APHUG UNIT 2 Review: Population and Migration

Explain Thomas Malthus's population theory.

• He concluded that the world's population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.
• He concluded that crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.
• He concluded that population increased arithmetically while food production increased linguistically.
• He concluded that population growth was outpacing available resources in every country, according to algebraic calculations.

Where are people most likely not to live?

• places that are too hot
• places that are too cold 
• places that are too high in elevation
• All the answers are correct

In what stage of the demographic transition are most European countries?

• 1
  1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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

This caused a jump in the worlds' population in the late 1700's and helped send England into stage 2 of the Industrial Revolution: 

• the Renaissance
• the Industrial Revolution
• the Medical Revolution
• the Scientific Revolution

What is the portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement?

• Ecumene 
• Census 
• Cohort 
• Pandemic

Which of the following is a pull factor?

• Insufficient Food Supply
• High Crime Rate in Native Country
• Higher Paying jobs in New Country
• High Crime Rate in New Country

Which of the following are part of EG Ravenstein’s (The Beard) Laws of Migration?

• most migrants are male
• most migrants move short distances
• most long distance migrants move to large urban areas
• all of the above

According to EG Ravenstein, which of the following is NOT true?

• Most migrants are young adults.
• Most migration is over very long distance
• Migration is most often for economic reasons.
• Migration occurs in steps.

The wave of immigrants into America around 1900-1915 was different from earlier waves of migration because most were from what area?

• Southern and Eastern Europe
• Asia
• Africa
• Latin America