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Population Growth Factors

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Agriculture?

a)

The science of plants

b)

The science of farming and improving food sources

c)

The study of the ocean

2.

What is Industry?

a)

Processing raw materials into goods

b)

Making services to help people

c)

How to build a bridge

3.

What is Transportation?

a)

moving goods and people from place to place

b)

growing or improving food sources

c)

allows women to have more freedom

4.

What is Social Justice?

a)

Everyone has a fair chance at wealth, opportunities, and privileges.

b)

Everyone has the right to vote

c)

Everyone has the right to practice whatever religion they choose.

5.

What is a Conflict?

a)

People who get along pretty well

b)

A serious disagreement

c)

A struggle to understand

6.

What is Economics?

a)

The study of money

b)

The study of collecting

c)

The art of Collecting stamps

7.

Which factor helps population Grow?

a)

Medication to fight disease

b)

War

c)

Child Hunger

8.

Which of these factors Decrease the population?

a)

Birth Control

b)

Clean Water

c)

Longer longer lasting food

9.

Which of the following is an example of Agriculture affecting population growth?

a)

Giving the population better access to birth control

b)

Making vaccinations to prevent diseases from spreading throughout the population

c)

A chemical fertilizer gives farmers the ability to produce more crops.

10.

Which of the following is an example of Industry affecting population growth?

a)

Air Conditioning helps people live in warmer climates with ease.

b)

Steam Engines help perform tasks quicker

c)

Canning helps keep foods from spoiling

11.

Which of the following is an example of Transportation affecting population growth?

a)

Hurricane Dorian destroyed most of the homes in the Bahamas

b)

The Transcontinental Railroad connected the East coast of the US to the West Coast.

c)

Giving Women and Men equal pay for doing the same job.

12.

Which of the following is an example of Social Justice affecting population growth?

a)

Farmers having access to a chemical fertilizer instead of manure.

b)

Washing Machines give women more free time.

c)

Martin Luther King leading the Civil Rights movement to outlaw segregation

13.

Which of the following is an example of Health affecting population growth?

a)

The Polio vaccine prevented the disease from continuing to affect the population.

b)

LGBTQ people have the right to get married and adopt children

c)

The Wright brothers took the worlds first flight in North Carolina

14.

Which of the following is an example of how Women's Roles affecting population growth?

a)

Women have the choice to have a career.

b)

The Transexual population has the right to use the bathroom of their choice

c)

Farmers use crossbreeding to improve the taste of crops.

15.

Which of the following is an example of Conflicts affect population growth?

a)

During World War Two, millions of lives were lost

b)

Fred decided he didn't want to date Sally anymore

c)

Many Urban areas have many bus routes to help get people to where they need to go, especially if they don't have a car

16.

Which of the following is an example of Economics affecting population growth?

a)

The Spanish Flu infected over 500 million people world wide.

b)

In October 1929, the stock market crashed causing massive job loss.

c)

Former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower passed the Federal-Aid Highway Act to build roads that crossed from State to State such as Interstate 70.

17.

How does the following scenario affect population growth?


Martin Luther King Jr. starts a movement to end segregation in America. This ends in passing the Civil Rights Act.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

18.

How does the following scenario affect population growth?


Nicolas Appert invented the process known today as canning. This allowed people to keep fruits and vegetables for longer.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

19.

How does the following scenario affect population growth?


President Dwight D. Eisenhower passed the Federal-Aid Highway Act to build roads that crossed from State to State such as Interstate 70.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

20.

How does the following scenario affect population growth?


The Comstock Laws were cancelled giving people access to birth control and allowed doctors to study anatomy and reproduction again.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

21.

How does the following scenario affect population growth?


Over 70 million people during the second World War.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

22.

How does the following scenario affect population growth?


The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad allowed goods to be transported to and from both coasts.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease