Chapter 4: Population Growth and Decline

Which stage of the DTM does the population pyramid represent?

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

• Stage 5

Which is most likely a bigger concern for the country represented in the pyramid than for countries in other DTM stages?

• a greater demand for government spending on pensions and healthcare for the elderly

• a greater demand for government spending on education and daycare for children

• a higher rate of unemployment among people of working age

• a higher rate of emigration by people in search of jobs

• a faster overall population growth than in previous decades

Which country's population has the highest rate of natural increase?

• Niger

• Bangladesh

• Mexico

• Australia

• France

France's crude death rate is probably higher than Bangladesh's because

• France is involved in more wars

• France has more natural disasters

• France has a higher percentage of elderly people

• Bangladesh has a better healthcare system

• Bangladesh has a higher life expectancy

Which ideas predicted greater famines from overpopulation than occurred?

• the Demographic Transition

• the Epidemiological Transition Model

• Malthusian theory

• Neo-Malthusian theory

• China's "One Child" policy

Which change most reduced fertility rates in less developed countries?

• building hospitals and healthcare facilities

• providing more education for girls

• implementing pro-natalist policies

• discouraging the use of birth control

• promoting fundamentalist religious values

Over the past century, the population of the world has been

• growing even though fertility rate is decreasing

• growing even though life expectancy is decreasing

• growing because the fertility rate is increasing

• declining because life expectancy is decreasing

• declining even though the fertility rate is increasing

According to the Epidemiological Transition Model, when do vaccines and improved sanitation cause the death rate to decrease?

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

• Stage 5