AP HuG Ch. 2

If a country has a pop. of greater than a million, but lacks the natural resources to support them, they are

• Underpopulated.

• Overpopulated.

• following their natural increase rate.

• at a suitable population density.

The study of population geography is important because

• more people are alive now than at any other time in history.

• the world's population has increased at a faster rate during the 2nd half of the 20th century than ever before in history.

• most of all global population growth is concentrated in developed countries.

• the rate of growth has slowed in the 21st century but is still historically high.

• all of these are correct

The island of Java has the largest __________ in Southeast Asia.

• population concentration

• crude birth rate

• infant mortality rate

• crude death rate

• rate of natural increase

___ is the area of permanent human settlement on the Earth.

• Ecumene

• Arithmetic density

• Physiological density

• Agricultural density

• Arable land

Relatively few people live at ____, but there are exceptions, especially at low latitudes

• high elevations

• low elevations

• hot areas

• the poles

• the Equator

Dry lands, high lands, cold lands, and wet lands are all areas where humans are likely to

• avoid clustering.

• start permanent settlements.

• begin farming.

• cluster.

• start families.

Geographers use ___ to compare physiological density and arithmetic density in order to understand the capacity of land to yield food for the total population.

• population density

• agricultural density

• natural increase rate

• total fertility rate

• ecumene

___ is the total number of objects in an area.

• arithmetic density

• agricultural density

• population density

• physiological density

• ecumene

By limiting the size of its population, we can calculate that a country would have a lower _______.

• arithmetic density

• agricultural density

• physiological density

• population density

If two countries have approx. the same arithmetic densities, but different landscapes and sizes, we can conclude that the two countries have roughly the same

• number of people per area of land.

• level of output per farmer.

• number of farmers per area of land.

• number of people per area of arable land.