AP Review: Unit 2

From the discussions of demographic changes within the United States we can deduce that the largest level of interregional migration in the United States was caused by the

• arrival of Europeans and their wars with Native Americans beginning in the 1600s.

• unauthorized immigration from Latin America, especially in the 1900s.

• immigration of Asians beginning in the early twentieth century, despite the Chinese Exclusion Acts.

• opening up of the western territories to settlement.

Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15. In what stage of the demographic transition is this country?

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in 2010, the largest number of refugees were forced to migrate from ________, which have seen a great deal of armed conflict in recent years.

• Vietnam and Indonesia

• Sudan, South Africa, and Colombia

• Mexico and Colombia

• Afghanistan and Iraq

According to the Epidemiological Transition Model, when do vaccines and improved sanitation cause the death rate to decrease?

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

Which is the most common negative impact of emigration on the country of origin?

• Loss of working age population to another country

• An increase in unemployment rates

• Loss of farmers resulting in smaller food supply

• A decline in the crowded conditions of urban areas

Which of the following countries is at stage two of the demographic transition model?

• San Marino

• Nigeria

• Denmark

• Russia

A rectangle-shaped population pyramid indicates a country that is

• Growing slowly or not at all

• Growing rapidly

• Experiencing high immigration rates

• Composed mainly of the older age classes

Which of the following countries would you expect to have the densest population?

• China

• Peru

• Mexico

• Belgium

Rank the following regions from least developed (1) to most developed (10)  (There are some that could be argued)

Latin America, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA (Middle East and North Africa), East Asia, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Oceania, Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Describe what a population pyramid in stage 2 would look like. What is an example of a country in that stage currently?