Birth rates are sometimes used as a social development measure. What other rate is similarly used?

The population dynamics of LICs and NEEs can be studied in relation to a time line called the Demographic Transition Model (DTM). But what data is used to compile this DTM?

HICs currently have low birth and death rates. But what were those rates previously?

How many stages are there in the DTM?

What stage of the DTM are LICs in?

What stage of the DTM are NEEs mostly in?

In general, what happens to the birth rate in countries that promote education for women?

Bangladesh is an NEE. In 1970 the average birth rate was seven per women. What is now (2013)?

In NEEs, improved healthcare means contraception may be widely available. What been the resulting effect on the birth-rate?

Every country has had a ‘population explosion’ or rapid population growth. When was the UK’s?

What is slowing the global population growth?

Global population growth is slowing. When is global growth expected to level off?

Global population growth is slowing. At what figure is global population growth expected to level off?

What is the term used when there are too many people for the available land and resources?

Population growth is rarely the sole cause of overpopulation. When famine occurred in Ethiopia in the 1980s, which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the famine?

In the demographic transition model (DTM) what is the gap called between the birth rate and the death rate?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Stage 1 of the DTM?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Stage 2 of the DTM?

Which of the following is not a symptom of over population?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Stage 3 of the DTM?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Stage 4 of the DTM?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Stage 5 of the DTM?

In Stage 5 of the DTM one characteristic is that the death rate increases slightly. Why is this?

In Stage 4 of the DTM, one characteristic is that the birth rate tends to fluctuate. What is this dependant upon?

In which stage of the DTM does the high birth rate and high death rate fluctuate because of disease, famine and war?