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Demography bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Systematic study of population.
    Item
    Demography
  2. Clue
    Ten-yearly count of all people.
    Item
    Census
  3. Clue
    Said food cannot keep pace with people.
    Item
    Malthus
  4. Clue
    Three-stage theory of growth.
    Item
    Transition
  5. Clue
    Live births per 1000 population.
    Item
    Birth rate
  6. Clue
    Females per 1000 males.
    Item
    Sex ratio
  7. Clue
    Ratio of young and old to workers.
    Item
    Dependency
  8. Clue
    Benefit of a young working population.
    Item
    Dividend
  9. Clue
    Sen's explanation of famine.
    Item
    Entitlement
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation

_Source: syllabus Indian Society, Chapter 2, The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society._
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