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Chapter 3 exam

Question 1 of 36

1

The largest problem to overcome in slowing world population growth is

Select one of the following:

  • reducing the infant mortality rate

  • reducing the crude death rate

  • reducing the total fertility rate

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 2 of 36

1

Malthusian theorists and current attempts at slowing world population growth are

Select one of the following:

  • similar in trying to change the behavior of world's people

  • similar encouraging increasing food production

  • similar in passing laws to restrict births

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 3 of 36

1

Less Developed Countries populations struggle mostly with

Select one of the following:

  • stable birth rates

  • increasing life expectancies

  • decreasing fertility rates

  • maintaining sustainable development

Explanation

Question 4 of 36

1

Leaving the country of your birth attracted by economic opportunities elsewhere is

Select one of the following:

  • push factor

  • pull factor

  • economic factor

  • demographic indicator

Explanation

Question 5 of 36

1

Involuntary migration usually involves hostility form

Select one of the following:

  • government

  • majority population

  • economic hardship

  • ethnic group

Explanation

Question 6 of 36

1

Which region of the world has the lowest population growth rates?

Select one of the following:

  • Europe

  • Africa

  • Asia

  • North America

Explanation

Question 7 of 36

1

The point at which a population endangers the environment is formally known as the

Select one of the following:

  • transition model

  • demographic model

  • carrying capacity

  • density rate

Explanation

Question 8 of 36

1

The process with which all nations are said to experience declining birth and death rates

Select one of the following:

  • demographic model

  • demographic transition

  • demographic pyramids

Explanation

Question 9 of 36

1

The value of constructing population pyramids of a countries gender/ age categories is

Select one of the following:

  • predicting future problems

  • preparing for future problems

  • avoiding future problems

  • eliminating the future period

Explanation

Question 10 of 36

1

The infant mortality rate usually tells a great deal about a countries'

Select one of the following:

  • health care system

  • economic system

  • political system

  • social system

Explanation

Question 11 of 36

1

Which of the following statistics is not part of the Human Poverty Index?

Select one of the following:

  • illiteracy

  • unemployment

  • Total fertility rate

  • life expectancy

Explanation

Question 12 of 36

1

A counties crude death rate and crude birth rates is the best indicator of its

Select one of the following:

  • industrial development

  • agricultural development

  • economic development

  • sustainable development

Explanation

Question 13 of 36

1

The biggest flaw in Malthusian theory was an inability to predict the rise of

Select one of the following:

  • increasing discoveries

  • increasing technology

  • increasing creativity

  • all of these

Explanation

Question 14 of 36

1

At present, what seems to be the ideal rate of growth to sustain a country?

Select one of the following:

  • 1.1%

  • 1.5%

  • 2.0%

  • 2.1%

  • 2.5%

Explanation

Question 15 of 36

1

The original wave of migration in the United States was the move from

Select one of the following:

  • urban to rural

  • urban to suburb

  • rural to suburb

  • rural to urban

Explanation

Question 16 of 36

1

The greatest impact of globalization on population in the recent past is

Select one of the following:

  • the spread of technology

  • the spread of diseases

  • the spread of western diseases

  • the spread of democracy

Explanation

Question 17 of 36

1

What is the greatest resistance to population control programs today?

Select one of the following:

  • societal attitudes

  • economic incentives

  • punitive measures

  • none of these

Explanation

Question 18 of 36

1

The rule of 72 is a method used to predict the ____________ of a country.

Select one of the following:

  • life expectancy

  • Total fertility rate

  • infant mortality rate

  • doubling time

  • crude birth rate

Explanation

Question 19 of 36

1

What is the expected population of the world to be in the year 2050?

Select one of the following:

  • 6 billion

  • 7 billion

  • 8 billion

  • 9 billion

  • 10 billion

Explanation

Question 20 of 36

1

Which continent has seen the greatest amount of voluntary migration?

Select one of the following:

  • Africa

  • Aisa

  • Europe

  • South America

  • North America

Explanation

Question 21 of 36

1

Thomas Malthus stated the which three occurrences would put a check on population?

Select one of the following:

  • poverty, sickness and disasters

  • famine, war and disease

  • famine, war, poverty

  • natural disasters, war and sickness

Explanation

Question 22 of 36

1

Rapid world population growth among humans began around

Select one of the following:

  • 1620

  • 1720

  • 1820

  • 1900

  • 1920

Explanation

Question 23 of 36

1

The largest population migration (50 million people left Europe) in which century?

Select one of the following:

  • 20th

  • 19th

  • 18th

  • 17th

  • 16th

Explanation

Question 24 of 36

1

The number of people per unit of arable land is known as _______________ density.

Select one of the following:

  • arithmetic

  • physiological

  • agricultural

  • population

  • land use

Explanation

Question 25 of 36

1

Which of the following would be one way demographics is expressed in the landscape?

Select one of the following:

  • settlement patterns

  • type of government

  • corps produced

  • none of these

Explanation

Question 26 of 36

1

Which of the following is the least significant factor effecting population growth rates?

Select one of the following:

  • doubling time

  • total fertility

  • crude birth rate

  • sex ratio

  • crude death rate

Explanation

Question 27 of 36

1

In which stage of the Demographic Transition are birth rates stable and death rates declining?

Select one of the following:

  • stage 1

  • stage 2

  • stage 3

  • stage 4

  • does not occur in any stage

Explanation

Question 28 of 36

1

Infant Mortality rates are highest in

Select one of the following:

  • East Asia

  • Middle East

  • Central America

  • Africa

  • South Asia

Explanation

Question 29 of 36

1

Population growth rates are lowest in _________________ stage of the Demographic transition

Select one of the following:

  • stage 1

  • stage 2

  • stage 3

  • stage 4

  • stage 5

Explanation

Question 30 of 36

1

The dependency ratio is highest in

Select one of the following:

  • Africa

  • South Asia

  • East Asia

  • Caribbean

  • North America

Explanation

Question 31 of 36

1

Population rates of growth increased 10,000 years ago because of the

Select one of the following:

  • agricultural revolution

  • Industrial revolution

  • Demographic transistion

  • Medical Revolution

  • crude birth rate

Explanation

Question 32 of 36

1

The percentage of people either too young or too old to work in society is the

Select one of the following:

  • gender ratio

  • dependency ration

  • demographic transistion

  • population pyramid

Explanation

Question 33 of 36

1

For every 1,000 babies born in Mozambique this year, nearly 150 of them will die before they reach their first birthday. The rate of 150 deaths per 1,000 babies born, is known as

Select one of the following:

  • total fertility rate

  • crude death rate

  • crude birth rate

  • infant mortality rate

  • life expectancy rate

Explanation

Question 34 of 36

1

Life expectancy is the lowest in

Select one of the following:

  • Africa

  • East Asia

  • South Asia

  • Central America

  • Middle East

Explanation

Question 35 of 36

1

Life expectancy is the lowest in

Select one of the following:

  • Africa

  • East Asia

  • South Asia

  • Central America

  • Middle East

Explanation

Question 36 of 36

1

An increase in the level of women completing higher education and working full time has had which two effects?

Select one of the following:

  • increased infant mortality and life expectancy

  • decreased birth rates and death rates

  • increased total fertility and decreased infant mortality rates

  • decreased total fertility and birth rates

  • movement from stage 4 to stage 5 in the demographic transition

Explanation

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