AP Human Geography Unit 2 Population and Migration

Which generalization is best illustrated by the world map shown?

• Climate is the primary factor influencing population distribution

• People are spread out evenly throughout the world

• The majority of the worlds population lives between 30° North and 60° North latitude

• More people live in the Western Hemisphere been in the Eastern Hemisphere

• People have preserved fertile land for farming by choosing to settle heavily in areas with poor farmland

Based on the map, which area is most densely populated?

• East Asia

• Northern Europe

• Western North America

• Central South America

• Southern Africa

Referred to the table

• Country A: it’s physiological density indicates that farmers do not have the technological resources to grow crops efficiently.

• Country A: the large difference between arithmetic and physiological density indicates that it only has a little amount of good farmland.

• Country A: it’s high arithmetic and physiological densities indicate that it needs to use a higher percentage of its land to grow crops.

• Country B: it has an arable land percentage of 16.8, which is not sufficient for growing enough food to feed everyone.

• Country B: the small difference between its arithmetic and physiological densities indicates it has ample good farmland.

Which country has the lowest arithmetic population density?

• Egypt

• The United States

• Australia

• India

• France

Which might explain the asymmetrical part of the population pyramid?

• A high death rate among men aged 20 to 50

• A large temporary immigrant worker population

• An over counting of children during the census

• An epidemic with high rate of mortality among the elderly

• A major war fought in the years 2006 to 2010

Thomas Malthus predicted a mass starvation event because...

• population was growing exponentially and food production occurred arithmetically.

• population was growing arithmetically and food production occurred exponentially.

According to Ravenstein, people tend to migrate

• From urban areas to rural areas

• starting around age 48

• as long a distance as possible

• From rural areas to urban areas

On the Demographic Transition Model, which stage(s) is/are characterized by HIGH death rates, High BIRTH RATES, but LOW populations.

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stages 4 and 5

This country most likely is in which stage of the Demographic Transition Model?

• stage 1

• stage 2

• stage 3

• stage 5

Barriers that get in the way of a person's migration are known as...

• Gender inequalities

• intervening obstacles

• Urbanization

• Ravenstein's Laws of Migration