9.1 Changing Populations Trends

Your book lists an EcoFact that estimates that in the year 2000 if the amount of existing surface land were equally distributed to each person, everybody would receive about 7.3 acres, or about four football fields, of land.That seems like a lot of land per person! Which of the following best analyzes this figure?

• The productive area of Earth needed to support one person in the U.S. is more than 7.3 acres.

  Therefore, for every person on Earth to enjoy a good standard of living, 7.3 acres is not

  enough land.

• If each person were allotted 7.3 acres' worth of resources, some people would be forced to

  greatly reduce their consumption. Getting people to reduce the amount of resources they use

  is difficult.

• Each person on Earth needs more than 7.3 acres for housing, crops, forest products, grazing,

  energy resources, and other resources.

• All of the above

When a city's population grows very rapidly, its ____________ usually suffers.

• Arable land

• Infrastructure

• Demography

• Urbanization

All of the following are indicators that an area's standard of living is declining except:

• shortage of deadwood.

• An outbreak of cholera.

• An increase in arable land.

• Suburban sprawl.

4. Which of the following statements about developing countries is false?

• Developing countries are generally poorer than developed countries are.

• LDCs, or least developed countries, are recognized by the United Nations as countries that

  have made significant progress in addressing population problems.

• Most of the countries in Asia are developing countries.

• All countries in Africa, Central America, and South America are developing.

Which of the following statements best describes the demographic transitions that occurred in Thailand between the 1970's and today?

• Thailand moved from the preindustrial stage to the industrial stage.

• Thailand moved from the preindustrial stage to the transitional stage.

• Thailand moved from the transitional stage to the industrial stage.

• Thailand moved from the industrial stage to the postindustrial stage.

Which of the following does not summarize one of the goals that came out of the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)?

• To provide economic incentives for individuals to limit their number of children.

• To achieve universal access to and completion of primary education

• To reduce infant mortality rates.

• To increase life expectancies.

Which of the following statements about human population trends is true?

• The human population is decreasing, and fertility rates are decreasing.

• The human population is decreasing, and fertility rates are increasing.

• The human population is increasing, and fertility rates are increasing.

• The human population is increasing, but fertility rates are decreasing.

Most demographers believe that by 2050 the world will have achieved a ____________ growth rate and a world population of ____________ billion.

• High, 13

• Medium, 9

• Low, 8

• High, 20