Population and Human Resources Exercise

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Exercise

1. Answer the following questions.

(i) Why are people considered a resource?

(ii) What are the causes for the uneven distribution of population in the world?

(iii) The world population has grown very rapidly. Why?

(iv) Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.

(v) What is meant by population composition?

(vi) What are population pyramids? How do they help in understanding about the population of a country?

2. Tick the correct answer.

(i) Which does the term population distribution refer to?

(a) How population in a specified area changes over time.

(b) The number of people who die in relation to the number of people born in a specified area.

(c) The way in which people are spread across a given area.

(ii) Which are three main factors that cause population change?

(a) Births, deaths and marriage

(b) Births, deaths and migration

(c) Births, deaths and life expectancy

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In this exercise, we will answer six questions regarding human resources and population dynamics. Let's start with the first three questions.

Exercise 1: Population Geography Answers

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Question one asks why people are considered a resource. People are a nation's greatest resource because it is their healthy and educated nature that turns natural materials into useful resources through their demands and abilities.

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Next, let's look at why population distribution is so uneven around the world.

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Question three asks why the world population has grown so rapidly. This is primarily due to the 'natural growth rate'. Improved medical facilities and food supplies decreased the death rate, while the birth rate remained relatively high.

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Now, let's move on to the next set of questions regarding population factors, composition, and pyramids.

Exercise 1: Continued

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Question four asks for two factors influencing population change. We can identify birth rate and death rate as primary factors.

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Human Resources and Population
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