An increase in water-borne diseases could possibly be alleviated by

adequate sewage treatment facilities for growing populations

very rapid growth of large cities

Which of the following is true of human demographic trends?

When birth rates and death rates are both high, the population grows slowly, if at all.

In preindustrial societies, birth rates are low and the population grows rapidly.

When the average number of children born to each woman falls, the total population always increases.

Death rates rise in the third stage of the demographic transition.

Between 1880 and 1930 human population doubled due to

a combination of high birth rates and lowered death rates.

improvements in societal infrastructure and services.

Countries that have entered the third stage of demographic transition are most probably characterized by

societal conditions that favor smaller families

death rates that far exceed birth rates

populations with a high proportion of young people.

Which of the following is a reason that wood is considered a limited resource in many developing countries?

People cut down trees faster than they can grow.

Wood is used in place of money to buy food.

Fuelwood allows people to purify their water by boiling it.

Excess wood is used to construct shantytowns.

Since 1970, fertility rates have

decreased in both more-developed and less-developed countries.

increased in both more-developed and less-developed countries

increased in more-developed and decreased in less-developed countries.

decreased in more-developed and increased in less-developed countries.

Scientists predict population sizes by using

age structure, survivorship, fertility rate, and migration.

survivorship, migration, life expectancy, and replacement structure.

life expectancy, age structure, fertility rate, and migration.

replacement rate, fertility rate, age rates, and survivorship.

Age structure data include all of the following except

the amount of population change due to immigration or emigration.

members of a population who are between 5 and 11 years old.

the ratio of males to females in a population.

the ratio of older people to younger people in a population.

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The study of population is

survivorship

demography

age structure

migration

The distribution of ages in a specific population

age structure

infrastructure

life expectancy

demographic transition

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Have the highest birth rates

urbanization

developed countries

least-developed countries

arable land

Percentage of members of a group who are likely to survive to a given age.

survivorship

life expectancy

age structure

migration

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Movement of individuals into or out of a population.

demographic transition

infrastructure

urbanization

migration

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Movement of people into cities from rural areas.

demographic transition

infrastructure

urbanization

migration

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

land that can be used to grow crops

least-developed countries

demography

arable land

infrastructure

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Chapter 9 Human Population

The study of population is

The distribution of ages in a specific population

Have the highest birth rates

Percentage of members of a group who are likely to survive to a given age.

Movement of individuals into or out of a population.

Movement of people into cities from rural areas.

land that can be used to grow crops

Average number of years a person is likely to live.

The basic facilities and services that support a community.

A model that describes how changes in a population will occur.

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