East Chapter 3 Review

According to the population pyramid of this country, its population is most likely...

• growing slowly.
• growing rapidly.
• decreasing.
• not changing.

Which has NOT been a major cause of the population explosion?

• modern preventive medicine
• increase in life expectancy
• improved sanitation
• decrease in life expectancy

Which of the following is likely to be affected by a population of 7 billion?

• amount of land for agriculture
• amount of clean water
• number of people who are unemployed
• all of the above

The number of live births per 1000 people is called the...

• growth rate.
• infant rate.
• baby total.
• birth rate.

If a country has a death rate of 30 and a birth rate of 45 the natural rate of increase would show the population is ______.

• Increasing
• Decreasing
• Staying the same
• Fluctuating too much

A factor that leaves one with no choice but to leave one's current home country.

• environmental
• distribution
• pull factor
• push factor

The movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in a new location. 

• pull factor
• push factor
• distribution
• migration

The average number of people living in a square kilometer is called...

• urbanization. 
• internal migration. 
• population density. 
• pull factors. 

One reason for a rapid population growth is...

• an increase in pull factors.
• declining death rates. 
• a sparse population density. 
• internal migration.

Moving from place to place in the same country 

• Urbanization 
• Internal Migration 
• Pull Factor 
• Declining death rates