Chapter 2 K.I. #3 - “Why is Population Increasing at Different Rates in Different Countries?”

Ch. 2 Key Issue 2 – pp.54-55

  1. The pattern formed by the number of people in different age groups in a country is called the ______.
  2. What demographic characteristics of a country does a population pyramid graphically illustrate?
  1. Describe the basic structure of a population pyramid.
  1. What can the age distribution reflected on a country’s population pyramid tell us about that country?
  1. What segments of a population are considered “dependents”?
  1. What kind of population pyramid indicates a country experiencing a greater financial burden on its working-age cohorts?
  1. Why does having such a large youthful population in sub-Saharan Africa put such a huge strain on those countries?
  1. What kinds of strains exist in a “graying” population?
  1. What can the gender distribution reflected on a country’s population pyramid tell us about that country?
  1. What accounts for the different sex ratios between developed countries and Asian countries?

Ch. 2 Key Issue 3 – pp.56-59

Demographic Transition Model

  1. Define Demographic Transition:
  1. Briefly describe what happens (statistically)in the 4 stages of the DTM?

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  1. According to the DTM (statistically), how is population equilibrium achieved in Stage 1?
  1. According to the DTM (statistically), what causes population growth in Stage 2?
  1. Identify (what and when) the following revolutions and explain the impact of each on the demographic transition of countries.
  1. Agricultural Revolution:
  1. Industrial Revolution:
  1. Medical Revolution:
  1. What social and economic changes occur to cause the sudden drop in CBR that allows a country to enter Stage 3?
  1. What is ZPG and how does a country achieve it?
  1. What social and economic factors allow countries to achieve population equilibrium in Stage 4?
  1. When a country has completed its demographic transition, how is it different than before it began the process?
  1. Summarize the key historical events in the demographic transition of England.
  1. Name three countries whose experience is consistent with the DTM for population change?
  1. Give an example of a country in each stage of the DTM, and discuss how the shape of its population pyramid reflects that. (Figures 2-18 – 2-21)
  1. Stage 2 –
  1. Stage 3 –
  1. Stage 4 –
  1. Why aretoday’s less developed countries not reaching Stages 3 and 4 in the DTM?
  1. Name 3 countries whose experience would not support the usefulness of the DTM for population change?

Demographic Revolutions

Identify the following revolutions and explain the impact of each on the demographic transition of countries.

Agricultural Revolution
p.348 / Industrial Revolution
p.56, p. 395 / Medical Revolution
p.56
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
What happened?
How did it impact NIR / DTM?
Why did it have thatimpact?