APHG Unit 2 quick Review

Migration from urban areas to rural or suburban areas is called

• counter-urbanization

• urbanization

• ruralization

• mobility

Into which stage of the demographic transition model would Australia and Canada fit?

• 1
• Cultural freedom
• 3
• 4

According to 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 most common intraregional migration in the U.S. from urban to suburban occurred during 1970-1980. 

• True
• False

Brain drain is

• when you can't come up with the answer on a test
• emigration from MDCs to LDCs
• emigration of talented and smart people
• forcing emigration for political reasons

What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?

• lots of children

• lots of middle age people

• lots of elderly/older people

• lots of teens

What does a country have if the physiological density is very high and its arithmetic density is very low?

• a large number of farmers, although the number of farmers is not as great as the number of people living in the cities
• too many people for the available resources, particularly in regards to agricultural land
• too few farmers for the large area of land suitable for agriculture
• a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture, even if there seems to be plenty of space available to live in

Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition is characterized by

• High growth

• Low growth

• Zero growth

• Negative growth

The country represented by the population pyramid is most likely characterized by

• Adequate health care for the elderly

• Readily available birth control

• Low rates of heart disease

• Persistent conflict

Which of the following could be used to determine health care for women and children

• crude birth rate

• crude death rate

• infant mortality rate

• life expectancy

• natural increase rate