AP Human Geography- Unit 2: Population and Migration

Explain Thomas Malthus's population theory.

• He concluded that the world's population was increasing at a faster rate than the development of food supplies.

• He concluded that crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.
• He concluded that population increased arithmetically while food production increased linguistically.
• He concluded that population growth was outpacing available resources in every country, according to algebraic calculations.

What is the average number of births women bear in their lifetimes known as?

• total increase rate
• total fertility rate
• crude fertility rate
• crude birth rate

What demographic feature has the most significant future implications?

• that the less developed countries have the highest combined crude death rate
• that the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries
• that people are uniformly distributed across Earth
• that the natural increase rate is larger every year

In what stage of the demographic transition are most European countries?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?

• lots of children

• lots of middle age people

• lots of elderly/older people

• lots of teens

The ratio of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the working population is called the

• dependency ratio
• population pyramid
• interconnected ratio
• retirement ratio

A characteristic of stage 3 of the demographic transition shows
   

• High birth and death rates
• Low death and high birth rates
• Declining birth and death rates 
• High death and low birth rates

What is the portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement?

• Ecumene 
• Census 
• Cohort 
• Pandemic

Which of the following is a pull factor?

• Insufficient Food Supply
• High Crime Rate in Native Country
• Higher Paying jobs in New Country
• High Crime Rate in New Country

Which of the following are a part of EG Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration?

• most migrants are male

• most migrants move short distances

• most long distance migrants move to large urban areas

• all of the above