz - Population 02 (Answers)

Population density is the number of people per what?

[ ]	Square centimetre
[ ]	Square decametre
[x]	Square kilometre
[ ]	Square metre

The UK's is about 240 people per square kilometre

A very rapid increase is a population what?

[ ]	Elevation
[ ]	Eruption
[x]	Explosion
[ ]	Overload

This can happen when factors such as better healthcare reduce death rates

Which of these is classed as an LEDC?

[x]	Brazil
[ ]	Canada
[ ]	Japan
[ ]	Switzerland

A Less Economically Developed Country

What is meant by population distribution?

[x]	How spread out a population is
[ ]	If there are enough houses
[ ]	The number of people in an area
[ ]	The ratio of people to jobs

Population densities are higher in urban areas than in rural areas

What word describes a low population density?

[ ]	Abandoned
[ ]	Bare
[x]	Sparse
[ ]	Sprinkled

Greenland is an example of a sparsely populated place

A 'one child only' policy helped population control in which country?

[ ]	Australia
[x]	China
[ ]	Ethiopia
[ ]	Germany

Chinese parents were fined if they had more than one child!

What does immigration mean?

[ ]	Moving from city to countryside
[ ]	Moving within a country
[x]	Permanently entering a new country
[ ]	Visiting for a long holiday

Many factors influence immigration, for example better wages

The number of children who die very young is the infant what?

[ ]	Moratorium rate
[ ]	Morbidity rate
[x]	Mortality rate
[ ]	Mortuary rate

LEDCs have a high infant mortality rate but that has been reduced since the middle of the twentieth century by international aid agencies providing better healthcare to rural communities