WorksheetsGEN195 Population Dynamics II
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 29mins
Birth rate will increase if there is _________________ and birth rate will decrease if there is __________________________
poverty; no access to family planning
access to family planning; poverty
lack of pension support; access to access to family planning
access to education and employment; lack of pension support
The graph shows that world population size is ____________ and population growth rate is _____________________.
increasing; decreasing
decreasing; increasing
stable; decreasing
increasing; stable
A country with total fertility rate (TFR) = 2 will have ___________________ population growth in the following years.
increasing
decreasing
stable
declining
A decrease in TFR for a country can be due to all of the following except
better education
increase in age of first reproduction
low income
employment opportunities for women
Which of these is not a factor that affects death rates
Poor sanitation
Low food & water supplies
Total fertility rate (TFR)
Inadequate medical services
Why do women in more developed countries have lower rates of fertility?
they are engaged in business and political activities
they have access to medical care and birth control
they pursue education opportunities, thus delaying child birth
all of the above
The average number of children that die before reaching the age of one that were born alive per 1,000 births annually.
infant mortality rate
baby death rate
child death rate
infant and maternal rate
Better educational opportunities for women are closely tied to
declining fertility rates
success of males in the country
increased death rates
higher fertility rates
The population growth rate is
The Birth rate plus the death rate
The Birth rate minus the death rate
The Death rate minus the Birth rate
The Birth rate divided by the death rate
Study the same graph carefully. In the last 500 years the world population has
Grown slowly
Declined fast
Stayed more or less the same
Grown at a very fast rate
What factors would affect the birth rate and death rate?
Medicine
Vaccinations
Education
All of the above
Although the worldwide TFR has been declining, why is overall world population still increasing?
Women have higher education levels
Family planning and birth control is readily available
High number of women in the reproductive age group
Life expectancy is increasing
What is the best indicator for a country's overall health (or lack thereof)?
Crude birth rate
Life expectancy
Infant Mortality Rate
Both 2 & 3
