APHuG Unit 2 Review

The most populous country in the world

• Russia

• China

• United States

• India

Where within North America is the population densest?

• Southwest

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Mid-Atlantic Region

Two-thirds of the world's population is clustered in four regions. Which of the following is not one of these four regions?

• South Asia

• Southeast Asia

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Europe

What is the total number of live births per 1,000 population?

• life expectancy

• crude death rate

• infant mortality rate

• crude birth rate

The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society

• crude death rate

• infant mortality rate

• life expectancy

• crude birth rate

The projected amount of time that it will take for a given population to double.

• overpopulation

• doubling time

• natural increase rate

• life expectancy

Which theorist claimed that the world's rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies?

• Zelinsky

• Malthus

• Ravenstein

• Lee

A rectangle-shaped population pyramid indicates a country that is

• growing slowly or not at all

• growing rapidly

• experiencing high immigration rates

• composed mainly of elderly

A triangle-shaped (pyramid) population pyramid indicates a country that is

• growing slowly or not at all

• growing rapidly

• experiencing high immigration rates

• composed mainly of elderly

An upside down triangle-shaped population pyramid indicates a country that is

• growing slowly or not at all

• growing rapidly

• experiencing high immigration rates

• composed mainly of elderly