Human Geo: Population Stations-review of terms

How do you calculate the Rate of Natural Increase for a population?

• Birth Rate - Mortality Rate = Overall Growth Rate
• Infant Mortality Rate - Birth Rate = Rate of Natural Increase
• Birth Rate ÷ 1,000 people per square mile = Population Density
• Urban Population - Rural Population = Rate of Natural Increase

Which of the following are possible ways that diffusion can occur?

• Migration
• Trade Routes
• Blending
• All of these answers

Which civilization acted as a cultural hearth?

• Australia
• Spanish
• Mesopotamia
• Klingon

Explain Thomas Malthus's population theory.

• He concluded that the world's population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.
• He concluded that crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.
• He concluded that population increased arithmetically while food production increased linguistically.
• He concluded that population growth was outpacing available resources in every country, according to algebraic calculations.

A crude birth rate of approximately 10 per 1,000 is typical of a country in which stage of the demographic transition?

• stage 1
• stage 2
• stage 3
• stage 4

Where are people most likely not to live?

• places that are too hot
• places that are too cold 
• places that are too high in elevation
• All the answers are correct

What is the average number of births women bear in their lifetimes known as?

• total increase rate
• total fertility rate
• crude fertility rate
• crude birth rate

In what stage of the demographic transition are most European countries?

• 1
  1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?

• lots of children
  lots of children
• lots of middle age people
• lots of elderly/older people
• lots of teens

The ratio of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the working population is called the

• dependency ratio
• population pyramid
• interconnected ratio
• retirement ratio