POPULATION

VOCABULARY & COMPREHENSION

QUESTIONS
 Match the words with their synonyms and definitions

1) Concern a) Heavily populated

2) Scarce b) Quick, fast
3) Intense c) Become smaller
4) Thereby d) Increase, growth
5) Conflict e) Predict, foretell
6) Foresee f) Worry, anxiety
7) Compile g) Not easy to find or get
8) Sufficient h) happening slowly over a long period
9) Shrink of time
10) Gradual i) as a result of this action
11) Rapid j) to collect information from different
12) Expansion places
13) Populous k) Adequate, enough
l) Having a very strong effect or felt very
strongly
m) a state of disagreement or argument
between people, groups, countries
etc.
MULTIPLE CHOICE:Find the right word for the blanks in the sentences
1. People who study population trends are called _______________.
a) statisticians b) demographers c) investigators
2. an official process of counting a country's population and finding out about the
people is called _______________.
a) census b) election c) register
3. Money provided to someone after he or she has retired is called
_______________.
a) salary b) wage c) pension
4. someone who has been forced to leave their country, especially during a war,
or for political or religious reasons is called _______________.
a) refugee b) settler c) immigrant
5. to leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape from danger is called
_______________.
a) soar b) vanish c) flee
6. very near, next to, or touching is called _______________.
a) adjacent b) above c) among
7. Synonym of “far away” is _______________.
a) secluded b) distant c) isolated
8. _______________ conditions are difficult to live in and very uncomfortable.
a) significant b) risky c) harsh
Comprehension Questions: Which of the following can not be
1) What is the reason and result of inferred from this sentence:
competition for the resources? a) Workers are in bad conditions and
Cause: Food, water, fuel resources face challenges financially
become scarce b) Life span of people has been
Effect: Conflict and environmental expanding in developed countries
damage c) The number of young generations
2) What are the major problems that the has been decreasing
developing countries encounter? d) Developing countries differ from
a) Providing sufficient education developed countries in that the rate
and jobs of birth is much less.
b) Developing effective family-
planning programs
3) Sentence Analysis: “In developed
countries with low birthrates, census
statistics reveal shrinking
populations, with growing numbers
of elderly people but fewer workers
able to provide tax money for health
care and pensions”