Chapters 3-4 Test

The original plant life growing in an area is _____.

• evergreens

• natural vegetation

• mixed forest

• Savannas

The growth rate of a population is the difference between an area's birthrate and its death rate.

• birthrate

• deathrate

• natural increase

• migration

the movement of people from place to place; must also be considered when examining population growth

• birthrate

• deathrate

• natural increase

• migration

Winds move in patterns, cold and warm streams of water, known as _____________.

• prevailing winds

• doldrums

• currents

the number of years it takes a population to double in size has been reduced to only 25 years in some parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America

• demographic transition

• doubling time

• population distribution

• population density

the pattern of population of human settlement; related to the Earth's physical geography

• demographic transition

• doubling time

• population distribution

• population density

the number of people living on a square miles or square kilometer of land; geographers divide the total population of the country by its total land area.

• demographic transition

• doubling time

• population distribution

• population density

Broad leaves, change their color and drop their leaves in autumn.

• mixed forests

• coniferous

• deciduous

large groups of families of languages having similar roots

• culture

• language families

• Mexico City

made up of people who share a common ethnicity, language, history, place of origin, or a combination of all.

• culture region

• language families

• ethnic group