Johnson9.4.2

The rate of ______________________ is the growth rate of a population, or the difference between an area's birthrate and death rate.

• Births

• Deaths

• Natural Increase

• Natural Decrease

The __________________ is the number of years it takes for a population to double in size.

• Doubling time

• Push Factor

• Pull Factor

• Population Density

Most of the world's industrialized and technologically developed countries today have reached _____________________, in which the birthrate and death rate are equal.

• Capacity

• Max Population

• Zero Population Growth

• Efficiency

In the late twentieth century, some European countries reached _____________________, in which the annual death rate exceeds the annual birthrate.

• Positive Population Growth

• Zero Population Growth

• Max Capacity

• Negative Population Growth

"Push-Factors"-- Such as religious persecution or a lack of economic opportunity -- are reasons people might decide to _____________________ from their native country.

• Immigrate

• Emmigrate

• Travel

• Vacation

Humans are most likely to heavily populate a _________________ area.

• Moutaintop

• Desert

• River Delta

• Tundra

A(n) _____________________ is a person who has left his or her home country due to a crisis, such as war or famine.

• Refugee

• Emigrant

• Immigrant

• Resident Alien

What are the two most densely populated continents today?

• Asia and South America

• Europe and North America

• Asia and Europe

• Europe and South America

Even a country in which the birthrate and death rate are equal can experience population growth if it also has

• Immigration

• Emigration

• A high standard of living

• Long life expectancy

Demography is the scientific study of

• Landforms

• Population

• Democracy

• Climates