WorksheetsDemographics
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following leads to a decrease in birthrates among women?
a)
Higher Education
b)
High Infant Mortality Rate
c)
No Prenatal Care
d)
No contraceptives
2.
The number of individuals an environment can support is known as the
a)
Total Fertility Rate
b)
Exponential Growth
c)
Limiting Factor
d)
Carrying Capacity
3.
Life expectancy is lowest in:
a)
East Asia.
b)
North America.
c)
Africa.
d)
Western Europe.
4.
Is this country developed or developing
India
India
a)
developing
b)
developed
5.
most countries in Africa are developed
a)
true
b)
false
6.
High levels of GDP per capita indicate...
a)
Higher levels of happiness
b)
Higher standard of living
c)
Equal levels of wealth
d)
Self-sufficient communities
7.
The number of babies out of 1,000 that die during their first year of life is called
a)
infant mortality
b)
growth rate
c)
demography
8.
The average number of years an individual is predicted to live is called
a)
carrying capacity
b)
life expectancy
c)
growth rate
d)
demography
9.
In recent years, the human population has
a)
increased exponentially
b)
decreased exponentially
c)
decreased slowly
d)
increased slowy
10.
What event in the mid-1700's significantly changed human population growth?
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
development of agriculture
c)
bubonic plaque
d)
human settlement began
11.
The amount of organisms born into a population
a)
Birth Rate
b)
Death Rate
c)
Immigration
d)
Emigration
12.
The number of organisms in a population which die each year
a)
Death Rate
b)
Birth Rate
c)
Immigration
d)
Emigration
13.
What can cause a country to have a low literacy rate?
a)
Uneducated Parents
b)
Lack of learning materials
c)
Lack of resources (poverty)
d)
all of these
14.
What is literacy?
a)
the ability to read and write
b)
the ability to read
c)
the ability to hear
d)
the ability to write
15.
99% of adult Australians are considered literate. Does this mean Australia has a high or low literacy rate?
a)
Low
b)
High
16.
Why is literacy important to people's success?
a)
Literacy is not important to people's success.
b)
Literacy is important.
c)
If adults cannot read and write, they have to take lower paying jobs.
17.
Countries with high literacy rates are generally wealthier.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What is standard of living?
a)
the ability to read and write.
b)
the percentage of people in a country that can read and write.
c)
It measures how well off people in a country are.
d)
the average number of years a person in a country is expected to live.
19.
What is literacy rate?
a)
the ability to read and write.
b)
the percentage of people in a country that can read and write.
c)
It measures how well off people in a country are.
d)
the average number of years a person in a country is expected to live.
20.
If the literacy rate of a country is high, is the standard of living generally high or low?
a)
Low
b)
High
21.
Being able to read allows people to
a)
often get lower paying jobs, afford clothing, and afford healthcare.
b)
get better jobs and earn more, afford housing, food, clothing, and health care for their families.
c)
think.
d)
earn less money.
22.
What is life expectancy?
a)
It measures how well off people in the country are.
b)
The percentage of adults who can read and write
c)
the average number of years a person in a country is expected to live
d)
none of these
23.
If Mongolia has a fertility rate of 2.4, what does that mean?
a)
The average baby dies at 2.4 years old.
b)
2.4 people in each family can read.
c)
There are 2.4 doctors per 10,000 people.
d)
The average woman has 2.4 babies.
24.
The number of years the average person can expect to live in a country is called __________.
a)
Population Doubling Time
b)
Infant Mortality Rate
c)
Literacy Rate
d)
Life Expectancy
25.
Which of the following numbers is the BEST infant mortality rate?
a)
2
b)
37
c)
98
d)
15
26.
Out of 1,000 babies born, the number that die before age 1 is called the _______________.
a)
Fertility Rate
b)
Infant Mortality Rate
c)
Death Rate
d)
Life Expectancy
27.
The most important measure of economic growth is...
a)
GNP
b)
GNC
c)
DDP
d)
GDP
28.
Just like calculating your own income GDP measures...
a)
how well the U.S. is doing financially.
b)
How poorly goods and services are distributed.
c)
The best way for resources to be obtained.
d)
How the United States is doing with their allies.
29.
What does Per Capita Mean?
a)
Per Household
b)
Per Object
c)
Per Worker
d)
Per Person
30.
High levels of GDP per capita indicate...
a)
Higher levels of happiness
b)
Higher standard of living
c)
Equal levels of wealth
d)
Self-sufficient communities
31.
An import is a
a)
Good/service brought into a country
b)
Good/service sent to another country
c)
Good brought into a country
32.
An export is a
a)
Good/service brought into a country
b)
Good/service sent to another country
c)
Good brought into a country
33.
America is a _____?
a)
1st world country
b)
2nd world country
c)
3rd world country
d)
Empire
34.
This population pyramid shows a country with a population that is
a)
growing
b)
staying the same
c)
decreasing
35.
This population pyramid shows a country that's population is
a)
Growing
b)
Stable
c)
Shrinking
36.
This population pyramid shows a country with a population that is
a)
Growing
b)
Stable (Staying the Same)
c)
Shrinking
37.
Which country has the most young people?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
38.
Which country has the most elderly people?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
39.
Which country do you think has the best health care?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
40.
Which country has the highest death rates?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
41.
Which country has the lowest birth rates?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
42.
Which country has the highest life expectancy?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
43.
Which country has the lowest life expectancy?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
44.
Name that population pyramid?
a)
developing contry
b)
Industrializing
c)
Mature Industrial
d)
Post Industrial
45.
According to the population pyramid of this country, its population is most likely...
a)
growing slowly.
b)
growing rapidly.
c)
decreasing.
d)
not changing.
46.
What kind of growth is this country experiencing?
a)
Exponential Growth
b)
Stable Growth
c)
Declining Growth
47.
Name that population pyramid...
a)
Rapid Growth
b)
Industrialized Country
c)
Declining Growth
d)
Stable Growth
48.
a)
Growing/Increasing Population
b)
Stationary Population
c)
Declining Population
49.
a)
Expanding
b)
Stationary
c)
Declining
50.
According the population pyramid Canada's population is _______________
a)
growing
b)
getting smaller
c)
staying the same
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