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Population & Migration

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Population distribution is described according to location and —
a)
placement
b)
political position
c)
density
d)
occupation
2.
According to this map, which numbered state has the highest population growth rate?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
3.
According to the graph, which age group is the smallest for the male population in the United States?
a)
40
b)
80
c)
10
d)
85
4.
Overpopulation, religious persecution, lack of job opportunities, agricultural decline and conflict have been push factors for 
a)
educational reforms
b)
migration
c)
determining cultural acquistion
d)
determining life expectancy
5.
Population growth rates are influenced by human, environmental, economic and 
a)
physiological factors
b)
political factors
c)
physical factors
d)
emotional factors
6.
These items represent examples of 
a)
ethnic bias
b)
domestic production
c)
religious diversity
d)
cultural diffusion
7.
Which example best demonstrates a pull factor?
a)
Southern Africa has experienced long-term drought conditions.
b)
The United States has one of the highest average incomes in the world.
c)
Somalia is continuing to experience high rates of deaths due to famine.
d)
Cuba has been ruled by a military dictator since 1959.
8.
What are the reasons that people want to come to a country?
a)
push factor
b)
pull factor
c)
immigration
d)
emigration
9.
What means you're moving from country to country?
a)
immigrating
b)
emigrating
c)
internal migration
d)
international migration
10.
What describes people who are leaving the country where they live?
a)
international migration
b)
pull factor
c)
immigrating
d)
emigrating
11.
What is "migrate"?
a)
asking a country for protection
b)
amount of people who move yearly
c)
the act of moving permanently
d)
reasons people leave a country
12.
Is the example describing a push or pull factor?
Erica is moving to Park Hill because the school district is so awesome. 
a)
push factor
b)
pull factor
13.
Is the example describing a push or pull factor?
Bobby is moving to Kansas City because St. Louis has such high crime rates.
a)
push factor
b)
pull factor
14.

The average # of years someone can expect to live

a)

Infant Mortality Rate

b)

Human Development Index

c)

Doubling Time

d)

Life Expectancy

15.

Total # of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society

a)

Crude Death Rate

b)

Crude Birth Rate

c)

Doubling Time

d)

Life Expectancy

16.

When the people of an area exceed the capability of their environment to support them

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Armageddon

c)

Climate Change

d)

Overpopulation

17.

# of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase

a)

Doubling Time

b)

Elderly Support Ratio

c)

Population Density

d)

Total Fertility Rate

18.

Total # of live births for every 1,000 people alive in a society

a)

Infant Mortality Rate

b)

Dependency Ratio

c)

Crude Birth Rate

d)

Crude Death Rate

19.

a graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population

a)

population pyramid

b)

migration

c)

pandemic

d)

bar graph

20.
Death rate is defined as
a)
The annual number of deaths per 1,000 people, per year.
b)
The number of deaths per 100 people per day
c)
12
d)
The annual number of people still alive, per 1000 people, per year
21.
A reason why a country's population may be gradually declining is:
a)
a sudden natural disaster
b)
declining birth rate
c)
declining death rate
d)
increase in immigration
22.
The maximum population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment.
a)
sparse population
b)
environmental
c)
carrying capacity
d)
dense population
23.

What term refers to when people, ideas, culture and technology spread to other regions or people?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Chain Migration

c)

Emigration

d)

Immigration

24.

Which area of the world did the majority of immigrants to the U.S. come from?

a)

Europe

b)

Latin America

c)

Asia

d)

Panem

25.

How does culture spread?

a)

Rumors and gossip

b)

the internet

c)

Push and Pull Factors

d)

Diffusion and Innovation

26.

In what migration did African Americans move from the South to the Northeast and Great Lakes regions?

a)

Civil War

b)

Great Migration

c)

Bering Strait Migration

d)

Migration

27.

What was a pull factor of Manifest Destiny during the Westward Expansion?

a)

Attacks from Native Americans

b)

Cheap or free land

c)

No transportation

d)

Hard life

28.

Which theme of geography deals with this unit (population & migration)?

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Place

d)

Region

29.
Migration is an excellent example of _____________ diffusion?
a)
relocation
b)
hierarchical 
c)
cultural
d)
contageous
30.

Which of the following are types of expansion diffusion? (more than one)

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Stimulus Diffusion

d)

Hierarchical Diffusion

31.

Which of the following is not a type of expansion diffusion? (more than one)

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Stimulus Diffusion

d)

Hierarchical Diffusion

32.

How do you calculate the Rate of Natural Increase?

a)

Birth Rate + Death Rate= Rate of Natural Increase

b)

Death rate + marriage rate= RNI

c)

Infant Mortality rate - death rate= RNI

d)

Birth Rate- Death Rate= RNI

33.

Which is NOT a factor of Guest Worker programs?

a)

Workers are protected by labor laws and unions most of the time

b)

These workers are given citizenship once they work for a certain amount of time

c)

They help provide essential services

d)

They stimulate the economies of regions and cities where people normally wouldn’t move to

34.

Which was NOT a factor that could lead to preferential treatment in quota selection?

a)

Being the first immigrant from your family

b)

Having family to reunite with

c)

Being sponsored by a company that wants to hire you

d)

Having a rare skill

35.

The number of people who are located within a set area

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Diffusion

c)

Your Neighborhood

d)

Population Pyramid

36.

A person forced to flee their country due to war, violence, or natural disaster is called a...

a)

Immigrant

b)

A runner

c)

Refugee

d)

An illegal alien

37.

Something that makes people want to leave where they are is called a...

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

38.

Things that attract people to a new place are called

a)

Push factors

b)

Pull factors

39.

A characteristic of stage one of the Demographic Transition Model shows

a)

High birth and death rates

b)

Low death and high birth rates

c)

Low birth and death rates

d)

High death and low birth rates

40.

A characteristic of stage four of the Demographic Transition Model shows

a)

High birth and death rates

b)

Low death and high birth rates

c)

Low birth and death rates

d)

High death and low birth rates

41.
Model that explains changes in population demographics in countries at different time periods.
a)
Distant Decay Model 
b)
Demographic Transition Model 
c)
Overpopulation Model 
d)
 Epidemiologic Transition Model
42.

A characteristic of stage Three of the Demographic Transition Model shows?

a)

High birth and death rates

b)

Low death and high birth rates

c)

Declining birth and death rates

d)

High death and low birth rates

43.

Immigration is...

a)

the number of people exiting a country or region

b)

the number of people entering an area plus the number of births

c)

a growing number of people on earth

d)

individuals entering into a country or area

44.

emigration is...

a)

the number of people exiting a country or area

b)

the number of people entering into a country or area

c)

the number of births minus the number of deaths

d)

is misspelled

45.

Mortality

a)

death

b)

life

c)

births

d)

immigration

46.

The study of populations, generally referring to human populations

a)

Demography

b)

Infant mortality

c)

Migration

d)

Life expectancy

47.

What is the world's most populous country?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

U.S.

d)

Mexico

48.

Which of the following is the world's fastest growing country?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

U.S.

d)

Mexico

49.

People leaving a country is called

a)

Immigration

b)

Emigration

c)

Mass migration

d)

Urbanization

50.
The number of years it takes a population to double in size based on its current growth rate
a)
death rate
b)
mortality rate
c)
birth rate
d)
doubling time