Name: Population and migration – Revision Placemat

Knowledge tick list: Global population explosion (p4-5) Overpopulation and underpopulation (p6-11) Key Words and definitions

 Describe and suggest reasons for the world’s a. Annotated diagram Definitions  Birth rate
‘population explosion’.  Death rate
 Describe the main components influencing Consequences of:
 Natural increase
population growth – birth rate, death rate and a. Over-population
migration  Immigration
b. Under-population
 Describe the main components influencing  emigration
population growth – birth rate, death rate and
Nigeria – four facts:  Net migration
migration
 The Demographic Transition Model – five
 Push and pull factors
stages  Overpopulation
 Describe the relationship between population
b. Reasons for the rapid growth after 1800  Under-population
and resources and explain why problems such Australia – four facts:
 LIC, MIC, HIC
as over-population and under-population may
arise in some areas.  Dependency ratio
 Population structure and age-sex pyramids  Population distribution
(and the way they link into DTM)  Population density
 The impacts of varying types of dependent
populations (youthful and ageing).
 Describe and account for (using physical,
Causes of a change in population size (p12-13) Variation in population growth rates (p14-15) Population growth/decline case studies (p16-17)
human and economic factors) the global
distribution of population. How do each of the following affect growth rate? Niger – four facts Russia – four facts
 Describe and account for the main patterns of a. Annotated sketch of the DTM
migration. Rural- urban (internal) and
a. GDP
international migrations must be included, as
well as voluntary/ involuntary.
 Case studies of: b. cost of living
o High/low natural increase
o Over/underpopulation
c. disease (HIV/AIDS) Migration case study: Qatar – four facts (p26-27)
o Aging and youthful population
o migration
d. religion

e. government policy
b. Falling birth rates – three reasons:
High dependence case study: Italy (ageing) – four facts (p30-31)

c. Falling death rates – three reasons:

Population policies (20-21) Population migration (p22-25) Population structure (p28-29) Distribution and density (p32-37)
a. Annotated youthful pyramid (LIC)
a. Why governments create population policies a. Push-pull model diagram a. Factors causing concentration

b. Singapore (pro-natalist policy) – four facts b. Factors causing dispersal (sparse)

b. Push factors – three examples:

c. Pull factors – three examples:

b. Annotated aged (post-mature) pyramid (HIC)
c. Japan: high density – four facts
d. Impacts of migration
c. China (anti-natalist policy) – four facts
Origin Destination

+ve -ve +ve -ve

d. Namibia: low density – four facts