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