Population & Primary Sector

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  1. Where do most of the world’s population live?
  2. What percentage of the world’s population lives in Asia?
  3. By 2050 which will be the world’s most populous country?
  4. What are the world’s top ten most populated countries?
  5. What precentage of the world’s population is found in Europe?
  6. What does CBR stand for?
  7. What does TFR stand for?
  8. What does CDR stand for?
  9. What is the difference between CBR and TFR?
  10. What is considered a high rate of natural increase?
  11. What does net migration refer to?
  12. How do calculate population density?
  13. What is the working age of a population?
  14. Demographic trends: Why did the world’s population increase dramatically during the 17th century?
  15. What is the world’s population?
  16. In which century was there a population explosion?
  17. What is the difference between the birth rate and the fertility rate?
  18. What has happened to the world’s birth rate recently?
  19. What has happened to life expectancy?
  20. What is the world’s average life expectancy in developed countries?
  21. Why is the birth rate high in developing countries?
  22. Why does population ageing occur?
  23. What percentage of the population in developed countries are over 65?
  24. What type of country has an expanding population pyramid?
  25. What type of country has a stationary population pyramid?
  26. What type of country has a contracting population pyramid?
  27. What are some of the reasons for why people migrate?
  28. What are some positive things for the country receiving migrants?
  29. What are some positive things for the country where the migrant are leaving?
  30. What are some negative things for the country receiving migrants?
  31. What are some negative things for the country where the migrant are leaving?
  32. What is internal migration?
  33. What is Spain’s population?
  34. What does generational replacement refer to?
  35. What is predicted for Spain’s working-age population in the year 2064?
  36. How can you tell by looking at a population pyramid whether the pyramid represents a developed country or an underdeveloped country?
  37. Historically has Spain been a country of emigration or immigration?
  38. What percentage of Spain’s population is comprised of foreigners?
  39. True or false: The region of Catalunya has the highest number of foreigners
  40. Which Spanish region has the highest number of foreigners?
  41. Which Spanish region has the lowest proportion of foreigners?
  42. Why do coastal areas in Spain attract more immigrants than inland areas?
  43. As a result of the economic crisis Spain saw negative net migration between 2011-15. What does negative net migration mean?
  44. How many people left Spain between 2011-15?
  45. Which continent provides Spain with the majority of its immigrants?
  46. Which foreign nationality is the largest in Spain?
  47. Which are the three most densely populated areas in Spain?
  48. Which autonomous community has the largest population?
  49. Explain what the rural exodus was in Spain, when it happened and why?
  50. Give a definition for the primary sector
  51. Is the primary sector important for the economy? Why / why not?
  52. What does the primary sector consist of? (page 64)
  53. What percentage did agriculture contribute to the world’s GDP in 2012? (page 64)
  54. What percentage of the world’s active population works in agriculture? (page 64)
  55. Why has the percentage of people working in agriculture fallen since the Industrial Revolution?
  56. What percentage of the active population work in agriculture in developed countries?
  57. What percentage of the active population work in agriculture in emerging and less developed countries?
  58. What percentage of the active population work in agriculture in the world’s poorest countries?
  59. What do you know about agriculture in Almeria?
  60. Define commercial agriculture
  61. What is intensive farming?
  62. What is extensive farming?
  63. Explain the difference between rainfed and irrigation crops
  64. What is monoculture and what type of farmer would employ this method?
  65. What is polyculture and what type of farmer would employ this method?
  66. What type of agriculture is practiced in Canada? (page 69)
  67. What type of agriculture is practiced in Morocco? (page 69)
  68. What are some of the benefits of commercial agriculture?
  69. What are some of the problems of commercial agriculture?
  70. What are GM crops? (page 70)
  71. What is the controversy surrounding GM crops?
  72. What is subsistence agriculture?
  73. What are plantations? (page 73)
  74. What type crops are produced on a plantation?
  75. What are the benefits of this type of agriculture for multinationals and less developed countries?
  76. What are the drawbacks (disadvantages) of this type of agriculture for less developed countries?
  77. What are three main types of livestock? (page 74)
  78. Which is better intensive or extensive livestock farming?
  79. What are three types of fishing? (page 75)
  80. What is aquaculture?
  81. Which country consumes the largest amount of fish products in the world?
  82. Which is the second largest consumer of fish in the world? (page 76)
  83. Which is the world’s biggest fish market?
  84. Which country has the largest fishing fleet in the world?
  85. Is fishing important for the future of the world’s food supply?
  86. What percentage of the active population in Spain works in agriculture in Spain?
  87. Which is the EU country with the greatest percentage of land used for agriculture?
  88. Which is the second with 34.4%?
  89. What are the typical products of Spain’s agriculture?
  90. Spain has the second highest number of number of what livestock in the EU?
  91. Which region in Spain has the highest number of pigs?