Population Studies Quiz

What does the term "Birth Rate" refer to in population studies?

• The number of people who die per 1,000 individuals in a year

• The number of people born per 1,000 individuals in a certain period of time

• The rate of marriages per 1,000 individuals

• The number of people migrating per 1,000 individuals

Which term describes a rate of change that increases more and more rapidly over time?

• Linear Growth

• Decline

• Exponential Growth

• Static Growth

What is meant by "Overpopulation"?

• A decrease in the human population

• A stable human population

• A condition where the number of humans grows beyond what the available resources can support

• The movement of people from rural to urban areas

What does "Conservation" involve?

• Exploiting natural resources

• Losing resources over time

• Remaining constant without loss or gain

• Rapid consumption of resources

What is the practice of "Sustainable Use" aimed at?

• Reducing the use of renewable resources

• Allowing renewable resources time to recover and replenish

• Increasing the use of non-renewable resources

• Ignoring the environmental impacts of resource use

Population increases happen when a country experiences

• Higher death rates than birth rates

• Higher birth rates than death rates

• Higher migration rates than immigration

• Higher immigration than birth rates

Global population growth will likely slow in the future as crude birth rates decline.

• True 
• False

The Population Bomb idea was wrong because...

• people don't reproduce as fast as they originally thought

• agricultural advances were able to provide enough food for the world's population increase

• enough people died in wars and by disease to keep population stable

• immigration balanced the world's population and its resources

Which of the scenarios below might cause the total population of a country to decrease? 

• Drought leading to a lack of food 

• Better nutrition and healthcare 

• Pronatal policies  

• An increase in immigration to the country 

This caused a jump in the worlds' population in the late 1700's and helped send England into stage 2:

• the Renaissance

• the Industrial Revolution

• the Medical Revolution

• the Scientific Revolution