Demography Review

Because of its rapidly growing population, China adopted a policy of one child per family in 1979. The country also outlawed early marriage. A man must be 22 and a woman must be 20 before they can marry. Those policies reduced China’s population growth dramatically.  In 2015 China ended the One Child Policy, but its effects are still being felt.

 What is one way the One Child Policy will impact Chinese society?

• Rural areas will gain population.

• Urban areas will lose population.

• Within the coming years China will experience a shortage in workers.

• Chinese families will grow too large.

Southwest Asia is an extremely arid region that receives less than 18 inches of precipitation each year. Much of the region is covered by sand, salt, or rocks. Vegetation is scarce except where areas have been irrigated and turned into productive farmland. What best describes another effect of irrigation?

• Increase of political freedoms

• Growth of settlements

• Expansion of the desert

• Decline in urban population

Which is an accurate statement about world population trends?

• Population trends include live births, death rates, and crop distribution.

• Rural populations are declining as megacities expand.

• Japan is one of the least populated countries in the world.

• Globally, population growth is now zero.

What do we call the study of human populations and how they change?

• Demography

• Biodiversity

• Human geography

• Life expectancy

A country with a rapidly growing youth population will need to invest in

• retirement communities

• schools

• farms

• city halls

Which statement most accurately describes how geography affected the growth of the ancient civilizations of Egypt (Nile) and Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates)?

• Large deserts provided many mineral deposits

• River valleys provided rich soil to grow plentiful crops

• Access to the Atlantic Ocean provided trade routes

• Large savanna areas provided protection from invaders

A country with an aging population is most likely to face rapidly rising costs for which of the following?

• A growing number of refugees

• A rising cost in retirement pensions

• A growing threat of pollution

• A rise in unemployment

Which of these is most likely to be the first thing to draw someone from a rural area to a large urban city?

• Job opportunities

• Sporting events

• Historic sites

• Shopping bazaars