Unit 1: Changing Population
Topic 1.3: Population challenges and opportunities Questions
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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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Explain how one suitable presentation technique could be used to display gender data on STEM graduates.
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Distinguish between an internally displaced person and a refugee.
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How does prosecuting traffickers help reduce trafficking?
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Explain one social difficulty and one economic difficulty that an ageing population can create.
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Suggest one policy a government could use to reduce the effects of an ageing population.
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Explain why a falling dependency ratio can lead to faster economic growth.
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Distinguish between a pro-natal policy and an anti-natal policy.
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Describe the shape of a population pyramid for a country with a declining population.
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Give and develop two distinct benefits that individuals gain from the expansion of megacities.
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Set out two distinct policies that governments or societies use to advance gender equality and explain how each works.
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Explain how poverty makes people more vulnerable to being trafficked.
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Roughly what population makes an urban area a megacity?
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Explain one cultural reason and one economic reason for declining fertility rates.
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Study the dependency-ratio data for five world regions.
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Which policy is designed to raise a country's birth rate?
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The data show the working-age share of the population for two countries over time.
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