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WorksheetsUnit 2: Population & Migration Test Review
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 41mins
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Class
Date
1.
The term that best describes a permanent move to a new location is
a)
migration
b)
mobility
c)
net in-migration
d)
net migration
2.
Which of the following is NOT true?
a)
The three major kinds of push factors are political, economic, and environmental
b)
The most common environmental threat to people comes from too much or too little water
c)
Most migration occurs because of a combination of push and pull factors
d)
Countries with slow population growth but strong economies commonly experience out-migration
3.
The most prominent type of intraregional migration in the world is
a)
region to region
b)
urban to rural.
c)
city to city
d)
rural to urban
4.
Relatively few people live at ________, but there are significant exceptions, especially in low latitudes.
a)
low elevations
b)
sea-level
c)
high elevations
d)
or near coastlines
5.
Thomas Malthus concluded that
a)
population increased arithmetically while food production increased linguistically
b)
the world's rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.
c)
so-called "moral restraint" was producing lower crude birth rates
d)
crude birth rates must balance crude death rates
6.
The two most populous countries in the world are
a)
China and India
b)
India and Bangladesh.
c)
Russia and the United States
d)
Indonesia and China
7.
Although China has the largest population in the world, what explains the country's declining NIR?
a)
AIDS pandemic
b)
famine
c)
a 30-year population control policy
d)
high numbers of emigrants leaving China
8.
The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the
a)
hot zone
b)
civilized world
c)
geophenom
d)
ecumene
9.
Arithmetic density is
a)
the amount of land available for farming
b)
the amount of land available for people to build houses on
c)
the total number of people in a country
d)
the total number of objects in an area
10.
Physiological density is the number of
a)
acres of farmland per the total area of a country
b)
farmers per area of farmland.
c)
people per area of flat land
d)
people per area suitable for agriculture.
11.
The percentage by which a population grows in years is called the
a)
doubling time
b)
crude birth rate
c)
natural increase rate
d)
total fertility rate
12.
If the physiological density is much higher than the arithmetic density, then a country has
a)
a very large population overall
b)
a more difficult time feeding its own people
c)
a large percentage of arable land
d)
a large number of farmers
13.
Most of the world’s most densely settled countries are
a)
in the Western Hemisphere
b)
highly developed nations
c)
landlocked
d)
in the mid-latitudes
14.
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
15.
The total number of live births per year per ______ people in a society is the crude birth rate
a)
100 people
b)
1000 women
c)
1000 people
d)
total population
16.
Life expectancy is lowest in
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
South America
d)
Western Europe
17.
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
18.
The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?
a)
Stage 2
b)
Stage 3
c)
Stage 4
d)
Stage 5
19.
Relatively developed countries moved from Stage 1 to Stage 2 of the demographic transition 200 years ago in part because of
a)
an agricultural revolution
b)
revolution in medical technology
c)
the Industrial Revolution
d)
a medical revolution
20.
The percentage of people who are too young or too old to work in a society is known as
a)
dependency ratio
b)
population pyramid
c)
reproductive cohort
d)
sex ratio
21.
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
22.
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
23.
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
24.
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
25.
The ability of a resource base to sustain a population is known as its
a)
support ratio
b)
carrying capacity
c)
subsistence limit
d)
population pressure
26.
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
27.
Life expectancy describes
a)
the amount of money accumulated over the period of a life
b)
the length of time a person can expect to live
c)
the quality of life a person can expect to have
28.
Cyclic movement
a)
describes migratory processes with a repetitive pattern
b)
describes migratory processes involving transportation
c)
describes migratory processes to maintain stability
29.
Intervening opportunities are opportunities that
a)
increase the attraction of moving to distant places
b)
increase the likelihood of moving to closer, more attractive places
c)
decrease migration
30.
The ecumene is that part of Earth
a)
where people live
b)
where people can live
c)
where people cannot live
31.
The gravity model describes the power of attraction between two cities:
a)
the more alike the cities, the more likely people are to move from one to another
b)
the less alike the cities, the more likely people are to move from one to another
c)
the larger the city the more likely people are to move to the city
32.
Amazon is seeking a new city for future operations. If Amazon chooses Denver over Boise the choice most likely reflects
a)
intervening opportunity
b)
step migration
c)
the gravity model
33.
Crude Death Rate (DR)
a)
Number of deaths per year
b)
Number of deaths per 1000 per year
c)
Number of deaths per 1000 per year in a given area
34.
Cohort
a)
Population distribution in a country
b)
Population distribution on Earth
c)
Population distribution of males and females in age categories in a given country
35.
Census
a)
An official political program
b)
An official education program
c)
An official population count
36.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 2
b)
Stage 3
c)
Stage 4
d)
Stage 5
37.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 2
b)
Stage 3
c)
Stage 4
d)
Stage 5
38.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 2
b)
Stage 3
c)
Stage 4
d)
Stage 5
39.
A pyramid is relatively rectangular shaped, what stage of the DTM does this represent?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
40.
Average number of babies born in a woman's life in a country.
a)
CBR
b)
CDR
c)
TFR
d)
IMR
41.
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
42.
What does the "graying" of a population refer to?
a)
the population is gradually becoming more dominated by older people
b)
the number of people who get gray hair in a year
c)
the number of grandparents in a region
d)
the number of people who live past the age of 85
43.
Human beings avoid all but which of these regions?
a)
Warm lands
b)
Dry lands
c)
High lands
d)
Wet lands
44.
A policy concerned with ways to shrink population growth
a)
Anti-Natalist
b)
Neo-Natalist
c)
Pro-Natalist
d)
Malthusians
45.
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
46.
An example of a restrictive population policy....
a)
Do It for Denmark
b)
Mao's Population Policy in China
c)
China's One Child Policy
d)
offering cash subsidies, houses in exchange for more kids
47.
What percentage of the population lives in the Northern Hemisphere?
a)
10
b)
30
c)
70
d)
90
48.
The most populous country in the world is:
a)
China.
b)
India.
c)
Russia.
d)
Indonesia.
49.
The average number of people per square mile
a)
population distribution
b)
population density
c)
urbanization
d)
population rate
50.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
51.
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
52.
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.
53.
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
54.
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
55.
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
56.
Immigration is....
a)
Movement of people away from a place
b)
Movement of people to a place
c)
Movement of a group of people from one place to another
d)
Shorter trips away from home
57.
Voluntary Migration is....
a)
occurs after a migrant weighs options and choice, even if somewhat desperately or not so rationally.
b)
Migration that involves the imposition of authority or power producing involuntary movements that cannot be understood based on theories of choice
c)
Migration the occurs within a single country's border
d)
A specialized for of periodic movement which is a system of pastoral farming in which ranchers move livestock according to seasonal availability of pastures
58.
Which of the following is not one of Ravensteins laws of migration?
a)
Every migration flow generates a return or countermigration
b)
The majority of migrants move a short distance
c)
Migrants who move longer distance tend to choose big-city destinations
d)
All migrants choose to live in rural areas
59.
Human trafficking is...
a)
Another example of forced migration and an issue of concern in the international community where they will sex traffic children with forced labor, bonded or debt labor, and recruitment of child soldiers
b)
Humans movement and connectivity on the highways system.
c)
The interconnected road system in the United States
d)
Prospective migrants looking for a home
60.
This predicts interaction between places on the basis of their population size and distance between them...
a)
Gravity Model
b)
Push Factors
c)
Pull Factors
d)
Distance Decay
61.
Which of the following is an example of a push factor?
a)
Genocide
b)
Economic Prosperity
c)
Jobs
d)
Favorable weather
62.
Which of the following is an example of a pull factor?
a)
Genocide
b)
Environmental Disaster
c)
War
d)
Favorable Climate
63.
Name the Geographer who thought the world population would grow exponentially and food would grow linear.
a)
Malthus
b)
Ravenstein
c)
De Blij
d)
Rubenstein
64.
Migration the occurs within a single country's borders is called...
a)
Forced Migration
b)
Internal Migration
c)
Refugees
d)
Transhumance
65.
Migration that involves the imposition of authority or power producing involuntary movements that cannot be understood based on theories of choice is called...
a)
Internal Migration
b)
Forced Migration
c)
Transhumance
d)
Voluntary Migration
66.
the study of population patterns and change
a)
population density
b)
cartogram
c)
demography
d)
democracy
67.
the average number of children per woman
a)
birth rate
b)
fertility rate
c)
family rate
d)
census
68.
the birth rate minus the death rate expressed as a percentage
a)
birth rate
b)
death rate
c)
fertility rate
d)
rate of natural increase
69.
Which of the following is NOT one of the regions where population is concentrated?
a)
East Asia
b)
South Asia
c)
North America
d)
Europe
70.
The number of people an area can support on a sustained basis is known as
a)
population
b)
carrying capacity
c)
physiological density
d)
overpopulation
71.
Why does Egypt have a very high physiological density?
a)
very little land is arable
b)
it is a small country
c)
it does not have many people
d)
it has a low carrying capacity
72.
About 2/3 of the world's population is located
a)
within 300 miles of the ocean
b)
at the edge of mountains
c)
inland regions of the world
d)
along rivers
73.
On what types of maps are population distributions usually drawn
a)
dot maps
b)
cartograms
c)
physical
d)
topographic
74.
In what stage are most European countries?
a)
1
1
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
75.
How are Stages 1 and 4 of the demographic transition model similar?
a)
both have low growth rates
b)
both have low life expectancies
c)
both have low dependency ratios
d)
both have low death rates
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