APES Population 3.1-3.5

Main reason for the population increase in the United States

• increase in immigration

• improvement in healthcare

• lower infant mortality rate

• lower total fertility rate

How many years would it take a country to double its population with an AGR of 35%?

• 1

• 2

• 35

• 70

Identify two main contributors for the dramatic increase in the world population over the last century.

• increased access to birth control

• development of modern medicine

• increased immigration

• introduction of the Industrial Revolution

Closest to the current world population

• 1 million

• 1.4 billion

• 7 billion

• 330 million

If a country has a crude birth rate of 22 and a crude death rate of 7, what is the Annual Growth Rate? AGR = (cbr-cdr)/10

• 0.7%

• 1.5%

• 2.2%

• 7.0%

Which factor below is least likely to affect birth and fertility rates today?

• number of people 60 or older

• cost of raising and educating children

• religious beliefs

• educational and employment opportunities for women

• average age at marriage

The text suggests that one key demographic statistic is the percentage of people in a region that are under 15 years of age. Why is this statistic important?

• Young people buy lots of goods and services

• Young people will be the leaders of the future

• Young people will feel the effects of global warming.

• Young people are reckless and impulsive

• Young people are poised to move into their prime reproductive years.

A metropolitan region of 100,000 people has 2000 births, 500 deaths, 200 emigrants, and 100 immigrants over a 1-year period. Its population growth rate is

• 1.2 percent.

• 1.4 percent

• 1.6 percent.

• 1.8 percent.

• 2.0 percent.

Using the rule of 70, a population growing at 10% would double in

• 7 years

• 10 years

• 17 years

• 15 years

• not enough information to tell

If a population grows larger than its environmental carrying capacity, then

• death rate may rise.

• death rate may fall significantly.

• birth rate may rise significantly.

• immigration rate may increase.