Unit 2 - Population

The theory that population growth is exponential, while food is not. This process leads to famine and death.

• Martinian Theory

• Microndria Theory

• Malthusian Theory

• Famine-Population Collapse Theory

China's "One Child Policy" is an example of:

• Anti-Natalist Policies

• Pro-Natalist Policies

• Malthusian Theory

• Max Expansion Theory Policy

In Germany, parents receive 67% of their net income per month up to 1800 Euros for staying at home and looking after child for it's first year of life. This is an example of:

• Federal Population Control Policies

• Malthusian Theory

• Ant-Natalist Policies

• Pro-Natalist Policies

Which one of the following countries is NOT one of the five largest countries of the world by population?

• Indonesia

• The United States

• Pakistan

• Egypt

• China

Why was Thomas Malthus' theory of population wrong?

• World War I reduced the world's population

• Populations collapsed worldwide

• Technological advances increased food production

• Ireland recovered from the Potato famine

Neo-Malthusians argue that 10 billion people on earth is unsustainable because:

• Human technology is peaking

• Ecological problems such as droughts are intensifying

• Nuclear weapons could end humanity

• Africa's population is currently collapsing

The maximum population that the environment can sustain given available food and water:

• natural increase rate

• Neo-Malthusian Theory

• overpopulation

• carrying capacity

When the carrying capacity is exceeded at a decent standard of living.

• overpopulation

• dependency ration

• Neo-Malthusian Theory

• population diffusion theory

40.56 births per 1,000 people is the country of Mali's:

• natal increase ratio

• growth potential

• crude birth rate

• pro-natalism

6.76 deaths per 1,000 people is the country Bolivia's:

• macro population statistic analysis

• attritional natalist quotient

• crude population rate

• crude death rate