APHG Ch. 2

The study of population is called

• demography
• demographics
• population geography
• distribution

On what types of maps are population distributions usually drawn

• dot maps
• cartograms
• physical
• topographic

Why does Egypt have a very high physiological density?

• very little land is arable
• it is a small country
• it does not have many people
• it has a low carrying capacity

The number of people an area can support on a sustained basis is known as 

• population
• carrying capacity
• physiological density
• overpopulation

Which of the following is NOT one of the regions where population is concentrated?

• East Asia
• South Asia
• North America
• Europe

Europe's population is concentrated in 

• urban areas
• rural areas
• mountainous regions
• inland areas

What happened in the 1750s that led population growth?

• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution
• Neolithic Revolution
• 2nd Agricultural Revolution

The number of births in a given year for every 1000 people is

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

What was the theory of Malthus?

• Food grows faster than population
• Population grows faster than food
• Food grows exponentially, population grows linearly
• We should all eat less

What is population density?

• the amount of immigrants in an area of land
• the amount of citizens in an area of land
• amount of emigrants in an area of land
• the amount of people per area of land