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Unit 2 Group 3 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

These structures are called...?

a)

Sustainability Curves

b)

Carrying Capacity

c)

Demographic Momentum

d)

Population Pyramids

e)

Eugenic Population Policies

2.

"Aktion T4" was a population policy undertaken by the Nazis during the late 1930s to rid their population of so-called “useless eaters.” It involved the mass murder of individuals with incurable diseases, mental health issues, and other special needs, without the consent (or knowledge) of their family members. This would best be described as…?

a)

Eugenic Population Policy

b)

Restrictive Population Policy

c)

Expansive Population Policy

d)

Pro-natalist policy

e)

Anti-natalist policy

3.

Even though the global growth rate peaked in the 1960s, the world’s population continues to grow. This best demonstrates which concept?

a)

Demographic Momentum

b)

Echo Boom

c)

Expansive Population Policy

d)

Carrying Capacity

e)

Epidemiology

4.

The carrying capacity of land...

a)

Directly correlates with climate conditions there

b)

Is high in many sub-Sahran African Countris

c)

Is the number of people a piece of land can support in a sustainable fashion

d)

Is related to social development

e)

Is high in traditional slash-and-burn societies

5.

Population pyramids visually depict...?

a)

A population's age and economic composition

b)

A country's dependency ratio

c)

The ethnic composition of a population

d)

A country's population density

e)

The carry capacity and overcrowding in a country

6.

This newspaper headline celebrates a success in which field of study?

a)

Demography

b)

Human Geography

c)

Biology

d)

Defenestration

e)

Epidemiology

7.

Anesthesiology, increased sanitation, the invention of aspirin, and advancements in hygiene all occurred during the 1800s and early 1900s. This lowered infant mortality rates and common causes of death in adults, ushering in the…?

a)

Industrial Age

b)

Jazz Age

c)

Green Revolution

d)

Medical Revolution

e)

Age of Enlightenment

8.

Reasons why governments promote restrictive population policies include:

a)

Controlling the high population growth of a country

b)

Preserving the culture of the country

c)

Efforts to make women second-class citizens

d)

Efforts to stimulate the economy of the area

e)

All of these

9.

This graphic would best be described as...?

a)

Eugenic Population Policy

b)

Restrictive Population Policy

c)

Pro-natalist Population Policy

d)

Anti-natalist Population Policy

e)

Demographic Momentum

10.

This graphic describes which of the following?

a)

High-Cost Commercial Agriculture

b)

Epidemiological consequences of farming

c)

Eugenic Agriculture

d)

Sustainable farming practices

e)

Demographic Momentum