World Geography Unit 1 AKS 1-10 #2

Which of these is the BEST explanation for the high population density in China's eastern regions?

• The region was

  destroyed by civil war which caused people to leave.

• The region is close to

  the ocean and has a favorable climate.

• The region is not

  capable of supporting large scale farming.

Since 1979, the average Chinese family

• worked for the

  government.

• has more than doubled

  in size.

• has decreased in size

  from 5.9 to 1.5 children.

) Which of these BEST describes the efforts of China's government to slow the country's population growth in the mid-to-late-20th century?

• They forced large

  families out of the country.

• They forced all women

  in the city to be sterilized.

• They encouraged

  families to have only one child.

21) Which is the BEST example of a "pull factor" for the thousands of African-Americans who moved to the North and West during the Reconstruction era?

• job insecurity and low

  wages in the South

• better job

  opportunities in the North and West

22) Which is the BEST example of a "push factor" for the thousands of African-Americans who moved to the North and West afterthe Reconstruction era?

• "Jim Crow"

  laws, discrimination, and segregation in the South

• better housing and

  living conditions in the North and West

The demographic transition model is based on

• birth rate, death

  rate, and total population.

• birth rate, crude

  birth rate, and total population.

27) Which of these is the BEST example of intraregional migration?

• moving from a city in

  the North to a city in the East

• moving from a city in

  the North to another city in the North

In 2015, India's population growth was 1.2%. Why might their government choose to institute "anti-natalist" population policy?

• to slow the growth of

  the population

• to discourage people

  from leaving the country

35) In 2016, Germany's population growth was -0.16. If the government was to institute "pro-natalist" population policy, which of these might it choose?

• a one-child policy

• government subsidies

  for in vitro fertilization procedures

37) Government and private programs that are designed to provide paternity leave are meant to encourage

• boost the national

  economy.

• people to have fewer

  children.

• fathers to stay home

  with young children.