DTM & Pop Pyramids

Based on the data shown, which of the following describes the most likely population context for the countries listed?

• High youth dependency ratio and a lack of economic resources to provide for large families

• Rapid population growth in cities as people migrate from rural to urban areas for industrial jobs

• Shortage of arable land on which to raise crops and other food products to support the population

• Unstable food supply due to a rapidly growing population

• Stage five of the demographic transition model due to very low birth rates

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

Based on the population pyramid above, which of the following will pose the greatest demographic challenge to China beginning in 2029?

• Providing for the needs of its aging population

• Finding enough teachers to educate the young

• Limiting out-migration of the 60- to 64-year-old age cohort

• Providing prenatal medical care

• Controlling population growth

Which population pyramid shown above best represents a college town?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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.

Which of the following countries is best described as being at Stage 3 of the demographic transition model?

• China: birth rate = 13, death rate =7

• Democratic Republic of the Congo: birth rate = 44, death rate = 10

• Bolivia: birth rate = 24 , death rate = 7

• Ivory Coast: birth rate = 37, death rate = 13

• Hungary: birth rate = 10, death rate = 13

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

Which of the following types of countries are most likely challenged with the problems associated with a large youth-dependent population, such as providing public primary education for all children?

• More developed countries

• Less developed countries

• Free market countries

• Landlocked countries

• Island countries

Based on the graph, predicted population growth in which of the following regions is explained by a high total fertility rate?

• Asia

• Africa

• Latin America and the Caribbean

• Europe

• USA and Canada