Unit 2: Population (Honors)

Based on the map, which area is most densely populated?

• East Asia

• Northern Europe

• Central South America

• Southern Africa

The average number of births women have in their lifetime

• total birth rate

• crude birth rate

• total fertility rate

• crude fertility rate

The world's annual ______ is currently 1.2%, at which rate the world's population is projected to double in about 54 years

• crude birth rate

• crude death rate

• life increase rate

• natural increase rate

The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the

• crude birth rate

• total fertility rate

• new birth rate

• life data rate

What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?

• high percentage of children

• many middle aged people

• high number of elderly people

• lots of teens

Thomas Malthus believed the

• population would increase at the same rate as farming production

• population would eventually decline due to birth control and family planning

• population would eventually outgrow food production

• moral restraint would lower population growth 

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

• physiological density

• retirement ratio

In less developed countries this would be typically low.

• crude death rate

• crude birth rate

• infant mortality

• life expectancy

The average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime is the

• crude birth rate

• natural increase rate

• mortality rate

• total fertility rate

What is this a picture of

• a population pyramid

• a bar graph

• a line graph

• a population display