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APHG Unit 2 - Population & Migration

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model do demographers agree most of Europe is in?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

2.

The Dust Bowl in the Great Plains is the best example of which push or pull factor?

a)

Political pull factor

b)

Economic push factor

c)

Environmental push factor

d)

Economic pull factor

3.

Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition is characterized by

a)

High growth

b)

Low growth

c)

Zero growth

d)

Negative growth

4.

A person trying to move from Miami to San Diego decides to stop and stay in Dallas. This is an example of

a)

Intervening obstacle

b)

Intervening opportunity

c)

Environmental pull factor

d)

Distance decay

5.

The movement of persons from the Rust Belt to the Sun belt is an example of which type of migration?

a)

Intercontinental

b)

International

c)

Interregional

d)

Interurban

6.

By the early 21st century, crude birth rates were highest in

a)

Asia, Latin America, Africa

b)

Asia, Europe, Africa

c)

Europe, North America, Latin America

d)

Latin America, North America, Asia

7.

Population density is most often represented by

a)

Population pyramids

b)

Circle graphs

c)

Contour maps

d)

Dot maps

8.

Which of the following areas of the world generally have net out-migrations?

a)

Asia and North America

b)

Africa and Europe

c)

Latin America and Oceania

d)

Africa and Asia

9.

Refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq in 2015-2018 were mostly responding to

a)

Economic push factors

b)

Economic pull factors

c)

Cultural pull factors

d)

Political push factors

10.

The country represented by the population pyramid is most likely characterized by

a)

Adequate health care for the elderly

b)

Readily available birth control

c)

Low rates of heart disease

d)

Persistent conflict

11.

Based on the data, what stage of the DTM most likely describes Burkina Faso?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

12.

According to demographic transition theory, at which stages is a country's population most likely to decline?

a)

1 and 2

b)

2 and 3

c)

3 and 4

d)

4 and 5

13.

What significant population problem does the United States, as well as other MDCs, face?

a)

High infant mortality rate

b)

High CDR

c)

High CBR

d)

An aging population

14.

Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15, while Country Y has a crude birth rate of 20 and a crude death rate of 9. Which country has a higher natural increase rate?

a)

Country Y

b)

Country X

c)

The rate is the same in both

d)

The rate depends on total population

15.

Which stage of the DTM has negative population growth?

a)

stage 1

b)

stage 2

c)

stage 3

d)

stage 4

16.

Which of the following is an example of an intervening obstacle for people moving during the 19th century from the eastern United States to the West Coast?

a)

Lake Superior

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

Andes Mountains

17.

Immigrants to the United States since 1960 have come increasingly from

a)

Eastern and Southern Europe

b)

Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

c)

Northern and Western Europe

d)

Asia and Latin America

18.

According to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, undocumented immigrants were

a)

no longer eligible for public services in the US

b)

increasingly deported if caught

c)

permitted to become legal residents

d)

denied voting rights in the US

19.

Suppose that a family moves from Point A to Point B. Two years later, they move from Point B to Point C. Two years later, they move from Point C to Point D. The type of movement illustrated in the chart is called

a)

circulation

b)

net migration

c)

step migration

d)

chain migration

20.

Most immigrants that are admitted legally to the United States are admitted

a)

because of the professional expertise

b)

to reunify families

c)

as professional athletes and models

d)

as unskilled laborers

21.

According to Ravenstein, most migration is

a)

longer distance migration

b)

urban to suburban

c)

rural to urban

d)

international migration

22.

Which of the following areas has a net in-migration?

a)

South America

b)

China

c)

Southeast Asia

d)

Europe

23.

An obstacle faced by international migrants include

a)

difficulty obtaining permission to enter other countries

b)

immigration laws limit the number of migrants who can enter a country

c)

difficulty adjusting to a new culture

d)

citizens of the destination country are often hostile

e)

all of the above

24.

Which of the following areas of the world currently has /have a net out-migration?

I. Asia II. Latin America III. Africa

IV. Europe V. North America

a)

I and II only

b)

II and V only

c)

I, II, III only

d)

IV and V only

e)

V only

25.

Land suited for agriculture is called

a)

population density

b)

arable land

c)

arid land

d)

agricultural density

26.

if the physiological density is much larger than the arithmetic density, then a country has

a)

inefficient farmers

b)

a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture

c)

too few farmers for the large area of arable land

d)

too many people for the available resources

27.

The medical revolution has been characterized by

a)

diffusion of medical practices

b)

increased agricultural productivity

c)

invention of new medicines

d)

increase in CBR

28.

A possible stage five epidemiological transition is the stage of

a)

pestilence and famine

b)

degenerative human created diseases

c)

receding pandemics

d)

reemergence of infectious and parasitic diseases

29.

A country has net in-migration if emigration ________ immigration.

a)

equals

b)

is less than

c)

exceeds

d)

varies more than

30.

Millions of West Africans who migrated to Nigeria during the 1970s, when the country's economy expanded, were expelled during the 1980s, when the country's economy declined. This is an example of

a)

emigration changing to immigration

b)

an economic migration factor changing to an environmental migration factor

c)

a push factor changing to a pull factor

d)

a pull factor changing to a push factor

31.

The U.S. center of population has moved steadily to the

a)

West

b)

East

c)

South

d)

North

32.

Which of the following BEST applies to the map

a)

external migration – voluntary migration – Mexicans – guest workers

b)

internal migration – counter migration – Irish – intervening obstacles

c)

external migration – forced migration – Chinese – remittances

d)

internal migration – Great Migration – African-Americans – intervening opportunities

e)

transnational migration – transhumance – Germans – refugees

33.

The gravity model describes an inverse relationship between the:

a)

volume of migration and the distance between source and destination

b)

step migration and intervening opportunities

c)

flows and counterflows of migrations

d)

environmental push and pull factors and cultural push and pull factors

34.
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
35.
Huge urban aggolmerations is called...
a)
Megalopolis
b)
Census
c)
Natural Increase
d)
Total Fertility Rates
36.
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
37.
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. 
a)
Total Fertility Rate
b)
Child Mortality Rate
c)
Old-age dependency ratio
d)
child dependency ratio
38.
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.
39.
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
40.
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
41.
This model is based on the changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization. High birth rates and death rates are followed by plunging death rates, producing a huge net population gain; this followed by the convergence of birth rates and death rates at a low overall level. 
a)
Population Pyramid
b)
Demographic Transition Model
c)
Crude Birth Rate
d)
Total Fertility Rate
42.
This is used to display percentages of each age group in a total population (normally in five-year increments) by a horizontal bar whose length represents its share. Males in the group are tot he left of the center line and females to the right...
a)
Population Pyramid
b)
Demographic Transition Model
c)
Crude Birth Rate
d)
Crude Death Rate
43.
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
44.
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
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.
Which of the following is the definition of emigration?
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
48.
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
49.
A type of cyclical movement that requires wanderers to be familiar with the territory in order to survive. It is purposeful wandering is called....
a)
Nomadism
b)
Internal Migration
c)
Forced Migration
d)
Periodic Movement
50.
A specialized for of periodic movement which is a system of pastoral farming in which ranchers move livestock according to seasonal availability of pastures is called?
a)
transhumance
b)
nomadism
c)
Internal migration
d)
Forced migration
51.
Migration the occurs within a single country's borders is called...
a)
Forced Migration
b)
Internal Migration
c)
Refugees
d)
Transhumance
52.
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
53.
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
54.
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
55.
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
56.
Which of the following is an example of a push factor?
a)
Genocide
b)
Economic Prosperity
c)
Jobs
d)
Favorable weather
57.
Which of the following is an example of a pull factor?
a)
Genocide
b)
Environmental Disaster
c)
War
d)
Favorable Climate
58.
A term that is now used to describe migrant labor is called....
a)
Illegal immigrants
b)
Guest workers
c)
Immigration
d)
Pull Factors
59.
When one culture blends with another culture (melting pot) this is called....
a)
Acculturation
b)
Assimilation
c)
Refugee
d)
Internally displaced persons
60.
When one brings aspects of their culture with them to a new culture is called...
a)
Assimilation
b)
Acculturation
c)
Russification
d)
Refugee
61.
Internally displaced persons are....
a)
People who bring their culture with them
b)
People who have been displaced withing their own countries like Hurricane Katrina
c)
People who blend in with their culture
d)
Refugees across the world
62.
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
63.
Which one of these is true?
a)
Morocco is in stage 3 of the DTM
b)
Mexico is in stage 2 of the DTM
c)
Niger is in stage 1 of the DTM
d)
Switzerland is in stage 3 of the DTM
64.
Japan is known to have.....
a)
An average arithmetic population density
b)
A low physiologic density
c)
An extremely low agricultural density
d)
A high arithmetic density but an even higher physiologic density
65.
Which of the following is false?
a)
Stage 1 of the DTM is defined by high CBR, high CDR and low population growth
b)
In Stage 2, CBRs go up and CDRs go down
c)
In Stage 3, CDRs continue to decrease slightly but CBRs go down quickly, leading to populations that continue to grow but at a slower percentage pace than in Stage 2
d)
In Stage 4, where all MDCs are currently, CBRs and CDRs are both low and so is population growth (which actually can become negative in some cases)
66.
What is false about Stage 3?
a)
Women achieve status and education, which leads to lower TFRs
b)
Some countries try to convince the population to use contraceptives, which reduces TFRs
c)
TFRs decline, but overall population continues to increase
d)
Most people live in rural communities, which slows the reduction of CBRs
67.
An example of a country with a population pyramid that has a large base is
a)
Japan.
b)
Germany.
c)
Nigeria.
d)
Russia.
68.
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.
69.
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
70.
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
71.
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
72.
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
73.
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
74.
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
75.
What is the NIR today?
a)
2.2 %
b)
2.6 %
c)
1.2 %
d)
1.6 %
76.
About how many people are being added to the world's population each year?
a)
100 million
b)
82 million
c)
54 million
d)
1 million
77.
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
78.
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
79.
What is the global "average" TFR?
a)
3.2
b)
2.5
c)
5.2
d)
1.8
80.
What age groups are categorized as "dependent"?
a)
70-80
b)
65+
c)
0-14
d)
0-14 & 65+
81.
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

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