37 - 45 Population Geography

Physiological density is the number of

• acres of farmland per the total area of a country.

• people per area suitable for agriculture.

• farm animals per area suitable for agriculture.

• people per area of flat land.

Land suited for agriculture is called

• population density.

• agricultural density.

• physiological land.

• arable land.

A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a

• high physiological density.

• low physiological density.

• low agricultural density.

• low arithmetic density.

The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is

• total birth rate.

• crude birth rate.

• total fertility rate.

• crude fertility rate.

The fertility rate based on the number of live births per 1,000 residents is the

• crude birth rate

• crude fertility rate

• natural increase rate

• life expectancy at birth

When the world's population reached 6 billion in 1995, it was forecast that at a steady rate of growth the population would reach 12 billion in approximately 45 years. That period of 45 years is known as

• double increase rate.

• double overpopulation.

• doubling time.

• double demographic transition.

Life expectancy is lowest on average in

• Africa.

• East Asia.

• Europe.

• South Asia.

The total number of live births per year 1,000 people in a society is the

• crude birth rate.

• life data rate.

• total fertility rate.

• new birth rate.

The shape of a country's population pyramid

• is determined primarily by the combination of its crude birth rate and its crude growth rate.

• is determined primarily by its crude birth rate.

• has no correlation to its crude death rate.

• cannot be used to estimate the country's sex ratio.

The population pyramid of a city in Italy or Japan may appear __________________ because the city's population is dominated by elderly people.

• to have a wide base

• to have perfectly vertical sides

• "upside down"

• "right-side up"