Population and Migration Test

Unauthorized immigrants

• permanent movement from one region of a country to another

• temporary movement of migrant worker between home and host country to seek employment

• people who enter a country without proper documents to do so

• people who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution

What is the current approximate population of the world?

• 9 billion

• 3 billion

• 6 billion

• 8 billion

Looking at the image, what is the message of the political cartoon?

• population increase is a good thing

• increasing population is straining earth's resources

• population increases are not a problem, people can use resources without any concerns

• natural resources are endless

Emigration is

• when a person leaves their home country and returns later on

• when a person comes into a new country

• when a person leaves a country permanently

• when a person moves into a new part of the same country

What continent has the highest population concentration?

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

• North America

What country recently surpassed China and become the world's largest in terms of population?

• Japan

• Russia

• Indonesia

• India

When someone moves from the United States to Mexico they are a ____________ to Mexico?

• immigrant

• migrant

• emigrant

• rufugee

What is a population pyramid?

• a graph that shows the age-gender distribution of a given population. It a graphic profile of the population's residents

• a pyramid built by the ancient Egyptians to provide housing for their people

• a type of chart that shows things about people

• a graph that displays geographic data about the physical geography of a region

For this population pyramid, which of the following is true?

• this is a less developed country with an older population

• this is a more developed country with a young population

• this is a newly industrializing country

• this is a less developed country with a young population

The message of the political cartoon is most likely...

• this society needs more old people

• young people are a burden on society

• as this society ages, less young people are available to care for the older population

• too many young people are around and because they are unemployed in higher numbers, they are a drain on society