APES Human Population WebQuest
Answer the following questions as you read through the WebQuest powerpoint. Make sure you read all
instructions. All answers go into your notebook.
1. Briefly describe how the Industrial Revolution and the Green Revolution has helped to increase
the world’s human population.
2. Describe the different ways the government and other organizations use data collected by a
demographer.
3. What factors influence total fertility rate?
4. What factors influence infant mortality rate?
5. How does the average age at death differ between a developed country and a developing
country?
6. What factors influence net migration?
7. What three factors generally account for population growth?
8. How does a demographer calculate the population growth rate?
9. India is predicted to replace China as the most populated country on Earth. India’s population in
2012 was 1.22 billion. The current population (2013) is 1.27 billion. Calculate India’s current
growth rate and calculate how many years it will take India to double its population.
10. Studying the map on this page – Describe the difference between developed and developing
countries as it relates to life expectancy.
11. Studying the map on this page – What do you observe about infant mortality rates between
developed and developing countries?
12. What country has the highest infant mortality rate? Why? (use map to identify country)
13. What is the difference between infant mortality rate and child mortality rate?
14. What might you predict about a country which has a relatively high life expectancy and its infant
mortality rate is relatively low?
15. Describe the differences you observe between the three types of population pyramids.
16. Explain the bulge observed in the middle of the age structure diagram for the U.S.
17. Explain the differences you would observe between a population age structure diagram for a
developing country vs. a developed country.
18. For each stage of the demographic transition model describe the birth rate, death rate, and the
reason for changes in birth rate and death rate.
19. Describe a strategy that a government might implement to slow its population growth that
could be utilized by a country undergoing a demographic transition. Explain how your proposed
strategy would work, and describe one potential drawback to the implementation.
20. Complete the following data table with the word high or low.
Feature
Standard of Living
Per capita food intake
Crude birth rate
Crude death rate
Growth rate
Doubling time
Infant mortality
Total Fertility Rate
Life expectancy at birth
Urban population
Wealth (per capita GNP)(U.S. $)
Industrialization
Energy use per capita
Illiteracy rate
More Developed
Less Developed