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AP Human Geography Unit 2 Reading quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The earth area of permanent settlement is called the

a)

hot zone

b)

subpolar region

c)

ecumene

d)

civilized world

2.

The most populous country in the Southeast Asia region is

a)

Bangladesh

b)

Indonesia

c)

China

d)

Thailand

3.

On a cartogram map, the counties depicted as smaller, have

a)

Lower populations

b)

lower levels of wealth and higher populations

c)

higher levels of wealth and higher populations

d)

lower technical proficiency

4.

The least densely populated world regions is

a)

East Asia

b)

Europe

c)

South Asia

d)

South East Asia

5.

Physiological density is the number of

a)

Farm animals per area suitable for agriculture

b)

people per area suitable for agriculture

c)

farmers per area of farmland

d)

people per area of flat land

6.

Land suited for agriculture is called

a)

arable land

b)

arid land

c)

agricultural density

d)

population density

7.

A country that would raise its physiological density would do that by....

a)

increasing the amount of agricultural land

b)

increasing the area of its urban centers

c)

increasing the size of its population

d)

limiting the number of farm animals

8.

A country that raises or increase its agricultural density, if it

a)

decreased the number of farmers

b)

decreased the amount of agricultural land

c)

increased the size of its population

d)

increased the areas of its urban centers

9.

A country that would lower its arithmetic density by

a)

limiting the size of its population

b)

increasing the areas of its urban centers

c)

limiting the number of farmers

d)

increasing the size of its population

10.

India and the UK have approx. the same arithmetic Density. their landscapes and sizes are quite different -From this we can conclude that the two countries have the same

a)

number of people per area of land

b)

level of output per farmer

c)

number of farmers per area of land

d)

number of people per area of arable land

11.

A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number farmers will have

a)

high physiological density

b)

high agricultural density

c)

low agricultural density

d)

low arithmetic density

12.

If the physiological density in a given country is very high and it arithmetic density is very low, then a country has

a)

inefficient farmers or farmers that are out of work

b)

too many people for the available resources

c)

small percentage of land suitable for agricultural, even if there seems to be plenty of space available to live in

d)

A large number of farmers per area of available resources

13.

The average number of births women bear in their lifetime

a)

total birth rate

b)

crude birth rate

c)

total fertility rate

d)

crude fertility rate

14.

The fertility rate based on the number of live berths per 1,000 residents is the

a)

crude birth rate

b)

crude fertility rate

c)

infant birth rate

d)

natural increase rate

15.

In 1995 the world's population reached 6 billion, it was forecasted that the population would reach 12 billion in 45 years, this period is called

a)

doubling life expectancy

b)

doubling time

c)

double increase rate

d)

double overpopulation

16.

The world's annual ______ is currently 1.2%, at which rate the world's population is projected to double in about 54 years

a)

CBR (crude birth rate)

b)

doubling time

c)

LIF (life increase rate)

d)

NIR (Natural increase rate)

17.

A decline in a country's crude birth rate would result in an increase in that country's

a)

Crude death rate

b)

life expectancy rate

c)

doubling time

d)

total fertility rate

18.

The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the

a)

crude birth rate

b)

total fertility rate

c)

new birth rate

d)

life data rate

19.

Country A has a crude birth rate of 60 and a crude death rate of 15, while country B has a CBR of 27 and CDR of 9. Which country has the higher natural increase rate?

a)

Country B

b)

The NIR is the same in both countries

c)

the rate depends on the total population so it can't be calculated

d)

Country A

20.

The Phatak family in India decides to have 5 children, although India's official approach is to encourage smaller families. This illustrates

a)

Children represent a liability

b)

the family fears high infant mortality rates

c)

that the women in this family have little or no power in decisions

d)

An example of conflict between individual and government fertility goals