3.1 Growth of Human Populations

The world's human growth rate is dependent on what? (MARK ALL THAT APPLY)

• The birth rate
• The death rate
• The number of homes
• Population density

Approximately 10,000 years ago, humans developed _________________, which enabled a much bigger and more reliable source of food.

• scavenging
• hunting
• gathering
• agriculture

Which of the following resembles a model of human growth up to now?

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Availability of space, clean air, clean water, food and economic opportunity are all factors that...

• increase population growth
• limit population growth
• have no impact on population growth
• have made only recent changes to population growth

The stage of growth when high death rates and high birth rates slow population growth is what?

• Stage 1
• Stage 2
• Stage 4
• Stage 3

The stage of population growth when birth rates reach the same low level as death rates is known as what?

• Stage 1
• Stage 2
• Stage 3
• Stage 4

Some countries are experiencing decline in population, due to death rates exceeding birth rates. This stage of population growth has been named what?

• Stage 0
• Stage negative
• Stage 5
• Stage 10

By 2025, which country does the US Census Bureau expect to be the largest by population?

• China
• India
• Russia
• NIgeria

Within the next 50 years, which country does the US Census Bureau expect will see a demographic racial change, where a minority group will become the majority?

• Canada
• Japan
• United States
• Russia

When the population approaches the _______________ _________________, the risk of damaging the environment and disease, starvation and global conflict greatly increase.

• carrying capacity
• population increase
• Technological revolution