APES CH 7 Review

Human population growth most closely resembles

• a J-shaped growth curve

• an S-shaped growth curve

• irruptive growth

• Malthusian growth

The population theory held by Thomas Malthus was that the human population would

• outstrip its resources, then suffer starvation and misery.

• maintain equilibrium with its carrying capacity

• reach its environment's carrying capacity and then maintain equilibrium

• develop a modern utopia

Demography is the science that describes

• population changes and characteristics

• Earth's carrying capacity

• energy resources

• food production

The demographic reason/s for Russia's declining population is believed to be

• the standard of living has decreased leading to higher death rates and lower birth rates

• a massive education campaign to reduce births

• the one-child policy similar to the one in China and Thailand

• Russia's population is not declining at all

Crude birth rates are measured in terms of the number of children born

• per 1000 people each year

• per family in a single year

• per female in a single year

• per 1000 people in the general population

The total fertility rate is the number of children born

• to the average woman during her lifetime

• to the average woman per year

• in a population during a single year

• in a population during an entire generation

Zero population growth requires slightly over two children per couple because

• some children die and some couples do not have children

• the human population always adds more young people

• the older generation is dying

• that is as low as birth rates can reasonably be expected to get

The region that had the highest total fertility rate in 1998 was

• Africa

• The Americas

• Eastern Mediterranean

• Europe

The region that had the highest total fertility rate in 1950 was

• Eastern Mediterranean

• Africa

• The Americas

• South-East Asia

The region that had the greatest reduction in fertility between 1950 and 1998 is

• South-East Asia

• Africa

• The Americas

• Europe