WorksheetsGeography 8th grade
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
What are the topics or concepts you need to study the most for the cumulative? (There's no right or wrong answer :) )
The country represented by the population pyramid above is most likely characterized by
adequate health care for the elderly
readily available birth control
high death rates for women in childbirth
low rates of heart disease and cancer
Refugees fleeing (Going away) from the Balkans during the war in 1990s were mostly reacting to
environmental push factors
economic pull factors
Political push factors
political pull factors
According to demographic transition theory at which stages in a country’s development is population most likely to increase?
Stages 1 and 2
Stages 3 and 4
Stages 1 and 4
Stages 2 and 3
In recent years, death rates in developing countries have
stayed about the same
increased slightly
increased significantly
decreased significantly
Organize the following human communities from least to most heavily populated:
City, Town, Hamlet, Conurbation, Village
Town, Village, City, Hamlet, Conurbation
Hamlet, Village, Town, City, Conurbation
Town, Village, Conurbation, Hamlet, City
Hamlet, Village, Town, Conurbation, City
Child mortality rates improved during the nineteenth century for all of the following factors EXCEPT __________
improved agricultural technologies
more widespread beliefs in folk medicine
higher urban sanitation standards
improved medical knowledge and technology
Which of the following three countries best represent Stage 4 of demographic transition?
China, India, and Pakistan
Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina
The United Kingdom, Japan, and United States
Russia, Mongolia, and China
In 2014, which of these countries had the highest population density?
India
The Netherlands
Germany
China
The “natural increase rate” for a country is calculated by __________.
finding the difference between immigration and emigration for a country
adding together the number of immigrants and the crude birth rate and then subtracting the number of emigrants and the crude death rate
finding the difference between the birth rate and the death rate
None of the other answers is correct
Which of the following is not an example of a political refugee?
A woman fleeing a forced marriage to an undesirous or unacceptable partner in her native country
A person who comes to a new country because her religious beliefs are outlawed in her native country
A student studying a subject in a foreign country because its education system is superior to his native land
A political leader leaving a country when his political opposition takes control of the government
Despite the prevalence of modern medicine worldwide, many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing decreasing life expectencies. Why is this?
Decay of Infrastructure
Disease
Terrorism
lack of industries
Population density is determined by which of the following?
The number of people in a country divided by the land area of that country
The total industrial production of a country divided by the number of people in that country
The number of people in a country divided by the total number of housing available in that country
The gross domestic product of a country divided by the number of people in that country
Many geographers and demographers believe that a fifth phase should be added to the demographic transition model to reflect __________.
the impact of immigration on the continued growth of some countries like the United States and Germany
declining population in some developed countries
the rapid growth of some countries in Africa and South Asia in the last few decades
the impact of emigration on the declining populations of some developing countries
Which of these is not an example of a “push factor”?
Natural disasters
Civil war
Political revolution
Job placement
Which of the following was the first cause for the start of urbanization?
Formal political organization
Privatization of land ownership
Agricultural surplus
Development of currency
Which of the following would be characteristic of Stage 1 of the demographic transition model?
High and erratic birth rates with a correspondingly high and fluctuating mortality rate
High but relatively constant birth rate and a fluctuating death rate
A birth and death rate that are both moderate but constantly fluctuating
A fluctuating birth rate and a consistently high death rate
More than three-quarters of the world’s population lives in __________.
the developing world
the Americas
the developed world
Africa and Europe
A country has a population of twenty million, with a capital city with a population of nine million. That capital city is an example of a __________.
Capital city
Conurbation
Village
hamlet
Which of the following is not a consequence of low fertility rates?
Population decline
Slowed economic growth
Reductions in labor force
Smaller tax base
Someone who is forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion, can be classified as a(n) __________.
prisoner of war
illegal immigrant
refugee
alien
Which stage of demographic transition features a high birth rate, high death rate, and low population growth?
Stage IV
Stage III
Stage II
Stage I
Countries that discourage or ban the use of contraceptives are more likely to experience which of the following?
I. Gender inequality
II. High birth rates
III. High death rates
I only
II and III only
II only
I, II, and III
Which of the following societies would most likely be undergoing Stage 2 of the demographic transition?
Germany is a country that has been industrialized for nearly two hundred years, with nationally-established public healthcare and free education infrastructure.
The Swahili tribes of East Africa are nomadic and travel long-established routes to hunt and graze cattle. Hospitals and education are scarce to non-existent.
Brazil is a country that has been very welcoming of foreign companies and investors for decades. Healthcare and sanitation have been improved greatly in recent decades, with many slums of the past being replaced with more livable housing.
Ghana is a West African country that is beginning to industrialize and improve public healthcare and education infrastructure.
Which of the following best describes the birth and mortality rates in Stage 3 of a demographic transition?
The birth and mortality rates have both declined and stabilized.
Both the birth and mortality rates are declining sharply.
The birth rate has begun to decline sharply but the mortality rate has stabilized and is not showing much change.
The birth rate has remained consistently high, while the death rate has plummeted and stabilized at a low rate.
Which of the following is an example of a landlocked state?(no access to the sea)
Bolivia
Saudi Arabia
Germany
Russia
Which of these countries would you expect to have the lowest population density?
France
Japan
China
Canada
A triangle-shaped population pyramid tells you that the population of that country is _________
decreasing rapidly
decreasing slowly
remaining steady
increasing rapidly
Which of the following statements concerning migration is false?
Migrants often settle in regions where friends or relatives have previously migrated
Rural migrants often move to small communities before they move to larger ones
Migration takes place in stages as opposed to one step
Migrants tend to not relocate again after reaching their end destination
Over the course of the twentieth century, the origin of most of the immigrants arriving in the United States has shifted from __________ to __________.
Europe . . . Africa
Asia . . . Africa
Europe . . . Latin America
Latin America . . . Europe
The demographic transition model primarily equates (relatres) the rate of population growth with levels of __________.
Government interference
gender equality
higher education
economic development
Which of the four stages in the demographic transition model are considered “homeostatic” stages, when the birth and death rates are in equilibrium?
Stages 1 and 3
Stages 2 and 3
Stages 1 and 4
Stages 1, 2, 3, and 4
The United States had a crude birth rate (CBR) of 13.2 in 2013, which means
13.2 babies were born per 100 people
13.2 babies were born per 1,000 people
132 babies were born per 1,000 people
the number of babies born increased by 13.2 percent over the number of babies born in 2012
One would expect to find a population with a relatively older age structure in
less developed countries
more developed countries
countries with high death rates
countries with high fertility rates
A developed country is likely to be in which stage of the demographic transition when its birth rate significantly exceeds its death rate?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
The population pyramid above shows a country at which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Countries at the end of the demographic transition are likely to have problems caring for ____________ but can solve that problem by accepting ____________.
young children, emigrants
young children, immigrants
elderly, emigrants
elderly, immigrants
Which of the following is an example of internal migration?
Due to a natural disaster, Dana is forced to relocate from Indonesia to Wales.
Bonnie moves from Canada to Mexico.
Jaymes moves from South Africa to Egypt.
Mikey moves from New York to New Hampshire.
In general, the direction of most forced and voluntary contemporary migration is __________.
from South America to North America and from Europe to Oceania
from Europe and South Asia to North America
from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa to North America and Europe
from South America to Europe
Which of the following is an example of a "Push Factor" for migration?
The country they are leaving was not their native country.
The country they are leaving is at war and their lives were in danger.
The country they are migrating to has more natural disasters.
The country the are migrating to has more job opportunities.
