Key Issues 2.2: Demographic Indicators

The average number of births women bear in the lifetime is:

• crude birth rate.
• crude death rate.
• total fertility rate.
• natural increase rate.

To study fertility, geographers most frequently use:

• crude birth rate.
• crude death rate.
• total fertility rate.
• natural increase rate.

The world's population in 2011 was approximately 7 billion and a steady rate of growth was expected to reach 14 billion in approximately 90 years. The period of 90 years is known as: 

• doubling time.
• life expectancy.
• overpopulation.
• demographic transition.

The annual natural increase rate is currently approximately:

• 1.2 per 1,000.
• 1.2 %.
• 12 %.
• 12 million.

A decline in a country's crude birth rate would result in an increase in the country's:

• total fertility rate.
• crude death rate.
• natural increase rate.
• doubling time.

Of the following 5 countries, the highest NIR is found in:

• China
• Denmark
• Zimbabwe
• Singapore

Of the following 5 countries, the lowest CBR is found in:

• Uganda
• Denmark
• Indonesia
• Nigeria

Life expectancy is lowest in:

• East Asia.
• North America.
• Africa.
• Western Europe.

The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the:

• crude birth rate.
• crude death rate.
• total fertility rate.
• natural increase rate.

Which of the following countries has a high infant mortality rate, whereby women compensate by having more children during their childbearing years?

• Japan
• Angola
• Sweden
• Canada