Chapter 30- China: The World's Most Populous Country

How does the size of China compare to that of the United States?

• China is twice the size of the United States
• China is about the same size as the United States
• China  is half the size of the United States
• China is four times the size of the United States

Geographers sometimes describe China as

• a flat plain that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
• a vast sandy desert that stretches across most of North Africa
• a giant slope that streches from the mountains of Central Asia to the Pacific Ocean
• an icy continent covered in glaciers that surrounds the South Pole

Which statement about China's population is  true?

• China's population declined dramatically in the second half of the 20th century
• The population of China doubles every two years
• In China, the death rate is  higher than the birth rate.
• China was the first country whose population reached 1 billion people.

The rate of natural increase of a population is the same as 

• the annual death rate
• doubling time
• the annual growth rate
• zero population

What was the Great Leap Forward that began in 1958?

• An agricultrural program to help Chinese farmers during a prolonged drought
• a government policy designed to slow China's population growth
• a program intended to make China into an industrial giant
• a policy that allowed foreign companies to invest heavily in China

How did China slow its population growth after Mao's death?

• It limited married couples to just one child under the one-child policy.
• It made irrigation illegal in dry regions, leading to widespread famine and population decline
• It forced people in overpopulated regions to give up their children for international adoption
• It refused medical assistance to the elderly in hopes of increasing the death rate.

What was the effect of the one child policy on the population of China?

• a dramatic population decline
• slower population growth
• zero population growth
• slower population decline

How as the one-child policy had a negative impact on China?

• Large farming families suffer when they do not have enough children to help work on the farms.
• Boys far outnumber girls because many parents prefer to have boys  if  they can only have one child.
• There will be fewer children to care for elderly parents in the future.
• all of the above

Which nation consumes the most energy in the world?

• China
• United States
• Japan
• United Kingdom

China obtains 65 percent of its energy needs from

• coal
• nuclear power
• oil
• hydroelectric power