DPS INTERNATIONAL ,SAKET

CLASS X
ASSIGNMENT SECTION 6 AND 7
1.

(a) What is shown in a population pyramid? [3]

(b) Describe what the prediction suggests will happen in Botswana by 2050.
[3]
(c) (i) Draw an outline shape of a population pyramid for a typical developed
country to show how it might differ from those given for Botswana. [3]
(ii) Explain what causes the difference in the shape of the population pyramid
of a developed and a developing country. [4]
(d) Discuss how an improvement in education in a developing country such as
Botswana might have an effect on its population. [7]

2. The table gives information on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), industrial

production, consumer prices and trade balances for a number of countries in
2006.

(a) Does the table support the idea that countries should copy China and have
a large increase in industrial production in order to achieve a high increase in
GDP? [4]
(b) The table shows that the GDP in Singapore increased by 2.3 % more than
that in Taiwan. What evidence is there to suggest that the people in
Singapore may not feel 2.3 % better off than those in Taiwan? [2]
(c) What else might you investigate to determine whether people in Singapore
were in fact better off than people in Taiwan? [7]
3. Many people emigrate to another country for a variety of reasons and this
trend seems to be on the increase.
(a) Describe what is meant by net migration. [3]
(b) Explain the possible economic reasons why some people might emigrate.
[7]
(c) Discuss the economic effects of a large increase in the number of migrants
into a country. [10]
4. World population has more than doubled since 1950. People in many
countries face poverty and malnutrition.
(a) What differences might you expect to find in the factors that affect
population growth in developed and developing countries? [4]
(b) Analyse what might happen to the occupational distribution of the
population as a country becomes more developed. [6]
(c) What is meant by a countrys economic output? [3]
(d) An increase in population means an increase in labour. It is, therefore, to
be encouraged. Do you agree with this view? [7]