AP Human Geography Semester Exam Review

Zero population growth occurs when the TFR (total fertility rate) is at

• 1.2
• 2.1
• 2.7
• 1.9

Nearly all the world's population growth is clustered in what areas?

• Urban areas
• MDC's
• LDC's
• Suburban areas

There are NO existing countries in which stage of the DTM?

• Stage 3

• Stage 2

• Stage 4

• Stage 1

In what DTM stage are New Zealand, Australia, and the United States?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?

• lots of children
  lots of children
• lots of middle age people
• lots of elderly/older people
• lots of teens

Thomas Malthus thought

• population would increase at the same rate as farming production
• population would eventually decline due to birth control and family planning
• population would eventually outgrow food production
• moral restraint would lower population growth 

The ratio of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the working population is called the

• dependency ratio
• population pyramid
• interconnected ratio
• retirement ratio

Death rates fall rapidly due to increased hygiene and medical advances but birth rates remain high during which stage of the DTM?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Population decline occurs during which stage of the DTM?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

In LDC's this would be typically low.

• CDR
• CBR
• Infant mortality
• life expectancy