Urbanisation : growth of towns and cities

Birth rate : number of babies born

Death rate : number of people who die.

Enumerator : someone who counts people during a census.

Fertility rate : number of babies born to each woman in her life time.

Age structure : number of people of each age group.

Life expectancy: number of years a person is expected to live.

Infant mortality rate: number of children who die below 5 years.

Teenager : people aged between 13 - 19.

Exercise
1. Read and spell the key words given below
(a) fertility rate
(b) urbanisation
(c) Teenager

2. Construct simple sentences using the words given below
(a) Life expectancy
(b) death rate
(c ) Family planning.

Exercise 12
1 . What is population?
2. Give any two causes of population growth.
3. What is a census night?
4. What is population density?
5. Why are some areas densely populated while others are sparsely populated?
6. How can the government discourage families from having many children?
7. What is the difference between densely and sparsely populated.
8. Which Ministry is responsible for carrying out Census?
9. Why is Census carried out after ten years in Uganda? 10. Why is a high population important for a country?