Lesson Y8-U03-L05

Y8-U03-L05 The Demographic Transition Model Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 9

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U03-L05, The Demographic Transition Model: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 9: Year 8: Development and Global Inequality, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the birth rate?

    • The number of babies born per 100 women each decade
    • The number of babies born per 1,000 people each year
    • The number of children starting school each year per 1,000
    • The number of people who die each year per 1,000

  2. What is the death rate?

    • The number of people who die per 1,000 people each year
    • The number of people who move into a country each year
    • The number of babies born per 1,000 people each year
    • The number of people aged over 65 per 1,000

  3. What does 'natural increase' mean?

    • When people move out of a country faster than they arrive
    • When births and deaths are exactly equal
    • When a country's population is shrinking
    • When more people are born than die, so the population grows

  4. How many stages does the Demographic Transition Model have?

    • Three
    • Five
    • Four
    • Six

  5. In which stage are both the birth rate and the death rate highest?

    • Stage 3
    • Stage 2
    • Stage 4
    • Stage 1

  6. In which stage are both rates low and the population high and steady?

    • Stage 1
    • Stage 3
    • Stage 2
    • Stage 4

  7. Which rate falls first as a country develops?

    • The death rate
    • Both fall at exactly the same time
    • Neither rate changes
    • The birth rate

  8. In which DTM stage is the gap between the birth and death lines widest?

    • Stage 2
    • Stage 1
    • Stage 4
    • Stage 3

  9. Country A has a birth rate of 38 and a death rate of 9 per 1,000. What is happening to its population?

    • It is shrinking, because births are above deaths
    • It is shrinking, because deaths are lower than births
    • It is steady, because the rates are equal
    • It is growing, because births are above deaths

  10. Country B has a birth rate of 8 and a death rate of 11 per 1,000. What is happening to its population?

    • It is growing rapidly, because the death rate is high
    • It is steady, because the two rates add up to 19
    • It is growing, because births are above deaths
    • It is shrinking, because deaths are above births

  11. Niger has about 46 births and 8 deaths per 1,000 people. Which statement is correct?

    • Births far exceed deaths, so the population grows quickly
    • Births and deaths balance, so the population is steady
    • Deaths far exceed births, so the population shrinks
    • Both births and deaths fall, so there is no change

  12. In Stage 2 of the DTM, what happens to the death rate?

    • It rises sharply
    • It falls fast
    • It stays at its highest level
    • It stops completely

  13. What happens in Stage 3 of the DTM?

    • Births rise sharply while deaths fall, so the population grows fast
    • Both rates rise to their highest levels, so the population peaks
    • The birth rate falls quickly while the death rate stays low
    • Population stops growing at once because both rates fall to zero

  14. Which DTM stage best fits the UK, with low births, low deaths and a steady population?

    • Stage 1
    • Stage 4
    • Stage 3
    • Stage 2

  15. Which DTM stage best fits Niger, with very high births, falling deaths and a booming population?

    • Stage 4
    • Stage 2
    • Stage 1
    • Stage 3

  16. A country has high births, falling deaths and a booming population. Which stage is it in?

    • Stage 2
    • Stage 1
    • Stage 3
    • Stage 4

  17. Why does the death rate fall before the birth rate as a country develops?

    • Deaths fall only after births have been banned by the government in that country
    • Birth rates depend only on the weather, so they change first, before any deaths fall
    • Better food, clean water and medicine cut deaths quickly, while family size changes more slowly
    • Families have more children as deaths fall, so births rise first and quickly

  18. Explain why no country can stay in Stage 1 forever once it begins to develop.

    • Population always falls in Stage 1, so countries must move on to the next stage
    • Improved health and food reduce deaths, so the population balance must change
    • Stage 1 forces migrants to leave, so no country can stay in it for long
    • Stage 1 is a temporary holiday that governments end by law after some years

  19. Compare Stage 2 and Stage 4. Why is population high in both stages?

    • Stage 2 is high because of rapid recent growth, while Stage 4 is high and steady because births and deaths are both low
    • Stage 4 has more births than Stage 2 does, so its population grows faster today than before
    • Both have high births, so both grow for the same reason, with numbers rising each year fast
    • Both have low deaths only, which is the same reason, so growth stays much the same over time in each

  20. Evaluate: 'The DTM lets us predict any country's future population.' How far do you agree?

    • Agree, because the DTM gives exact population numbers for each year in every country studied
    • Disagree, because the model describes general patterns and countries do not follow the stages exactly
    • Agree, because every country moves through the stages on one fixed timetable everywhere in the world
    • Disagree, because the DTM only describes Stage 1, the earliest and simplest stage of growth

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