APHG Unit 2 Quiz: 2.5 - 2.9

The Demographic Transition Model demonstrates… 

• Where people live in a country 

• How a population changes as it develops 

• How the population is divided into male and female 

• What percentage of the population is in each age cohort 

According to demographic transition theory, at which stages is a country's population most likely to decline?

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 3

• 3 and 4

• 4 and 5

Stage 1 & 2 of the Demographic Transition are generally characterized by

• High growth

• Low growth

• Zero growth

• Negative growth

Based on the data shown in the population pyramid what stage of the DTM most likely describes the developing nation of Burkina Faso?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

During what stage of the Epidemiological Transition Model is life expectancy at its highest?

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

Which stage of the Epidemiological Transition Model is most closely associated with the beginning of "man-made" diseases due to unhealthy eating habits and other poor health choices.

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

The maximum population an environment can sustain is known as ________

• overpopulation

• high population

• carrying capacity

• rapid growth

Overpopulation is not just a concern over the number of people but also this…

• edumene

• consumption of resources

• infant mortality rate

• crude death rate

Who believed the population would outgrow the food supply if they did not practice moral restraint?

• Ester Boserup

• Ernest Ravenstein

• Thomas Malthus

• Paul Ehrlich

Who believed the population could overcome production problems so that resources would always be provided for a growing population?

• Ester Boserup

• Ernest Ravenstein

• Thomas Malthus

• Paul Ehrlich