Human Population Dynamics

What is a population’s total fertility rate?

• the number of births needed to keep a nation’s population stable

• the average number of children a male member of a population has each year

• the average number of children a female member of the population has during her lifetime

• the total number of babies born in a population each generation

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What event in the mid-1700s significantly changed human population growth?

• human settlement

• Industrial Revolution

• development of agriculture

• Bubonic plague

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Which combination of factors will produce the highest rate of population growth?

• high birth and death rates

• low birth and death rates

• high birth and low death rates

• low birth and high death rates

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These graphs above are called

• life expectancy diagrams

• infant mortality diagrams

• demographic diagrams

• age structure diagrams

Which graph would most likely represent a Developing country

• Left graph

• Right Graph

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Which is the proper sequence of steps in the demographic transition model?

• pre-industrial, transitional, industrial, post-industrial

• pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial, transitional

• transitional, pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial

• post-industrial, transitional, industrial, pre-industrial

What can be inferred about an area that has an age structure diagram with a pyramid shape?

• There will be a huge decrease in population in the future.

• Population will neither increase nor decrease in the future.

• There will be a huge increase in population in the future.

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What can be inferred about an area that has an age structure diagram with a narrow base?

• There will be a decline in population in the future.

• Population will neither increase nor decrease in the future.

• There will be an increase in population in the future.

The average number of years an individual is predicted to live is called

• life expectancy

• carrying capacity

• growth rate

• demography

Which factor(s) help increase total fertility rates?

• high infant mortality

• one-child policies

• high childhood survival rates

• government support of the elderly