Quiz on human populations

The number of children a woman can have in her reproductive years

• birth rate

• fertility rate

• infant mortality rate

• emigration

If the death rate is low and the birth rate is high, will the population increase, decrease, or remain stable?

• increase

• decrease

• remain stable

What number is considered the replacement level fertility rate?

• 1

• 1.9

• 2.1

• 3

The movement of people out of a country is called

• immigration

• emigration

• fertility rate

• birth rate

The movement of people into a country is called

• immigration

• emigration

• fertility rate

• birth rate

Which continent has had the biggest increase in population size over the past few decades?

• Europe

• North America

• Asia

• South America

What is our current predicted world population by 2050?

• 7 billion

• 8 billion

• 9 billion

• 11 billion

What factor is most related to a decline in birth rates?

• better medicine

• better sanitation

• worse sanitation

• better education for women

Between 1880 and 1930 human population doubled due to

• industrial revolution

• improvements in infrastructure, medicine, and social services

• a combination of high birth rates and low death rates

• all of the above

Educating women can decrease population because

• women must have many children to ensure their survival

• women can learn family planning techniques and be able to provide more

• women contribute less to the family income

• educated women are less able to have children