Population & City Life: Key Terms

Q1. What is natural population increase?

• • Births minus deaths
• • City area divided by population
• • Immigrants minus emigrants
• • Total tourists per year

Q2. Which term describes a chart showing a population’s age and sex structure?

• • Transit grid
• • Population pyramid
• • Contour profile
• • Weather map

Q3. What does life expectancy measure?

• • Number of people per square kilometer
• • Average rainfall per year
• • Average number of years a person is expected to live
• • Distance from a capital city

Q4. What is gentrification?

• • Neighborhood change often involving rising property values and displacement pressures
• • The process of forming a river delta
• • The drawing of latitude lines
• • A type of mountain building

Q5. What is a world city or global city?

• • A city built only on islands
• • A city with no suburbs
• • Any city located on the Equator
• • A city with major influence in global finance, culture, or networks

Q6. What is a slum often called in urban geography?

• • A coral atoll
• • A drainage basin
• • An informal settlement
• • A mountain pass

Q7. What does rural mean?

• • Related to deep space
• • Related to the countryside rather than a city
• • Related to only oceans
• • Related to a capital building

Q8. What does population density measure?

• • Number of rivers
• • Total land elevation
• • Average income
• • People per unit of area

Q9. What is a metropolitan area?

• • An uninhabited mountain region
• • Only the historic center of a city
• • A city plus its surrounding connected suburbs and communities
• • A farming district only

Q10. What does a census usually measure?

• • Population and demographic information
• • Only ocean currents
• • Only daily rainfall
• • Only mountain height

Q11. What is a primate city?

• • A city with no suburbs
• • A city far larger and more influential than others in the same country
• • A city located in a rainforest only
• • A city founded by explorers