Population Review - October 2019

_____ measures the number of children born per woman of childbearing age (15-49 years).

• Crude Birth Rate

• Family Size

• Fecundity

• Total Fertility Rate

Which of the following is NOT measured, directly or indirectly, by the Natural Increase Rate?

• Crude Death Rate

• Infant Mortality Rate

• Net Migration

• Crude Birth Rate

The source for most domestic population data is the _______, conducted every 10 years.

• World Population Data Sheet

• US Census

• National Population Survey

• Human Development Index

Which of these is NOT likely to be sparsely populated?

• Coastal areas

• Elevated areas

• Dry areas

• Wet areas

During stage one of the Epidemiological Transition Model, the main health threat is

• Pandemics

• Degenerative diseases

• Receding pandemics

• Delayed degenerative diseases

The Industrial Revolution was what facilitated the shift from stage ____ to ____ in Europe and North America.

• 1 to 2

• 2 to 3

• 3 to 4

• 4 to 5

Which is most likely to be true in less developed countries (LDCs)?

• Shrinking young-dependent cohort

• Slowing birth or fertility rates

• Small elderly-dependent cohort

• Low crude death rates

The country shown in the population pyramid is most likely

• Less Developed

• Medium-Developing

• Low-Developing

• More Developed

Based on the age-sex graph, to which stage of the DTM does South Africa appear to be transitioning?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Areas of permanent human settlement are known as the

• Zone of settlement

• Ecumene

• Population gradient

• Arithmetic density