Ch. 30 Review - China/map of SE Asia

They waited for death in their houses, stripped of everything. The cold winds pierce through their bones....In the 1870s, many people in China starved to death due to

• the One Child Policy.

• drought.

• the Dust Bowl.

• war.

In its long history, the Chinese have suffered from many ___________, or food shortages.

• famines

• droughts

• plateaus

• SEZs

China's goal is achieve _____________________, which is when a population stops growing and remains stable.

• One Child Policy

• negative growth

• rapid growth

• zero population growth

The length of time it takes for a population to multiple by 2 is called a country's ________________.

• doubling time

• consumption

• birth rate

• death rate

Geographers sometimes describe China as a giant ____________.

• slope

• wasteland

• plateau

• erg

Which accurately describes the population of China?

• China is more densely populated in the east.

• China's population is evenly distributed.

• China's population is more densely populated in the west.

• China's population is sparsely populated throughout all of China.

If China's death rate was 2% and it's birth rate was 4%, China's rate of natural increase would be __________.

• 6%

• 2%

• -2%

• -6%

According to the graph shown, China's population went from 550 million to about 1.1 billion in 40 years. What does this best illustrate?

• doubling time

• One Child Policy

• zero population growth

• rate of natural increase

The higher the rate of natural increase the ______ the doubling time.

• shorter

• longer

• Neither longer nor shorter. They are not related to each other.

To become a modern industrial country, China launched a program called the ________________.

• SEZs

• Great Leap Forward

• One Child Policy

• Three Gorges Dam