Unit 2 Test Prep

The measure of the average number of children who are born to women of childbearing age in the population is called the

• actual birth rate

• crude birth rate

• total fertility rate

• adjusted birth rate

• net reproduction ratio

The Malthusian view of the world argues that

• the contemporary problem of famine in developing countries is a result of the colonial legacy

• famine in developing countries can be explained by examining their patterns of population growth

• population growth is helpful to developing countries because it provides a larger rural workforce

• the problem of population growth is a result of economic underdevelopment

• one way to solve population growth in developing countries is to reduce their foreign debt

The ability of a resource base to sustain a population is known as its

• carrying capacity

• basic employment

• subsistence limit

• population pressure

• support ratio

A country in the first stage of the demographic transition demonstrates which of the following?

• Low birth rates, low death rates, and low rates of population growth

• High birth rates, but low death rates

• High birth rates, high death rates, and high rates of population growth

• High birth rates, high death rates, and low rates of population growth

• An old population age structure

Which of the following describes a concern for a country with an aging population?

• As a country’s population ages, the infant mortality rate decreases and there is an increased need for daycare centers.

• As the proportion of older people increases, the total population decreases because older people do not have children.

• As the proportion of older people in the country increases, fewer young workers are available to contribute tax revenues to support programs that provide services to the older population.

• As a country’s population ages, the life expectancy for the younger population of the country decreases and healthcare costs decline.

• As the proportion of older people in the country increases, the sex ratio becomes disproportionally skewed toward males.

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which of the following types of intraregional migration was the most prominent worldwide?

• Inland to coastal

• Urban to rural

• Rural to urban

• Urban to suburban

• Highland to lowland

Which of the following would be most likely to increase life expectancy in a less developed country, resulting in an aging population in that country?

• An increase in the country’s birth rate

• Improvements in access to health care and sanitation

• Rural-to-urban migration within the country

• Improvements in transportation and communication networks

• A decrease in the country’s total fertility rate

We can calculate that a country would raise, or increase, its physiological density by

• increasing the areas of its urban centers.

• increasing the amount of agricultural land.

• increasing the size of its population.

• limiting the number of farm animals.

• limiting the number of farmers.

There has been an increase in asylum seekers from Syria to the European Union in recent years. Which of the following best describes the reason for this migration?

• A large rural-to-urban population shift within Syria

• A continuing issue of conflict and political unrest within Syria

• The tightening of asylum policies by the European Union

• A continuing rise in employment for asylum seekers in the European Union

• The tightening of guest-worker policies by the European Union

The dependency ratio is most useful for indicating the

• percentage of foreign ownership within the secondary sector of a country’s economy

• relationship between the potential labor force and the remainder of a country’s population

• relationship between the total fertility rate and the infant mortality rate

• reliance of a country on imported fossil fuels

• degree of gender equality within a country