Lesson Y8-U03-L05

The Demographic Transition Model Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 9

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U03-L05, The Demographic Transition Model: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 9: Year 8: Development and Global Inequality, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. How is birth rate officially measured?

    • Total births per year
    • Births per 1,000 people
    • Percentage of children
    • Births per square kilometre

  2. How is death rate officially measured?

    • Deaths per 1,000 people
    • Total deaths per year
    • Percentage of elderly
    • Deaths per hospital bed

  3. What term describes when birth rates exceed death rates in a population?

    • Natural decrease
    • Population crash
    • Net migration
    • Natural increase

  4. How many stages does the Demographic Transition Model have?

    • Three
    • Five
    • Four
    • Six

  5. In which stage are both the birth rate and the death rate highest?

    • Stage 3
    • Stage 2
    • Stage 4
    • Stage 1

  6. In which stage are both rates low and the population high and steady?

    • Stage 1
    • Stage 3
    • Stage 2
    • Stage 4

  7. Which rate typically falls first as a country develops?

    • Death rate
    • Migration rate
    • Fertility rate
    • Birth rate

  8. In which DTM stage is the gap between the birth and death lines widest?

    • Stage 2
    • Stage 1
    • Stage 4
    • Stage 3

  9. A country has 38 births and 9 deaths per 1,000. What is happening?

    • Migration has stopped
    • Population is shrinking
    • Population is stable
    • Population is growing

  10. What happens to population size when deaths exceed births per 1,000?

    • Migration stops completely
    • Population is stable
    • Population is growing
    • Population is shrinking

  11. Niger has 46 births and 8 deaths per 1,000. What does this show?

    • Rapid population growth
    • Zero population growth
    • Rapid population decline
    • Stage 5 characteristics

  12. In Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model, what happens to the death rate?

    • It rises sharply
    • It falls fast
    • It stays very high
    • It drops to zero

  13. What key change defines Stage 3 of the DTM?

    • Death rate rises
    • Birth rate increases
    • Birth rate falls
    • Death rate fluctuates

  14. Which DTM stage best fits the UK, with low births, low deaths and a steady population?

    • Stage 1
    • Stage 4
    • Stage 3
    • Stage 2

  15. Which DTM stage best fits Niger, with very high births, falling deaths and a booming population?

    • Stage 4
    • Stage 2
    • Stage 1
    • Stage 3

  16. A country has high births, falling deaths and a booming population. Which stage is it in?

    • Stage 2
    • Stage 1
    • Stage 3
    • Stage 4

  17. In the Demographic Transition Model, why does the death rate fall before the birth rate?

    • Governments ban medicine
    • Food supplies always fail
    • Healthcare improves faster
    • Families want more children

  18. What major change forces a country to leave Stage 1 of the DTM?

    • Total population drops
    • Death rates fall
    • Emigration stops
    • Birth rates rise

  19. Why is the total population high in both Stage 2 and Stage 4 of the DTM?

    • Different underlying reasons
    • Migration rates are equal
    • Birth rates are identical
    • Death rates are identical

  20. Why can the Demographic Transition Model not accurately predict every country's exact future population?

    • It excludes death rates
    • It is a generalisation
    • It only measures wealth
    • It ignores migration

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