Factors Affecting Distribution of Population

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Answer the following questions.

(i) Why are resources distributed unequally over the Earth?

(ii) What is resource conservation?

(iii) Why are human resources important?

(iv) What is sustainable development?

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Differentiate between skilled semiskilled and unskilled labour

Q. Geographical factor(s) which affect(s) the distribution of population is/are:

1. Topography
2. Water
3. Climate
4. All the above

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You are participating in a debate where you have to provide reasons to support the following statement: ‘Muslims are a marginalized community’. Using the data provided in this chapter, list two reasons that you would give.

Q. Which of the following is not a geographical factor affecting the population distribution?

1. Demography
2. Topography
3. Soil
4. Climate

Q. What do we call the number of people living in a unit area of the earth's surface?

1. Population density
2. Topography
3. Population change
4. Natural growth rate

Q. The population is said to be steady or remains the same when the __________.

1. birth rate is more than the death rate
2. death rate is more than the birth rate
3. birth rate and death rate are the same
4. None of the above

Q. Natural population growth rate is the difference between ____ and ____.

1. birth rate, death rate
2. death rate, infant mortality rate
3. fertility rate, birth rate
4. birth rate, infant mortality rate

Q. Choose the non-physical factor that affects the distribution of population in a country.

1. Fertile soil
2. Stable governments
3. Water
4. Shape and height of land

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describe how resoures are classified as a human being how can we ensure sustainable development?

Q. Pattern of population distribution is generally based on _____ of a particular place.

1. geography
2. religion
3. gender
4. caste

Q. On the basis of skill, labour employed in the process of production can be classified as ________.

1. inexperienced, experienced and highly experienced
2. unskilled, skilled and highly Skilled
3. not knowledgeable, knowledgeable, highly knowledgeable
4. inexpert, expert, proficient

Q. Pick out the incorrect statement pertaining to the density of population:

1. Availability of mineral resources, industrial development, good transport network contribute to the high density of population in the north eastern and south western coasts of America.
2. In China the population is concentrated along the banks of the Yangtze Yang and Hwang Ho rivers.
3. The coastal parts of Africa, Europe and Asia have a moderate density of population.
4. Deserts like Sahara and Kalahari are having a high density of population.

Q. Choose the option which is not the factor on which the productivity of a nation's human resources depends.

1. Literacy
2. Health
3. Census
4. Possession of technical skills

Q. Identify the wrong statement with respect to sparsely populated areas.

1. Usually the high altitude areas and extremely cold zones are sparsely populated.
2. These regions enjoy an equable climate where there is adequate rainfall.
3. Climate here is inhospitable.
4. Very few people live in the equatorial forests.

Q. What are the similarities between information technology industry in Bangalore and Karnataka?

Q. Increase in natural population growth rate signifies ________.

1. increase in death rate
2. increase in population
3. decrease in death rate
4. decrease in population

Q. Complete the sentences below using some of the following words.
[sparsely, favourable, fallow, artificial, fertile, natural, extreme, densely]
When people are attracted to an area it becomes ....................... populated. Factors that influence this include ....................... climate; good supplies of ....................... resources and ....................... land.

Q. Which of the following is not a social factor affecting the population distribution?

1. Education
2. Health
3. Gender
4. Climate

Q. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> A few important statements with respect to the human resources are given below. Pick out the one that is not true.

1. Human resources differ in educational levels, age and sex across the globe.
2. The numbers and characteristics of human resources keep changing.
3. Human resource is considered to be the ultimate resource.
4. Human resources, unlike other resources, are equally distributed across the world.

Q. Population density refers to ____________.

1. the number of unskilled people in a country
2. the way in which people are spread across the earth's surface
3. the number of skilled people in a country
4. the number of people living per square unit of area

Q. The main reasons for population growth are:

1. Better food supplies
2. Medicines
3. Decreasing death rate
4. All of the above

Q. Which one of the following places is one of the most densely populated areas of the world?

1. Ganga Plains
2. Andes
3. Himalayas
4. Sahara Desert

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Why do very few people live in high altitude areas, tropical deserts, high mountains and area of equatorial areas?

Answer in points

Q. The areas which usually enjoy an equable climate, adequate rainfall, where the land is flat, and the soil is fertile are referred to as:

1. Thickly Populated Regions
2. Sparsely Populated Regions
3. Meagerly Populated Regions
4. Moderately Populated Regions

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Give the biological/ technical terms for the following:

The number of persons living per square kilometer at any given time.