APHUG Unit #2 Review Game

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.

Geographers might characterize a country as overpopulated when

• there are too many people according to a standard economic measure of poverty

• the population numbers less than one million, but there is concern that the country's natural resources are adequate for only half that number.

• the population numbers more than 100 million and while there is concern about the finite limits of natural resources, they have been adequate historically.

• the population numbers more than one million, and there is an average distribution of population to resources.

• the population numbers more than 100 million and migration contributes 1 million annually.

The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the

• hot zone.

• civilized world.

• ecumene.

• geophenom.

• subpolar region

Which of the following is the correct characterization of population density?

• Arithmetic density is the best ratio to use when describing the "why" of population density.

• Physiologic density is the best ratio to use to describe human health.

• Agricultural density ratios are the best representation of productive agriculture yields.

• A comparison of physiologic densities and arithmetic densities helps geographers understand the capacity of land to yield food for the total population.

• Arithmetic densities provide insight into relationships between resources and population centers in a particular region.

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.

India and the United Kingdom have approximately the same arithmetic density although their landscapes and sizes are quite different. From this we can conclude that the two countries have roughly the same

• level of output per farmer.

• number of people per area of land.

• pressure placed by people on the land to produce food.

• number of farmers per area of land.

• number of people per area of arable land.

Physiological density is the number of

• acres of farmland per the total area of a country.

• farmers per area of farmland.

• people per area of flat land.

• people per area suitable for agriculture.

• farm animals per area suitable for agriculture.

Land suited for agriculture is called

• ecumene land.

• biome land.

• physiological land.

• arid land.

• arable land.

Agricultural density is the number of

• farm animals per area suitable for agriculture.

• farmers per area of arable land.

• farms per total area of land in a country.

• people per area of arable land

• acres of farmland per the total area of a country.

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.