Rubenstein Unit 2 Reading Quiz

Aside from illustrating raw data, what economic concept can population pyramids help to visualize?

• population growth rates

• dependency ratios

• crude birth rates

• total fertility rates

• historical factors

What area of the world has the highest natural increase rate (NIR)?

• Western Europe

• North America

• Sub Saharan Africa

• Eastern Europe and Russia

• East Asia

What term describes the number of people that are supported by a unit area of arable land?

• agricultural density

• urban density

• arithmetic density

• population density

• physiological density

What stage of the demographic transition involves the condition known as zero population growth (ZPG)?

• stage 2

• stage 4

• stage 1

• stage 3

• stage 5

Where in the world does most natural population growth occur?

• Less Developed Countries

• More Developed Countries

• Manufacturing and Service Economies

• Wealthy Countries with a large middle class

Why has the Crude Death Rate declined drastically declined over the last 150 years?

• Medical and Agricultural Technologies

• People have begun to naturally live longer

• The growth of diet and what people eat plays a large part in how long people live

• the Death Rate for the world has stayed relatively stable over the last 150 years.

What information is included on population pyramids

• Age, Gender, Percent of Population

• Birth Rate, Death Rate, Natural Increase Rate

• Age, Birth Rate, Development level of Nation

• Economic Activities, Level of Development, Population Growth

Increasing the education of women is generally associated with declining CBRs and TFRs.

• True

• False

Overpopulation is defined as

• too many people for the world
• too many people for a region
• too many people for a country
• too many people for the resources

The world's most populated country is

• Indonesia
• USA
• Russia
• China