POPULATION & MIGRATION

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1. Who was Thomas Malthus?
2. What book did he write?
3. Why was his book controversial?
4. What do you think of his theory?
5. How can we reduce the population by humane means?
6. WHat is meant by a Malthusian catastrophe?
7. How do famines occur?
8. What is the difference between a food scarcity and a famine?
9. Is it necessary to reduce the world population?
10. What are the benefits from having a large population?
11. Where do most of the world’s population live?
12. What percentage of the world’s population lives in Asia?
13. By 2050 which will be the world’s most populous country?
14. What are the world’s top ten most populated countries?
15. What precentage of the world’s population is found in Europe?
16. What is natural increase when referring to the birth rate?
17. Is Spain’s birth rate above or below natural increase?
18. How has the demographic (population) changed in Spain between 1960-2020?
19. What is considered a high rate of natural increase?
20. What does net migration refer to?
21. How do calculate population density?
22. Which are the most densely populated countries in the world?
23. Why do China and India have such large populations when compared to the rest of the world?
24. What is the working age of a population?
25. Demographic trends: Why did the world’s population increase dramatically during the 17th century?
26. What is the world’s population?
27. In which century was there a population explosion?
28. Why was there a population explosion at this time?
29. What has happened to the world’s birth rate recently?
30. What has happened to life expectancy?
31. What is the world’s average life expectancy in developed countries?
32. Why is the birth rate high in developing countries?
33. Why does population ageing occur?
34. What problems are there with an ageing population?
35. What solution is there for an ageing population?
36. What percentage of the population in developed countries are over 65?
37. What type of country has an expanding population pyramid?
38. What type of country has a stationary population pyramid?
39. What type of country has a contracting population pyramid?
40. What are some of the reasons for why people migrate?
41. What are some positive consequences for the country receiving migrants?
42. What are some consequences things for the country where the migrant are leaving?
43. What are some negative consequences for the country receiving migrants?
44. What are some negative consequences for the country where the migrants are leaving?
45. What is internal migration?