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WorksheetsUnit 2: Population Vocabulary & More
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 34mins
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Class
Date
1.
Physiological Density is
a)
the total measure of a population relative to land size
b)
Number of people per unit area of agriculturally productive land.
c)
The arrangement of people on the Earth's surface.
d)
Huge urban conglomerates
2.
This is calculated by subtracting the total number of deaths from the total number of births...
a)
Total Fertility Rate
b)
Child Mortality Rate
c)
Natural Increase
d)
Population Density
3.
Old age dependency ratio is....
a)
relationship between the number of people over the age of 65 and the working age population between 15 and 64.
b)
Demographers use this to measure whether a population can replace its deaths with births. It is calculated as the average number of children born to a woman of childbearing age.
c)
calculated by subtracting the total number of deaths from the total number of births...
d)
the time it would take for the population to double.
4.
If you invested $100 at 10% compounded annually it would take about seven years to double to $200 and then another 7 years to become $400 and another 7 years to become $800. This is called...
a)
Doubling time
b)
Population explosion
c)
Zero population growth
d)
Total Fertility Rate
5.
This is calculated by the number of live births per year per thousand people in the population...
a)
Crude Birth rate
b)
Crude Death Rate
c)
Total Fertility Rate
d)
Child-bearing age
6.
This is calculated by the number of deaths per year per thousand people...
a)
Crude Death Rate
b)
Crude Birth Rate
c)
Total Fertility Rate
d)
Natural Rate of Increase
7.
How is Infant mortality rate measured?
a)
baby's death during the first year following its birth; number of cases per 1000 live births
b)
death between ages 1 and 5
c)
Total population divided by ages
d)
Total population divided by land area
8.
Life expectancy is...
a)
number of years on average someone may expect to remain alive
b)
Deaths of children aged 1-5
c)
How long the earth will sustain population growth
d)
How healthy a child is
9.
An example of an expansive population policy is....
a)
Do It for Denmark
b)
One-child Policy
c)
Eugenic population policies
d)
All of these answers
10.
An example of a country with a population pyramid that has a large base is
a)
Japan.
b)
Germany.
c)
Nigeria.
d)
Russia.
11.
The demographic transition model suggests that as countries industrialize
a)
in-migration increases over time.
b)
migration increases from urban to suburban areas.
c)
birth and death rates decrease over time.
d)
life expectancy decreases over time.
12.
What are the four major population clusters/concentrations?
a)
Eastern North America, West Africa, Latin America, Russia
b)
West Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, South Africa
c)
East Asia, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia
d)
Latin America, North America, Middle East, Central Africa
13.
Nearly 1/4 of the world's people live here, includes eastern China, islands of Japan, Korean Peninsula, & the island of Taiwan, has several fertile river valleys and sparsely inhabited mountains & deserts, more than 1/2 live in rural areas as farmers, more than 3/4 of Koreans/Japanese work in urban areas @ industrial/service jobs: what major population cluster is this?
a)
South Asia
b)
East Asia
c)
Southeast Asia
d)
Europe
14.
Nearly 1/4 of the world's people live here, includes Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and island of Sri Lanka, largest concentration of people lives along a 1500 km (900 mile) line from Lahore through India & Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal, most people work as farmers in rural areas: what major population cluster is this?
a)
South Asia
b)
East Asia
c)
Southeast Asia
d)
Europe
15.
Around 600 million people live here, Indonesia consists of 13,677 islands which is the 4th most populous country, largest population concentration is on the island of Java (100 million people), population is clustered along river valleys & deltas, high % work as farmers in rural areas: what major population cluster is this?
a)
South Asia
b)
East Asia
c)
Southeast Asia
d)
Europe
16.
What is the definition of ecumene?
a)
land that is suitable for growing crops
b)
portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement (inhabited areas)
c)
number or people supported by a unit area of arable land
d)
the ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land
17.
Most work in agriculture, largest cluster is along the Atlantic Coast, Nigeria is the most populous country: what emerging population cluster is this?
a)
East Asia
b)
Southeast Asia
c)
Eastern North America
d)
West Africa
18.
What are some reasons for inhospitality of certain lands?
a)
certain geographic features are unsuitable for settlement, weather is not ideal to live in, & people are not able to grow crops or have animals
b)
the seasons do not have set months
c)
there is no entertainment nearby
d)
there are no airports nearby
19.
What is the definition of arithmetic density?
a)
a greater pressure placed on land to produce enough food
b)
the number of people supported by a unit of arable land
c)
the total number of people in a region or country divided by the total land area
d)
the ratio of farmers to the amount of arable land
20.
What is the definition of physiological density?
a)
land that is inhabited permanently by human settlement
b)
the ratio of people in a region divided by the amount of food in a region
c)
the ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land
d)
the number of people supported by a unit area of arable land
21.
What occurs when the rate of physiological density increases?
a)
a greater pressure will need to be placed on the land to produce enough food
b)
the population pyramid begins to gray
c)
everyone begins to emigrate from the region
d)
everyone begins to migrate to the nearest country
22.
What is the definition of agricultural density?
a)
the number of crops harvested in a single year
b)
the ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land
c)
the number of animals in a region
d)
the amount of children in the labor force
23.
What is the natural increase rate (NIR)?
a)
the % by which a population grows in a year (subtract the CBR from the CDR after converting to decimals)
b)
the number of people who get jobs in an urban area
c)
the percent by which a region grows in land area
d)
the % by which a population grows in a year (subtract the CDR from the CBR after converting to %)
24.
What is the NIR today?
a)
2.2 %
b)
2.6 %
c)
1.2 %
d)
1.6 %
25.
What is the definition of doubling time?
a)
the number of years needed to double a population (assuming a constant rate of natural increase)
b)
the year a population declines by 1/2
c)
the year a population gets to 2 million
d)
the time needed to double the amount of agriculture
26.
In what world regions is most growth occurring?
a)
the region that is the largest in land area
b)
countries with the largest physiological density.
c)
developing countries (Africa & Southwest Asia)
d)
countries that are in the northern part of the world
27.
What is the definition of total fertility rate (TFR)?
a)
the average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years (approx. age 15-49)
b)
the number of times a woman becomes pregnant in a single year
c)
the number of babies who live past the age of 2 ina region
d)
the number of infants who are girls to the number of infants who are boys represented as a ratio
28.
What is the dependency ratio?
a)
the number of animals dependent on owners to care for them
b)
the number of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the number or people in their productive years
c)
the people who emigrate out of the country and rely on family back home to send money
d)
the number of jobs that are available in an urban society
29.
What age groups are categorized as "dependent"?
a)
70-80
b)
65+
c)
0-14
d)
0-14 & 65+
30.
All of the following are true of physiologic density EXCEPT
a)
unlike arithmetic density, physiologic density calculates the number of people per unit of farmland.
b)
countries like Iraq, Egypt, and Uzbekistan have high physiologic densities because the amount of arable land is low.
c)
physiologic density is useful in determining the sustainability of a population in a given region.
d)
a country with high physiologic density must also have a high arithmetic density.
31.
Which of the following best describes the general direction that the population center of the United States has moved since 1790?
a)
North and east
b)
South
c)
West and south
d)
North and west
32.
Which of the following is a consequence of zero population growth (ZPG)?
a)
higher rates of malnutrition
b)
reduced strain on available resources
c)
a larger workforce
d)
decreased progress toward development in least developed countries
33.
Which of the following is true regarding least developed countries (LDC) and most developed countries (MDC)?
a)
LDC have lower infant mortality rates than MDC.
b)
LDC have higher standards of living than MDC.
c)
MDC have lower illiteracy rates than LDC.
d)
Economies of MDC have more reliance on agricultural production than LDC.
34.
Geographers define overpopulation as
a)
too many people in the world
b)
too many people compared to resources
c)
too many people in a defined region
d)
too many people as compared to the number of farmers
35.
The choropleth map above shows areas of the world divided into three classes. The lightest portions of the Earth, as seen above, are referred to with the term:
a)
arithmetic density
b)
ecumene
c)
population cluster
d)
non-ecumene
36.
Which of the following population agglomerations is the most highly urbanized?
a)
Southeast Asian
b)
European
c)
West African
d)
North American
37.
The annual global population growth rate increased approximately ten thousand years ago because of
a)
an agricultural revolution
b)
demographic transition
c)
the Industrial Revolution
d)
medical improvements
38.
The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
39.
The basic shape of a country’s population pyramid is determined primarily by its
a)
total fertility rate
b)
crude death rate
c)
sex ratio
d)
dependency rate
40.
In contrast to the experience of relatively developed countries, developing countries entered Stage 2 of the demographic transition through
a)
creation of higher levels of wealth
b)
adual diffusion of the industrial revolution
c)
sudden injection of medical technology from developed nations
d)
changes in their economic and social systems
41.
Thomas Malthus concluded that
a)
population increased arithmetically while food production increased geometrically
b)
the world’s rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies
c)
moral restraint was producing lower birth rates among most nations
d)
population growth had been outpacing available resources for centuries
42.
Which of the following national policies would be indicative of a pro-natalist philosophy or program within that country?
a)
paternity leave
b)
national day care coverage
c)
child based tax credits
d)
all of the above
43.
In the highest age-cohort of the United States’ population pyramid, the women typically outnumber the men. This indicates a difference in
a)
the crude birth rate
b)
life expectancies
c)
the crude death rate
d)
the total fertility rate
44.
A country with an age distribution like that shown above, is most likely a country that
a)
is experiencing rapid growth
b)
is experiencing slow or no population growth
c)
is experiencing a high death rate
d)
is a less-developed country
45.
The sex ratio represented in the age-sex graph shown here is most likely the result of
a)
high infant mortality
b)
a period of war
c)
a large guest-worker population
d)
an epidemic with high mortality
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