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WorksheetsPopulation/Migration/Epidemiology Quiz
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The birth rate minus the death rate.
a)
Infant Mortality Rate
b)
Natural Increase Rate
c)
Arithmetic Density
d)
Fertility Rate
2.
The average number of children a woman of childbearing years will have in her lifetime.
a)
Infant Mortality Rate
b)
Natural Increase Rate
c)
Arithmetic Density
d)
Fertility Rate
3.
The number of infants per one thousand who will die before reaching age two.
a)
Infant Mortality Rate
b)
Natural Increase Rate
c)
Arithmetic Density
d)
Fertility Rate
4.
The average number of people that live in a measurable area.
a)
Infant Mortality Rate
b)
Natural Increase Rate
c)
Arithmetic Density
d)
Fertility Rate
5.
The total number of people per area of arable land, which is suitable for agriculture.
a)
Birth Rate
b)
Death Rate
c)
Physiological Density
d)
Population Pyramid
6.
Number of deaths per one thousand population in a year.
a)
Birth Rate
b)
Death Rate
c)
Physiological Density
d)
Population Pyramid
7.
A graphic device that shows the sex and age distribution of a population.
a)
Birth Rate
b)
Death Rate
c)
Physiological Density
d)
Population Pyramid
8.
Number of live births per one thousand population in a year.
a)
Birth Rate
b)
Death Rate
c)
Physiological Density
d)
Population Pyramid
9.
During which time period did the greatest human population begin to increase exponentially?
a)
During the New Stone Age
b)
During the Ice Age
c)
During the Industrial Revolution
d)
During the Iron Age
10.
Why did human population begin to increase exponentially?
a)
Increased birthrate
b)
Better healthcare
c)
Improved sanitation
d)
Yup, all of those things!
11.
Which of the following is an explanation of exponential growth?
a)
Growth whose rate becomes more rapid as a number increases.
b)
Growth that slows down as a number increases.
c)
A constant growth that never speeds up.
d)
A constant decrease.
12.
Among what people are the populations currently growing the fastest?
a)
The world’s richest people
b)
The world’s poorest people
c)
Cuba
d)
Russia
13.
What is the number 1 way to lower birth rates in developing countries?
a)
Preferring male children
b)
Build larger farms
c)
Gender equality (empowering women)
d)
War
14.
What is the greatest impact of overpopulation?
a)
Increase likelihood of conflict
b)
Depletion of resources
c)
Increase likelihood of disease
d)
Not enough space for development
15.
Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model exhibits a steady high crude birth rate but has a dramatic decrease in the crude death rate?
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
16.
Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model exhibits little to no population growth?
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
17.
Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition model is when infectious diseases have returned to a population. What are two potential reasons for a possible Stage 5 of the DTM?
a)
Sanitation, Lack of Technology
b)
Evolution, Hysteria
c)
Poverty, Depletion of Medicine
d)
Poverty, Evolution
18.
Migration from a location.
a)
Immigration
b)
Emigration
c)
Migration
d)
Net Migration
19.
Migration to a new location
a)
Immigration
b)
Emigration
c)
Migration
d)
Net Migration
20.
The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants.
a)
Immigration
b)
Emigration
c)
Migration
d)
Net Migration
21.
Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location.
a)
Immigration
b)
Emigration
c)
Migration
d)
Net Migration
22.
Factor that induces people to leave old residences.
a)
Pull Factor
b)
Push Factor
c)
Intraregional
Migration
d)
Interregional
Migration
23.
Factor that induces people to move to a new location.
a)
Pull Factor
b)
Push Factor
c)
Intraregional Migration
d)
Interregional Migration
24.
Permanent movement within one region of a country.
a)
Pull Factor
b)
Push Factor
c)
Intraregional Migration
d)
Interregional Migration
25.
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.
a)
Pull Factor
b)
Push Factor
c)
Intraregional Migration
d)
Interregional Migration
26.
The Braa family decides to move from Minnesota to Wisconsin. This is an example of which type of migration?
a)
Interregional
Migration
b)
Intraregional
Migration
c)
International
Migration
d)
Net
Migration
27.
The Fredd family decides to move from Minnesota to California. This is an example of which type of migration?
a)
Interregional Migration
b)
Intraregional Migration
c)
International Migration
d)
Net Migration
28.
What is the number one reason why people move to a new location?
a)
Bike
trails
b)
Weather
c)
Economic Conditions
d)
Education
29.
In the 21st century, most of the immigrants to the United States came from where?
a)
Europe
b)
Canada
c)
Middle East
d)
Latin America
30.
This term describes people who have been forced to migrate from their homes and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.
a)
Fugitive
b)
Immigrant
c)
Refugee
d)
Asylum Seeker
31.
Chain migration is the migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. Which of the following is an example of chain migration?
a)
Americans moving to Europe
b)
Becraft family moving from Arizona to Minnesota
c)
Somalis migrating to Minnesota
d)
“Snowbirds” temporarily moving to a warmer climate
32.
What is the most common environmental threat to people around the world that forces them to migrate?
a)
Water
b)
Killer Bees
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Tornadoes
33.
How has the “center of population” in the United States primarily shifted since 1800?
a)
From West to East
b)
From East to West
c)
From South to North
d)
From North to South
34.
What is the name of Stage 1 of the Epidemiologic Transition Model?
a)
Delayed
Degenerative Diseases
b)
Pestilence
& Famine
c)
Degenerative
Diseases
d)
Receding
Pandemics
35.
What is the name of Stage 2 of the Epidemiologic Transition Model?
a)
Delayed Degenerative Diseases
b)
Pestilence & Famine
c)
Degenerative Diseases
d)
Receding Pandemics
36.
What is the name of Stage 3 of the Epidemiologic Transition Model?
a)
Delayed Degenerative Diseases
b)
Pestilence & Famine
c)
Degenerative Diseases
d)
Receding Pandemics
37.
What is the name of Stage 4 of the Epidemiologic Transition Model?
a)
Delayed Degenerative Diseases
b)
Pestilence & Famine
c)
Degenerative Diseases
d)
Receding Pandemics
38.
From the description/examples listed below, which correctly describes Stage 1 of the Epidemiologic Transition Model?
a)
Cardiovascular disease/cancer
b)
Through medicine, disease spreads more slowly
c)
Improved Sanitation, nutrition
d)
Black Plague
39.
From the description/examples listed below, which correctly describes Stage 2 of the Epidemiologic Transition Model?
a)
Cardiovascular disease/cancer
b)
Through medicine, disease spreads more slowly
c)
Improved Sanitation, nutrition
d)
Black Plague
40.
From the description/examples listed below, which correctly describes Stage 3 of the Epidemiologic Transition Model?
a)
Cardiovascular disease/cancer
b)
Through medicine, disease spreads more slowly
c)
Improved Sanitation, nutrition
d)
Black Plague
41.
From the description/examples listed below, which correctly describes Stage 4 of the Epidemiologic Transition Model?
a)
Cardiovascular disease/cancer
b)
Through medicine, disease spreads more slowly
c)
Improved Sanitation, nutrition
d)
Black Plague
42.
A ____________ is disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.
a)
Pandemonium
b)
Socioeconomic
c)
Pandemic
d)
Epidemic
43.
Dr. John Snow and his famous water pumps map showed the spread of which disease in London during the 1850s?
a)
HIV
b)
Bird Flu
c)
Cholera
d)
Tuberculosis
44.
The branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people is ____________________.
a)
Epidemiology
b)
Optometry
c)
Cardiology
d)
Pandemiology
45.
Why are developing countries more susceptible to the spread of infectious diseases?
a)
Lower socio-economic status
b)
Unstable government
c)
Lack of healthcare/ education
d)
All of the above
46.
Where in the world is HIV/AIDS most prevalent (most common)?
a)
Europe
b)
Southeast Asia
c)
United States
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
47.
The vaccination in the movie Contagion was titled MEV-1. How was the final vaccine administered?
a)
Fluid
b)
Respiratory Inhalation
c)
Shot
d)
Drinking Water
48.
At the conclusion of the movie Contagion, we learned that the virus that caused the epidemic derived (came from) from _______.
a)
Pigs
b)
Chinese Food
c)
Bats
d)
Monkeys
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