WorksheetsRev 1 Population pd 8
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
By definition For a country to achieve a demographic dividend it needs to have:
a)
Stable government
b)
Semi-skilled labor
c)
Stable economy
d)
A and B
2.
The area of medicine has dramatically increased our human capabilities in terms of longer life spans and protection from disease. As a result, the population of elderly people grows as birth rates begin to fall. This phenomenon is known as….
a)
Age gap
b)
Graying of Society
c)
Replacement Rate
d)
Carrying capacity
3.
In a country with a slow population growth such as Italy, what are some conclusions that can be drawn.
a)
Low doubling time
b)
High Doubling time
c)
Low fertility Rate
d)
B and C
4.
In areas of Africa such as Niger, which has a fertility rate of 7.57, have large families due to spread of disease and an attempt to have at least someone make it to their fertile age so that their family can continue. This concept is can be defined by
a)
Babies having babies
b)
Sequence occupancy
c)
Neither
d)
A and B
5.
Southern Asia faces the greatest hunger burden, with about 281 million undernourished people. This statement can be identified as a…
a)
Quantitative statement
b)
Qualitative statement
c)
Demographic
d)
A and C
6.
In the next 15 years where will people immigrate to the most?
a)
VDC/MDC
b)
DC
c)
UDC/LDC
d)
LDC/MDC
7.
If doubling time can be approximated by using the Rule of 70, which basically states that 70/ % of population growth = doubling time, which country will have a faster doubling time if India’s annual population growth rate is ty 1.2%, and Pakistan’s is 1.5%, based on this which country will reach carrying capacity first if these numbers stay the same.
a)
India has faster doubling time, and will reach carrying capacity first.
b)
Pakistan has faster doubling time, and will reach carrying capacity first.
c)
Pakistan has faster doubling time, but India will reach carrying capacity first.
d)
Pakistan has faster doubling time, but India will reach carrying capacity first.
8.
After World War II, because of improvements in technology and medicine, life expectancy began to increase and infant mortality began to decrease. This lead to a period of time where the population grew dramatically. This can be described using the word(s)....
a)
Baby Boom
b)
Population explosion
c)
Immigration
d)
A and B
9.
Why do people emigrate from countries?
a)
There are not enough opportunities.
b)
There are not enough resources
c)
Their current country is in the middle of a war
d)
All of the above
10.
What would lead to a population implosions:
a)
A widespread disease that killed ⅓ of the population
b)
An earthquake that killed many people
c)
Reaching carrying capacity
d)
A and C
11.
Which country is most likely to have the lowest crude birth rate?
a)
Nigeria
b)
Japan
c)
India
d)
Vietnam
12.
Because of the instability of the country, Chad has a high crude death rate. Yet, the country still has a low doubling time, approximately 28 years, how is this possible?
a)
The population is high enough that crude death rate has less significance
b)
The crude birth rate is low, so it overrides the death rate
c)
The crude birth rate is low, so it overrides the death rate
d)
A and C
13.
True or false? The more developed a country is, the higher fertility rate
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Fertility rate directly relates to the developmental state a country is. If a country has a low fertility rate, what does this say about the state of the country?
a)
It is an LDC
b)
It is a MDC
c)
It is both
d)
Not enough information to tell
15.
Which circumstances will not result in a high doubling time?
a)
Low fertility rate
b)
Rapid population growth
c)
Fertility rate above 2.1
d)
B and C
16.
The rate of natural increase is usually greater in:
a)
MDC
b)
DC
c)
VDC
d)
LDC
17.
A high population density promotes all of the following except:
a)
Ideas
b)
Abundance of nature
c)
Disease
d)
Collaboration
18.
What would be described as barren land?
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
Land along the Nile River
c)
The Dust Bowl
d)
Land along the Indus River
19.
The Aborigines are indigenous to Australia, meaning that they later immigrated to Australia.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
How is carrying capacity related to doubling times?
a)
lower doubling times result in exponential growth, which may lead to a carrying capacity in a region
b)
higher doubling times result in exponential growth, which may lead to a carrying capacity in a region.
c)
No relation
d)
carrying capacity results in lower doubling times
21.
Exponential growth is most prominent in _____ due to ‘babies having babies”
a)
UDC/LDC
b)
VDC/DC
c)
LDC/MDC
d)
DC/MDC
22.
After the WW’s, colonies around the world wanted to get rid of imperialism because they wanted independence. They looked at the western world and wanted to have the success that America and Europe had. This prompted many political revolutions because the government could not/would not fulfill their people’s wishes. the This is an example of:
a)
Both C and D
b)
Demographic dividend
c)
protectionism
d)
Revolution of rising expectations
23.
Trump’s travel ban not an intervening obstacle because many people can still immigrate to the United States.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
A higher economic growth rate leads to a lower fertility rate.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Higher income leads to all of the following except:
a)
Higher birth rate
b)
More equality
c)
Better healthcare
d)
Longer life
26.
“Right to work” will…
a)
Lower the doubling times in a region
b)
Cause a politic and economic change in regions because of the absence of unions
c)
Increase the amount of businesses in the rust belt
d)
Decrease the amount of businesses in the sunbelt
27.
What will be the difference between the population patterns of the US and Sudan within the next 50 years?
a)
The US doubling time will decrease
b)
Sudans doubling time will increase
c)
US doubling times will increase
d)
None of the above
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