Unit 1: Changing Population
Topic 1.3: Population challenges and opportunities Questions
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Define the dependency ratio.
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Explain how one suitable presentation technique could be used to display gender data on STEM graduates.
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Give one method of reducing people trafficking and develop why it works.
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Outline what the term fertility rate means as a population indicator.
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A demographic dividend is the economic boost from having…
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Why do low-GDP governments struggle to manage IDP camps?
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What is the dependency ratio?
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Roughly what population makes an urban area a megacity?
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What is human trafficking?
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Explain why a falling dependency ratio can lead to faster economic growth.
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How does prosecuting traffickers help reduce trafficking?
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An infographic shows new internal displacements in 2020 for two regions.
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Distinguish between a demographic dividend and an ageing population.
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Explain how border and document checks can reduce human trafficking.
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Explain how poverty makes people more vulnerable to being trafficked.
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Describe one policy intended to combat human trafficking and explain how it works.
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Distinguish between a pro-natal policy and an anti-natal policy.
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Distinguish between an internally displaced person and a refugee.
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Fertility usually falls when women's status improves because women…
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Give and develop two distinct benefits that individuals gain from the expansion of megacities.
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