Human Population Review

The region of the world with the highest incidence of HIV infections is

• North America

• Eastern Europe/ Central Asia

• Western/Central Europe

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Middle East/North Africa

The replacement-level fertility rate is ____ for developed countries and ____ for developing countries.

• 1.6; 1.9

• 2.5; 2.0

• 2.0; 2.5

• 2.1; 2.5

• 1.8; 2.1

Which factor below is least likely to affect birth and fertility rates today?

• number of people 60 or older

• cost of raising and educating children

• religious beliefs

• educational and employment opportunities for women

• average age at marriage

A metropolitan region of 100,000 people has 2000 births, 500 deaths, 200 emigrants, and 100 immigrants over a 1-year period. Its population growth rate is

• 1.2 percent.

• 1.4 percent

• 1.6 percent.

• 1.8 percent.

• 2.0 percent.

Which of the following pairs of indicators best reflects the availability of health care in a country?

• Crude death rate and growth rate

• Crude death rate and crude birth rate

• Growth rate and life expectancy

• Infant mortality rate and life expectancy

• Infant mortality rate and crude death rate

Which of the following characteristics are typical of developed countries?

I High technology use

II Low GDP

III Small-scale sustainable agriculture

• I only

• II only

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I, II and III

Which of the following statements about total fertility rate is correct

• TFR is equal to the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.

• TFR is the average number of children each woman must have to replace the current population.

• TFR is generally higher in developed countries than in developing countries

• TFR is equal to the growth rate of a country

• TFR is the average number of children each woman will give birth to during her childbearing years.

At current growth rates, which country will probably be the most populous in the world after 2050?

• China

• Brazil

• India

• Indonesia

• United States

Which of the following countries best exemplifies phase 4 of a demographic transition?

• Argentina

• China

• India

• Mexico

• Japan

Populations whose age structure diagrams are narrower at the bottom than at the top have

• high death rates

• the same proportion of individuals in each age group

• a declining population

• a high growth rate

• all of the above