Population Quiz Review (geauxhistory)

The study of population trends

• peopleography

• trendography

• demography

• populography

Which of the following is the BEST definition of the term crude death rate?

• The total number of deaths in a year
• The average number of deaths per 1000 people
• The total number of deaths per year per 1000 people
• The number of deaths in a year divided by 1000

The average number of births women bear in the lifetime is:

• crude birth rate.
• crude death rate.
• total fertility rate.
• natural increase rate.

What is the definition of life expectancy?

• the study of human populations, including how they change due to births, deaths, aging, and migration

• the number of old and young dependents who don't work compared with the working-age population

• the average age that a person in a given population can expect to live to

• the total fertility rate needed for a population to replace itself

__________________ is too many people in one place for the resources available.

• Hunter-Gather
• Overpopulation
• Pollution

Which is NOT shown on a population pyramid?

• Age

• Sex (male/female)

• Ethnicity

• Race

In the highest age-cohort of the United States’ population pyramid, the women typically outnumber the men. This indicates a difference in

• the crude birth rate

• life expectancies

• the crude death rate

• the total fertility rate

Dr. John Snow found that cholera cases in London were

• spatially associated with certain public wells.

• being punished for their sins.

• being transmitted almost exclusively by French and Irish immigrants.

• transmitted through the air in contagious diffusion.

The term ________ refers to the control of diseases.

• transition
• medicology
• pandemiology
• epidemiology

Which country (per capita) has the largest impact on the world´s resources?

• China

• India

• UK

• USA