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POPULATION QUESTIONS
1. How did the Industrial Revolution spur on population growth?
2. Approximately how many billion people live in the world today?
3. What does “replacement level” mean? What is the number for this?
4. What does “population density” mean? How does it negatively impact the environment?
5. Name the #1 and #2 ranked countries in the world for population size.
6. What does the ‘ecological footprint’ symbolize?
7. Describe Thomas Malthus’s theory on population growth.
8. What is “carrying capacity”? How is this related to population growth in the eyes of pessimists?
9. Describe the Cornucopian theory on population growth.
10. What are the 3 line graphs on the Demographic Transition Model supposed to represent?
11. How many stages are there in the DTM? What stage is Canada in?
12. Describe the Birth Rate and Death Rate for countries in Stages 2 and 3.
13. Explain why the BR and DR follow this pattern.
14. Describe the overall population growth rate for countries in Stage 2 and 3?
15. Describe the Birth Rate and Death Rate for countries in Stages 4 and 5.
16. Explain why the BR and DR follow this pattern.
17. Describe the overall population growth rate for countries in Stages 4 and 5.
18. In which stage of the DTM is there population explosion?
19. In which stage of the DTM is there the greatest natural increase in population?
20. In what stage of the DTM is there negative population growth?
21. What information do population pyramids tell us about a country’s population?
22. What is the name for the age groupings on population pyramids?
23. Name the different types of population pyramids.
24. Link the different types of pyramids to the corresponding stage in the DTM.
25. What is the dependency ratio formula? What does this represent?
26. If a country’s population is growing at 2%, how long will it take to double in size?
27. Identify 2 current issues with Canada’s demographic trends.
28. Describe how China tried to limit their population growth. What is one challenge the country now has?
29. Describe how India tried to limit their population growth. What is one challenge the country now has?
30. Identify 5 strategies to limit overpopulation.

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1. Brought improvements to water, sanitation, and health so people were healthier and lived longer lives = declines in IMR, U5MR, DR
2. 7 billion
3. “Replacement level” means the number of children it takes to replace their parents; 2.1
4. “population density” means the number of people that live in a given area
The more people who live in a specified area, the great strain on the land and its resources
5. China; India
6. ‘Ecological footprint’ represents the amount of space and resources you use to meet your daily needs/life
7. Population growth is limited by food production; the population will grow faster than the food supply, causing a limit the how many people can be supported
8. “Carrying capacity” is the maximum number of people that can be sustained by an environment
In the eyes of pessimists, overpopulation reduces the carrying capacity of the earth
9. Human ingenuity, science, technology, and inventions will find ways to solve problems due to overpopulation
10. Birth rate; Death Rate; Population growth rate
11. 5 stages; Canada is in late Stage 4/early Stage 5
12. Stage 2: BR is high; DR is falling
Stage 3: BR is falling; DR is low
13. BR: lack of education for women; lack of contraception; need children to work; IMR is reducing but connections are not made to BR; social/religious norms
DR: beginning to obtain nutrition, food security, clean water, sanitation, health care, education
14. Population is growing – from explosion to largest natural increase
15. Stage 4: BR is low; DR is stable and low
Stage 5: BRN is very low to negative; DR is low to rising
16. BR: women are empowered and have access to education; women are working; low IMR; access to family planning; children are not needed to work; healthier women and babies
DR: stable nutrition, food security, clean water, sanitation, health care, education, larger number of elder is causing an increase in the death rate (more people dying)
17. Slow to Zero (or even Negative) growth
18. Stage 2
19. Stage 3

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20. Stage 5
21. % of people who are male and female in 5 year age categories; % of the population male and female who are dependents and workers
22. Age cohorts
23. Early Expanding, Expanding, Stable, Contracting
24. Early Expanding (2), Expanding (3), Stable (4), Contracting (5)
25. # of children (0-14) + # of elderly (65+) / # of workers (15-64yrs)
This represents the number of workers who need to support someone who isn’t working
(dependent)
26. Rule of 70 = 70/2 = 35 years
27. Aging population; increased stress on health care and social safety net; declining BR; below replacement level; need to rely on immigration to fill jobs; Aboriginals have different life expectancy/standards of living than non-Aboriginals
28. One Child Policy. Only child has to support 2 parents and 4 grandparents; more men than women due to gender preference; not enoug h women for men to marry; “single child syndrome” – expect everything will be done for them; can’t share/problem solve/maintain relationships
29.
Forced sterilization; programs haven’t reduced the population growth rate; male preference in society
30. Female education; female empowerment (rights); female employment; family planning/contraception; limit BR; reduce IMR; provide clean water and sanitation; provide health care; economic development; higher wages for parents so children don’t have to work

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STANDARD OF LIVING QUESTIONS
1. Identify the 4 terms used to describe countries in various stages of industrialization and development.
2. What is the Human Development Index? What 3 indicators are used?
3. What is the definition of poverty? Why is hard to compare poverty around the world?
4. Identify the 4 sectors of economy and the types of activities represented in each.
5. What does it mean to have a diversified economy? Why is this good? Name a country that has this.
6. Why is it not advantageous to rely on one sector for your economic development?
7. What does ‘value added’ mean? In what sector does this occur?
8. Why does the primary sector not generate much money for a country?
9. What are ‘cash crops’? Identify 2 types of cash crops grown today.
10. Identify 2 world organizations that have loaned money to developing nations.
11. What are structural adjustment programs? Why are they not helping nations develop?
12. What is the goal of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative?
13. What are 4 solutions to the debt burden?
14.
What is the single most effective way to improve a country’s standard of living?
15. What is the link between education, fertility rate, and infant mortality rate (IMR)?
16. Why does it make economic sense to get women working?
17. Identify 3 challenges facing children in developing nations.
18. Identify 4 health issues in developing nations.
19. Identify the 3 types of aid a country can receive.
20. What was the name for the organization in Canada that used to be in charge of foreign aid
(now it is part of a government department)?
21. Identify the large international body that provides and directs foreign aid to countries in need.
22. What are NGOs? Identify 2 that currently work to support countries in need.
23. Why is aid from NGOs often times the most effective?

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STANDARD OF LIVING ANSWERS
1. Developed; Newly Industrializing Country (NIC); Developing; Heavily Indebted Poor Country
(HIPC)
2. UN index that ranks countries based on their standard of living
Life expectancy; literacy rate; gross domestic product (GDP)
3. Minimum income required to pay for basic need (food, clothing, shelter); in Canada, if someone spends over 70% of their income on these 3 areas they are living in poverty
Different assessments of poverty are used; people living in poverty in developed nations have access to government and social supports to help bridge the gap
4. PRIMARY: raw materials and resources (agriculture, fishing, lumber, minerals)
SECONDARY: manufacturing raw materials into consumable/useable items
TERTIARY: services
QUATERNARY: technology and information
5. A diversified economy has all 4 sectors represented and generating wealth; this is good because if one sector/industry isn’t as successful a country will still earn income in 3 other areas; Canada or any developed nation has a diversified economy
6. If the price of the item fluctuates/limited items are produced/no one buys the item then the country has no other way to generate wealth
7.
‘Value added’ means manufacturing a product into a useable/consumable item; this occurs in the secondary sector
8. Raw materials are sold at low price; the price fluctuates depending on market demand so there is no guarantee year to year how much you will make
9. ‘cash crops’ are agriculture products that are guaranteed to sell on the world market; examples include coffee beans, cocoa beans, bananas, flowers
10. IMF, World Bank, OECD
11. structural adjustment programs are plans to restructure a country’s economy so they can earn money and pay back debt
They are not helping because countries have to pay back debt first leaving little money for other initiatives; they are patchwork solutions; allow foreign investors to control markets; force countries to grow cash crops which can lead to food insecurity
12. Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative goal = relief from a crippling debt burden
13. Debt relief, debt forgiveness, debt swap, debt moratorium
14. Education of women
15. The more education a woman has, the fewer children she has and the lower the IMR

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16. They make up 50% of the population; women put their earnings back into their families
17. IMR/U5MR; malnutrition; child labour; lack of education; child soldiers
18. Poor water quality; HIV/AIDS; malaria; tuberculosis; STIs
19. Bilateral aid; tied aid; multilateral aid
20. CIDA
21. United Nations (UN)
22. NGOs are non-governmental organizations that provide aid as non-profit agencies
Doctors Without Borders; Red Cross; Free the Children; Plan Canada, Oxfam
23. This aid is given directly to people and communities (g rassroots) so money isn’t wasted/lost/illspent; they work with the people to create solutions and they focus on education so when they leave the initiatives can continue to benefit the people