DTM Quiz

Who is the driver?

Who are the passengers?

The measure of the average number of children who are born to women of childbearing age in the population is called the

• actual birth rate

• crude birth rate

• total fertility rate

• adjusted birth rate

• net reproduction ratio

Which of the following characteristics is currently shared by Switzerland, Canada, and New Zealand?

• Low population-growth rates

• Primate urban systems

• High infant-mortality rates

• Membership in the European Union (EU)

• More than ten percent of the population involved in sheep farming

Which of the following is a correct statement about the demographic transition model?

• It is applicable only to eighteenth-century Europe.

• It predicts the growth of population in Russia reasonably well.

• It divides the demographic changes of a country into two stages of slow growth and high growth.

• It supports the idea that technology can remove or extend the limits of food production.

• It is characterized by relatively low growth rates at stage 1 and stage 4.

In the model shown, the lines for birth rate, death rate, and total population are indicators of a country’s

• cycles of economic boom and bust over time

• level of social and economic development over time

• demographic change following a period of warfare

• demographic change following a period of famine

• demographic change following a period of totalitarian government

Which of the following describes the most likely cause of death for a citizen of a country in stages 4 and 5 of the demographic transition model?

• Infectious diseases due to poor sanitation

• Degenerative diseases due to old age and lifestyle

• Starvation due to an unstable food supply

• Infectious diseases due to a lack of vaccines and antibiotics

• Reemergence of previously eradicated diseases

The low birth and death rates for a country in stage 4 of the demographic transition model are best explained by

• the rural population and agricultural livelihood of a less developed country.

• the level of education and traditional roles for women in a less developed country

• the resource-based economy and life expectancy of a less developed country

• the level of urbanization and technological advancement of a more developed country

• the environmental pollution and manufacturing infrastructure of a more developed country

Since the 1970s changes in the social roles, lifestyles, and employment patterns of women in Europe, Canada, and the United States have affected the overall population through which of the following?

• Increased total fertility rates

• Decreased total fertility rates

• Increased death rates

• Decreased death rates

• Increased infant mortality rates

Which of the following is most characteristic of societies currently in the last stage of demographic transition?

• Hyperinflation

• Unemployment

• Youth dependency

• Aging population

• Overpopulation