Social Studies Review

1. Which might cause death rates in a country to fall?

• 1. zero population growth

• 1. migration

• war

• 1. improved healthcare

1. Which describes zero population growth?

• 1. birthrate is higher than death rate by zero percent

• 1. birthrate is higher than death rate by 60 percent

• 1. death rate is higher than birthrate by 30 percent

• 1. birthrate is lower than death rate by 50 percent

1. Population density is the average number of people

• 1. living in countries with smaller land areas.

• 1. living in rural areas.

• 1. living on a square mile or square kilometer of land.

• 1. living in cities.

1. What can be learned from a population pyramid?

• 1. whether a population is increasing or decreasing

• 1. the doubling time of the population for a country

• 1. a country's stage in the demographic transition model

• 1. the population density of a country

1. What is the growth of population in cities and the resulting changes called?

• industrialization

• urbanization

• revolution

• migration

1. Which is an example of a pull factor?

• 1. lack of economic opportunities

• war

• family

• 1. political persecution

1. In which type of government does the power belong to only one person?

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• theocracy

• 1. democracy

1. Which is an example of a monarch?

• 1. the Prime Minister of Great Britain

• 1. the President of the United States

• 1. the King of Saudi Arabia

• 1. the Chancellor of Germany

The source of power in a theocracy is

• religion

• economics

• 1. the people.

• 1. the queen.

1. A democracy in which people elect others to make laws is a

• 1. monarch democracy.

• assembled democracy.

• 1. direct democracy.

• 1. representative democracy.