AP Human Geography Unit 2 Modules 10-12 Test

In the updated demographic transition model, which stage is associated with population decline?

• industrial

• preindustrial

• postindustrial

• urban

• rural

The world's population explosion was triggered by a dramatic _______

• increase in birth rates coupled with the stability of death rates

• decrease in death rates coupled with high birth rates

• increase in fertility rates

• decrease in rates of natural increase

• fluctuation of birth rates and death rates

The phenomenon graphed in this image is known as the ______

• demographic transition

• population explosion

• economic development timeline

• industrialization quotient

• epidemilogic transition

According to the graph, a sharp decline in the birth rate begins in ______

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

• Stage 5

According to the graph, by the time Stage 4 occurs ______

• the total population is much higher than it was during Stage 1

• the total population is much lower than it was during Stage 1

• the death rate has been steadily climbing since Stage 2

• the birth rate has begun increasing again as a result of government policies

• the death rate exceeds the birth rate

Which statement is NOT true of Italy?

• Its population is expected to grow dramatically over the next three decades

• It has a very low birth rate

• Its population is one of the oldest in the world

• Its elderly people can apply for adoption by families in need of grandmothers or grandfathers

• It is encouraging skilled immigration to support the labor industries

Which of the following best explains a limitation of relying on the demographic transition model in explaining demographic changes when applied to sub-Saharan Africa and South Asian countries?

• declines in death rates have been slower than the declines that the European countries experienced at similar stages of development

• Countries have experienced much slower population growth than the historical growth rates in Europe

• Countries have closely followed the anticipated linear stage by stage progression

• the correlation between wealth and fertility has caused the date rate in these countries to rapidly plummet resulting in a return to the first stage of the model

• countries with decreasing birth rates don't always experience the anticipated growth in their economic systems

Which of the following led to China's accelerated progression through the demographic transition?

• China's government limiting access to contraceptives

• China's participation in the Second World War

• China's boby bonus incentives

• China's expansion of subsistence agricultural practices

• China's one couple, one child policy

Which of the following phrases of the epidemiological transition theory explains the age of receding pandemics?

• the age of receding pandemics is characterized by high and fluctuating death rates due to periodic outbreaks of deadly epidemics of infectious and parasitic diseases

• the age of receding pandemics is characterized by stabilized mortality rates that have redistributed from the young to the elderly

• the age of receding pandemics reflects continued improvements in life expectancy due to the advancement of medical technology and lifestyle choices that improve diets and the frequency of exercise

• the age of receding pandemics reflects high mortality due to the development of new public health crises such as obesity and type 2 diabetes

• the age of receding pandemics is characterized by declines in death rates as a result of improvements in sanitation and public health

According to the graph, which of the following best explains China's birth rate after the One Couple, One Child policy was implemented?

• China's birth rate slowly dropped, rose slightly, and has remained flat

• China's birth rate dropped, then sharply increased

• China's birth rate increased rapidly before leveling out in recent years

• China's birth rate increased slightly, then drastically spiked

• China's birth rate drastically dropped, then rose to historic highs