Reviewing For The Test

Today in class we reviewed for our test on Friday. Here are some questions that might be on the test :

• What are developing countries? - Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America.
• Where does most of the population growth take place? - developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America.
• About how many people are on the world right now? - 7.6 billion
• When was the 1st billion people on the world reached? - 1804
• What is the rate that we are gaining people? - staying the same
• How long did it take to reach 1 billion people? 10,000+ years
• Who is expected to have a longer life expectancy? - Women
• How do you find RNI? - Birth Rate - Death Rate = RNI
• How do you find Net Migration Rate? - Immigration - Emigration = Net Migration Rate
• What are Push forces? (2 & include countries) - Afghanistan ~ natural disasters & Chad ~ terrorist attacks and bombings  
• What are Pull forces? (2 & include countries) - Mexico ~ better work opportunities for other Central American countries & U.S.A. ~ religious freedom for people from Nigeria and other African counties 
• What is Total Fertility Rate? - Average number of children born per woman
• What is the significance of 2.1 for TFR? - higher than : population rising & lower than : population falling
• What is the rate of TFR? - getting lower (decreasing)
• What is GDP per capita (PPP) - Average amount of money people make
• Gross Domestic Product ÷ number of people = GDP per capita (PPP)