Practice: population and work

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1. 1 · Population

   A ___ is all the people who live in a certain area.

   It can be big or small.

   • a) census
   • b) population
   • c) sector
   • d) factory
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   Respuesta: b) population

   A population is all the people who live in an area.

2. 2 · Census

   What is a census?

   It happens about every ten years.

   • a) An official count of the population
   • b) A type of factory
   • c) A list of products
   • d) A map of rivers
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   Respuesta: a) An official count of the population

   A census is an official count of a population, usually made by the government.

3. 3 · Census

   Why is a census useful for the government?

   Think about schools and hospitals.

   • a) To decide where public services are needed
   • b) To sell more products
   • c) To predict the weather
   • d) It is not useful
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   Respuesta: a) To decide where public services are needed

   Census information helps governments plan public services like schools, hospitals and transport.

4. 4 · Population change

   Match the words with their meaning

   Natural factors and migration.

   1. Birth rate
   2. Death rate
   3. Immigration
   4. Emigration

   • a) People moving away from an area
   • b) People moving into an area
   • c) The number of babies born
   • d) The number of deaths
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   Respuesta: Birth rate → The number of babies born · Death rate → The number of deaths · Immigration → People moving into an area · Emigration → People moving away from an area

   Birth and death rates are natural factors; immigration and emigration are migration.

5. 5 · Natural increase

   Drag the missing word

   How do we calculate natural increase?

   births − ____ = natural increase

   Fichas: deaths · immigrants · workers · tourists

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   Respuesta: deaths

   Natural increase = births − deaths. It can be negative if there are more deaths.

6. 6 · Rural exodus

   What was the rural exodus?

   It happened in the last century.

   • a) People moving from villages to cities
   • b) People moving from cities to villages
   • c) Tourists visiting the beach
   • d) Farmers planting more olives
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   Respuesta: a) People moving from villages to cities

   In the rural exodus many people left rural areas to find work and services in cities.

7. 7 · Sectors

   Which sector takes raw materials from nature?

   Farmers, miners, fishermen.

   • a) Primary
   • b) Secondary
   • c) Tertiary
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   Respuesta: a) Primary

   The primary sector collects raw materials from natural resources.

8. 8 · Sectors

   Which sector transforms raw materials into manufactured products?

   Factories and workshops.

   • a) Primary
   • b) Secondary
   • c) Tertiary
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   Respuesta: b) Secondary

   The secondary sector transforms raw materials into products in factories and workshops.

9. 9 · Raw materials

   Match each raw material with a product

   From nature to the shop.

   1. Olives
   2. Wool
   3. Wood
   4. Oranges

   • a) A jumper
   • b) Juice
   • c) Olive oil
   • d) Paper
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   Respuesta: Olives → Olive oil · Wool → A jumper · Wood → Paper · Oranges → Juice

   Raw materials from the primary sector become manufactured products in the secondary sector.

10. 10 · Workshops

    Where do craft workers usually work?

    With small tools.

    • a) In factories
    • b) In workshops
    • c) In mines
    • d) On boats
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    Respuesta: b) In workshops

    Craft workers make products by hand in workshops. Factory workers use big machines in factories.