Where People Live and Why

The number of people in a certain space such as a mile or kilometer is...

• population
• population density
• population distribution

The total number of people divided by square miles is the formula for...

• population distribution
• population density

One important feature of the world's population with the most significant future implications is that:

• the natural increase rate is larger every year.
• there are fewer people in the world now than at the peak of the 20th century.
• people are uniformly distributed across Earth.
• the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries.

The most populous country in the world is:

• China.
• India.
• Russia.
• Indonesia.

Two-thirds of the world's population is clustered in 4 regions. Which of the following is NOT one of these 4 regions?

• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Europe
• Sub-Saharan Africa

Human beings avoid all but which of these regions?

• Warm lands
• Dry lands
• High lands
• Wet lands

Physiological density is the number of:

• acres of farmland.
• people per area suitable for agriculture.
• farmers per area of farmland.
• farm animals per area suitable for agriculture.

A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have:

• high agricultural density.
• low agricultural density.
• high arithmetic density.
• low physiological density.

Land suited for agriculture is called:

• arid land.
• arable land.
• population density.
• cultural landscape.

The number of persons in a certain area. This is measured as persons per square mile.

• death rate
• birth rate
• population density
• emigrate