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WorksheetsPopulation and Urbanization
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Each day on Earth, if you subtract the number of people who die that day from the number of people born that day, the planet has approximately _____ more people.
a)
2,370
b)
23,700
c)
237,000
d)
2,370,000
2.
At around the time of the birth of Christ, there were about _____ people in the world.
a)
10,000
b)
55,000
c)
2 million
d)
300 million
3.
In stage one of the demographic transition,
a)
the birth rate and
death rate are more or less balanced.
b)
births far outnumber deaths.
c)
births drop, and
deaths become more or less balanaced
d)
deaths outnumber births.
4.
_____ is the process in which a country’s population becomes smaller because its birth rate and immigration are too low to replace those who die and emigrate.
a)
Population growth
b)
Population Shrinkage
c)
Population Stability
d)
Demography
5.
_____ is a graph that represents the age and sex of a population
a)
Fecundity
b)
Population List
c)
Population Pyramid
d)
The Fertility Rate
6.
The number of children that the average woman bears is known as
a)
fecundity
b)
fertility rate
c)
birth rate
d)
mortality
7.
In which of the following countries do women give birth to the fewest children?
a)
United States
b)
Poland
c)
Chad
d)
Somalia
8.
The growth rate
a)
is always a positive number
b)
can be a negative number
c)
is never zero
d)
ignores migration
9.
Approximately how many cities with over one million residents does the world presently have?
a)
3
b)
24
c)
100
d)
500
10.
A central city surrounded by smaller cities and their suburbs is a(n)
a)
megacity
b)
metropolis
c)
megaregion
d)
megapaininthebut
11.
A central city surrounded by smaller cities and their suburbs is a(n)
a)
megacity
b)
metropolis
c)
megaregion
d)
megapaininthebut
12.
When a city has 10 million or more residents, it is a(n)
a)
evolved city
b)
megacity
c)
megaregion
d)
megaexpensive
13.
The world's largest megacity is
a)
Columbia
b)
New York
c)
Mexico City
d)
Tokyo
14.
The most rural state in the United States is
a)
Michigan
b)
Maine
c)
Alaska
d)
California
15.
_____ is a decision by a bank not to make loans in a particular area.
a)
Disinvestment
b)
Redlining
c)
Suburbanization
d)
Deurbanization
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