Population and Environmental Geography

According to the demographic transition model, in which stage is population most likely to increase rapidly? 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The country above is most likely characterized by 

• Readily available birth control
• High death rates for women in childbirth
• Low rates of heart disease and cancer
• Adequate health care for the elderly

The # of children who do not survive to one year of age per 1,000 people is known as the 

• Crude Death Rate
• Total Fertility Rate
• Dependency Ratio
• Infant Mortality Rate

Which process or event led Europe and North America to enter stage 2 of the demographic transition? 

• The Medical Revolution
• The Green Revolution
• The Industrial Revolution
• The Sexual Revolution

The number of deaths compared to the total number of people in a population

• death rate
• doubling time
• population decline
• birth rate

What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?

• grow
• shrink
• stay the same
• None of these

What will happen to the population when the birth rate is larger than the death rate?

• grow
• shrink
• stay the same

What is the average number of people living in an area called?

• population density
• population
• internal migration
• push factors

Life expectancy is lowest in

• Africa
• Asia
• South America
• Western Europe

The world’s largest concentration of people (in terms of total numbers) is located in

• East Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Western EuropeWestern Europe