Geo Unit 3 Test Review (Apex)

The study of human population is:

• Demography

• Carrying Capacity

• Growth Rate

• Population Density

__ is the number of people that an area can support.

• Population Density

• Death Rate

• Carrying Capacity

• Birth Rate

The number of people immigrating to a country minus the number emigrating from that country.

• Carrying Capacity

• Migration Rate

• Population Density

• Birth Rate

What kind of distribution map would you use to see where the greatest number of English speakers are concentrated in the world?

• Religious Distribution Map

• Political Distribution Map

• Ethnic Distribution Map

• Linguistic Distribution Map

What could you reasonable assume is true based on this population pyramid?

• Thailand has significantly more men than women

• Not very many people were born 90-100 years ago

• The generation born 40 years ago is larger than the current generation

• Not very many people will be born to the next generation

How many people does the U.N. predict will be on the planet in 2050?

• 3 Billion

• 6 Billion

• 10 Billion

• 50 billion

What is the most common population trend in a pre-industrial society?

• High birthrates, but also high childhood mortality rates

• Rapid population decline due to pandemics

• Rapid population growth, due to abundance of food

• Slowly declining birthrates, due to cost of living

When people migrate to another country, the factors that attracted them to the new country are called:

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors

On a political map you should be able to see human-invented features such as political boundaries between countries and ____.

• elevation

• capital cities

• climate zones

• mountain ranges

African countries shaking off French and English control in the 1960s and 70s is an example of:

• a failed state

• single-party states

• capitalism

• decolonization