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HUMAN POPULATION BY YOU GUYS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Burundi's total fertility Rate: 5.99 children born/woman (2017 est.) What does this rate tell you about the conditions in Burundi?

a)

They are an industrialized country with a successful economy

b)

They are a developing country like India, which is up and coming

c)

They are a developing country with a developing economy

d)

None of these

2.

This is Burundi's Age Structure Diagram from this past year. Does this confirm your ideas about Burundi's status in the world

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

Vicky, what the hell are you talking about?

3.

" Rates below two children indicate populations decreasing in size and growing older. Global fertility rates are in general decline and this trend is most pronounced in industrialized countries, especially Western Europe, where populations are projected to decline dramatically over the next 50 years." What should be done to encourage human population growth in industrialized nations?

a)

Start to limit the human population for the planet's sake

b)

Get the United Nations to make a global plan for nations to make population size a real issue to be addressed on the global scale

c)

encourage people to have children to replace the old people when they die

d)

move young struggling immigrants into elderly homes

e)

I don't feel qualified to answer this question

4.

What is the study of human populations

a)

geography

b)

dermatology

c)

demography

d)

all of these

5.

the change in size of a population over a specific period

a)

growth rate

b)

total fertility rate

c)

replacement fertility

d)

none of these

6.

Which 2 countries would have a total fertility rate of about 4?


A: Zimbabwe

B: Switzerland

C: Japan

D: Australia

E: Central African Republic

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

7.

Christmas Island is a territory of Australia, but it is self governing. This is Christmas Island's age structure diagram. What can you tell from this diagram about the population?

a)

It has over a million people

b)

there are way more girls than boys

c)

there are no more than 2300 people on this island

d)

there are way more young boys than girls

8.

In what year did the human population reach 1 billion people?

a)

300

b)

1200

c)

1800

d)

2000

9.

In recent years the human population has

a)

increased exponentially

b)

decreased exponentially

c)

decreased slowly

d)

increased slowly

10.

The average number of years an individual is predicted to live is called

a)

carrying capacity

b)

life expectancy

c)

growth rate

d)

demography

11.

The number of organisms that an environment can support is called the

a)

carrying capacity

b)

life expectancy

c)

demography

d)

growth rate

12.

What area would have the lowest population density?

a)

seacoast in Europe

b)

river in China

c)

tundra in Russia

d)

suburb in the USA

13.

The amount of people living in a given area is described as population

a)

mortality

b)

expectancy

c)

rate

d)

density

14.

Which factor(s) help increase total fertility rates

a)

needing extra help on farms

b)

government programs supporting older adults

c)

more children surviving childhood

d)

one-child policies

15.

What does the replacement fertility rate depend on the most?

a)

population growth

b)

demography

c)

total fertility rate

d)

death rate