DP Geography Questionbank
Populations in transition
Description
[N/A]Directly related questions
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16N.1.bp.1a:
State what the child mortality rate measures.
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16N.1.bp.1b:
Describe the trend in child mortality shown on the graph for Europe and Central Asia.
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16N.1.bp.1c:
Suggest two reasons for the trend in child mortality since 1990 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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16N.1.bp.1d:
Suggest two positive socio-economic impacts of an ageing population.
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.1.bp.1a:
Referring to the diagram, state the rank order (from highest to lowest level of equality) for the four aspects of the world average.
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.1.bp.1b:
Describe the status of women in country X.
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.1.bp.1c:
Explain the relationship between fertility and the status of women.
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.1.bp.5:
“Government attempts to control population growth are ineffective.” Discuss this statement.
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17M.1.bp.1d.i:
State two incentives used in a recent pro-natalist national policy.
Country name:
Incentive 1:
Incentive 2:
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17M.1.bp.1c:
Suggest one political and one environmental cause of the rapid increase in the total number of forced migrants since 2011.
Political:
Environmental:
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17M.1.bp.1a:
Describe the trends in numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) between 1990 and 2010 as shown on the graph.
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17M.1.bp.1d.ii:
Explain why these incentives were introduced in the country you named in (d)(i).
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17M.1.bp.1b:
State the key factor that determines whether a forced migrant is a refugee or an internally displaced person (IDP).
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16N.1.bp.5:
“The fact that the world’s population is now growing less rapidly means that there will be less pressure on the environment.” Discuss this statement.
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16N.1.bp.7:
Examine the relationship between environmental change and human migrations.
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17N.1.bp.01c:
Explain three socio-economic impacts of a youthful population for a country.
Impact 1:
Impact 2:
Impact 3:
- 17N.1.bp.01a: State the country with the biggest gap between female and male land ownership.
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17N.1.bp.01b:
Suggest two reasons why the percentage of female land ownership in Malawi is similar to the percentage of male land ownership in Malawi.
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
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17N.1.bp.06:
Discuss why resource conservation strategies may be more effective than population control in reducing global resource consumption.
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18M.1.bp.1a:
Outline how a country’s dependency ratio is calculated.
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18M.1.bp.1c:
Suggest one reason for the predicted change in Nigeria’s dependency ratio.
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18M.1.bp.1b:
Describe two predicted regional trends shown on the graph.
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18M.1.bp.1d:
Suggest one positive and two negative socio-economic impacts of an aging population for one named country.
Named country:
Positive impact:
Negative impact 1:
Negative impact 2:
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18M.1.bp.5:
To what extent do the most successful poverty reduction strategies focus on wealth creation and gender equality?
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18M.1.bp.6:
“Population growth is the greatest threat to our planet’s soil quality and biodiversity.” Discuss this statement.
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18N.1.bp.1b.i:
Estimate the difference, in millions, between the projected numbers of males and females in the 75–79 age group.
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18N.1.bp.1b.ii:
Suggest two reasons for the difference estimated in (b)(i).
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
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18N.1.bp.1a:
Describe three characteristics of this projected population structure.
Characteristic 1:
Characteristic 2:
Characteristic 3:
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18N.1.bp.5:
“The best way to decrease global disparities is to encourage the free movement of people across international borders.” Discuss this statement.
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18N.1.bp.1c:
Suggest two reasons why governments need population projections.
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
Sub sections and their related questions
Responses to high and low fertility
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.1.bp.5:
“Government attempts to control population growth are ineffective.” Discuss this statement.
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16N.1.bp.1d:
Suggest two positive socio-economic impacts of an ageing population.
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17M.1.bp.1d.i:
State two incentives used in a recent pro-natalist national policy.
Country name:
Incentive 1:
Incentive 2:
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17M.1.bp.1d.ii:
Explain why these incentives were introduced in the country you named in (d)(i).
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17N.1.bp.01c:
Explain three socio-economic impacts of a youthful population for a country.
Impact 1:
Impact 2:
Impact 3:
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18M.1.bp.1a:
Outline how a country’s dependency ratio is calculated.
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18M.1.bp.1b:
Describe two predicted regional trends shown on the graph.
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18M.1.bp.1c:
Suggest one reason for the predicted change in Nigeria’s dependency ratio.
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18M.1.bp.1d:
Suggest one positive and two negative socio-economic impacts of an aging population for one named country.
Named country:
Positive impact:
Negative impact 1:
Negative impact 2:
Movement responses—migration
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.1.bp.5:
“Government attempts to control population growth are ineffective.” Discuss this statement.
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16N.1.bp.7:
Examine the relationship between environmental change and human migrations.
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17M.1.bp.1a:
Describe the trends in numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) between 1990 and 2010 as shown on the graph.
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17M.1.bp.1b:
State the key factor that determines whether a forced migrant is a refugee or an internally displaced person (IDP).
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17M.1.bp.1c:
Suggest one political and one environmental cause of the rapid increase in the total number of forced migrants since 2011.
Political:
Environmental:
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18N.1.bp.5:
“The best way to decrease global disparities is to encourage the free movement of people across international borders.” Discuss this statement.
Gender and change
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.1.bp.1a:
Referring to the diagram, state the rank order (from highest to lowest level of equality) for the four aspects of the world average.
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.1.bp.1b:
Describe the status of women in country X.
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.1.bp.1c:
Explain the relationship between fertility and the status of women.
- 17N.1.bp.01a: State the country with the biggest gap between female and male land ownership.
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17N.1.bp.01b:
Suggest two reasons why the percentage of female land ownership in Malawi is similar to the percentage of male land ownership in Malawi.
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
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18M.1.bp.5:
To what extent do the most successful poverty reduction strategies focus on wealth creation and gender equality?
Population change
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.1.bp.5:
“Government attempts to control population growth are ineffective.” Discuss this statement.
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16N.1.bp.1a:
State what the child mortality rate measures.
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16N.1.bp.1b:
Describe the trend in child mortality shown on the graph for Europe and Central Asia.
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16N.1.bp.1c:
Suggest two reasons for the trend in child mortality since 1990 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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16N.1.bp.5:
“The fact that the world’s population is now growing less rapidly means that there will be less pressure on the environment.” Discuss this statement.
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18M.1.bp.6:
“Population growth is the greatest threat to our planet’s soil quality and biodiversity.” Discuss this statement.
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18N.1.bp.1a:
Describe three characteristics of this projected population structure.
Characteristic 1:
Characteristic 2:
Characteristic 3:
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18N.1.bp.1b.i:
Estimate the difference, in millions, between the projected numbers of males and females in the 75–79 age group.
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18N.1.bp.1b.ii:
Suggest two reasons for the difference estimated in (b)(i).
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
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18N.1.bp.1c:
Suggest two reasons why governments need population projections.
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
