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Birth Rates and Death Rates

The document is a geography test for Form 3 students at Riverton Academy, focusing on birth and death rates. It includes questions related to data interpretation from scatter graphs, calculations of natural population growth rates, and discussions on population decline and its implications. Additionally, it examines historical changes in birth and death rates in Mauritius during the 20th century.

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Birth Rates and Death Rates

The document is a geography test for Form 3 students at Riverton Academy, focusing on birth and death rates. It includes questions related to data interpretation from scatter graphs, calculations of natural population growth rates, and discussions on population decline and its implications. Additionally, it examines historical changes in birth and death rates in Mauritius during the 20th century.

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RIVERTON ACADEMY

FORM 3 GEOGRAPHY TEST

TOPIC : BIRTH RATE AND DEATH RATE

Answer all questions

1 (a) Study Fig. 1, a scatter graph which shows the birth and death rates of seven countries
in 2004.

Fig. 1

(i) Name the country with a birth rate of 36 per 1000 and a death rate of 24 per 1000. [1]

(ii) Calculate the natural population growth rate of Tanzania. You must show your working.
[2]

(iii) Name the country shown on Fig. 1 which experienced:


A. the highest rate of natural population growth,
B. natural population decline. [2]

(iv) What problems may be faced by countries experiencing population decline. [4]

(v) Explain ways which may be used by these countries to reduce the problems. [3]

(vi) Suggest reasons why Botswana has a higher death rate than the USA. [3]
(b) Study Fig. 2 which shows how birth and death rates in Mauritius (an LEDC in the Indian
Ocean) changed during the 20th century.

Fig. 2

(i) Suggest possible reasons for the decline in the birth rate in Mauritius from the 1960s. [5]

(ii) Describe how natural growth rates in Mauritius have changed during the 20th century.
Support your answer with dates and figures. [5]

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