AP Human Geography - Population and Health

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why the study of population geography is especially important?

• More people are alive at this time than at any other time in history.

• The world's population has increased at a faster rate during the second half of the twentieth century than ever before in history.

• Overpopulation is a threat in every country on the planet.

• Virtually all global population growth is concentrated in developing countries.

• The rate of growth has slowed in the twenty-first century but is still high by historical standards.

Which of the following is NOT a physical environment where human beings are likely to avoid clustering?

• Hot Lands

• Dry Lands

• High Lands

• Cold Lands

• Wet Lands

Arithmetic density is

• The total amount of land in a country.

• The amount of land available for farming.

• The amount of land available for people to build houses on.

• The total number of people in a country.

• The total number of objects in an area.

We can calculate that a country would lower its arithmetic density by

• Increasing the amount of agricultural land.

• Limiting the number of farmers.

• Increasing the areas of its urban centers.

• Limiting the size of its population.

• Increasing the size of its population.

When the world's population reached 6 billion in 1995, it was forecast that at a steady rate of growth the population would reach 12 billion in approximately 45 years. That period of 45 years is known as

• doubling time.

• double life expectancy.

• natural increase rate.

• total fertility rate.

• life expectancy.

A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a

• high physiological density.

• low physiological density.

• high agricultural density.

• low agricultural density.

• low arithmetic density.

The percentage by which a population grows in years is called the

• doubling time.

• crude birth rate.

• natural increase rate.

• total fertility rate.

• life expectancy.

The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the

• crude birth rate.

• life data rate.

• natural increase rate.

• total fertility rate.

• new birth rate.

Which three demographic measures most closely parallel each other in terms of global distribution?

• life expectancy, crude birth rate, crude death rate

• crude death rate, crude birth rate, total fertility rate

• natural increase rate, crude birth rate, total fertility rate

• natural increase rate, crude birth rate, crude death rate

• life expectancy, crude death rate, total fertility rate

Country A has a crude birth rate of 60 and a crude death rate of 15, while Country B has a CBR of 27 and a CDR of 9. Which country has a higher natural increase rate?

• Country A

• Country B

• The NIR is the same in both countries.

• The rate depends on total population, so it can't be computed from this information.

• The CDR has no direct correlation to the CBR, so it cannot help determine the NIR.