Human Population Review

Which of the following leads to a decrease in birthrates among women?

• Higher Education
• High Infant Mortality Rate
• No Prenatal Care
• No contraceptives

VOCAB: The study of human population statistics

• demography
• biology
• microbiology
• ecology

VOCAB: The average number of children a female member of a population has during her lifetime

• total fertility rate
• replacement fertility rate
• growth rate
• death rate

VOCAB: describes the relative numbers of organisms of each age within a population and is often represented by a graph

• age structure diagram
• population growth rate
• demographic transition
• fertility rate

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

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

What kind of growth is this country experiencing?

• Exponential Growth
• Stable Growth
• Declining Growth

VOCAB: Introduction of machinery powered by fossil fuels, marked by the shift from a rural, agricultural-based society to an urban, industry-based society

• Industrial Revolution
• Greenhouse Effect
• Endangered Species Act
• Climate Change

VOCAB: The average number of years an individual is expected to live.

• life expectancy
• infant mortality
• death rate
• growth rate

VOCAB: how a population changes in size during a specific period of time.

• growth rate
• infant mortality
• life expectancy
• death rate

The world's population in 2011 was approximately 7 billion and a steady rate of growth was expected to reach 14 billion in approximately 90 years. The period of 90 years is known as: 

• doubling time.
• life expectancy.
• overpopulation.
• demographic transition.