Unit Two: Population and Migration Review

Explain Thomas Malthus's population theory.

• He concluded that the world's population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.

• He concluded that crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.

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  He concluded that population increased arithmetically while food production increased linguistically.

• He concluded that population growth was outpacing available resources in every country, according to algebraic calculations.

According to EG Ravenstein, which of the following is NOT true?

• Most migrants are young adults.

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  Most migration is over very long distance

• Migration is most often for economic reasons.

• Migration occurs in steps.

  
  

Most migrants move for 

• economic reasons

  
  

• cultural reasons

  
  

• environmental reasons

  
  

• persecution reasons

  
  

Which of the following is a PULL factor?

• Insufficient Food Supply

  
  

• High Crime Rate in Native Country

  
  

• Higher Paying jobs in New Country

  
  

• High Crime Rate in New Country

  
  

Which of the following is a PULL factor?

• A hurricane

  
  

• failed harvest

  
  

• increase in taxes

  
  

• opening a new factory

  
  

Thomas Malthus thought

• 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 

  
  

According to the text, how have physical features and environmental conditions influenced the past and migration patterns?

• Physical geography, such as landforms and climate, plays a big role in shaping how people live and move.

• Understanding the physical features and environmental conditions is not important for understanding history and culture.

• Climate patterns do not affect the types of plants and animals that can live in different regions.

• The influence of European countries has had no impact on the past and migration patterns.

What role does female education play on population density and distribution?

• The more educated women are, the less likely they are to have many children

• The more educated women are, the more likely they are to live in less developed countries

• The less educated women are, the less likely they are to have many children

• The more educated women are, the more likely they are to live in rural areas

The arithmetic population density for a country or region is determined by dividing the total:

• population by the number of farmers

• population by the total land area

  
  

• number of farmers by the total population

• area of square miles by the number of homes

• number of children by the number of mothers

Only a fraction of the Earth's surface is actually farmable land. This land is called:

• productive

• ecumene

• arable

• populated

• carrying capacity capable