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Population Geography Pages 31 - 37

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Geographers might characterize as overpopulated a country where

a)

there are too many people according to a standard economic measure of poverty.

b)

the population numbers less than one million, but there is concern that the country's natural resources are adequate for only half that number.

c)

the population numbers more than 100 million and there is concern about the finite limitation of natural resources, although the resources available in the country seem adequate to that population.

d)

the population numbers more than one million, and the average distribution of population to resources.

2.

The most populous country in the Southeast Asia region is

a)

Bangladesh

b)

China

c)

Indonesia

d)

Thailand

3.

Relatively few people live at ____________, but there are significant examples of people living near coast and rivers.

a)

high elevations (highlands)

b)

desert

c)

wet

d)

polar regions

e)

all are correct

4.

Physiological density is the number of

a)

acres of farmland per the total area of a country.

b)

farmers per area of farmland.

c)

people per area suitable for agriculture.

d)

people per area of flatland.

5.

Land suited for agriculture is called

a)

population density.

b)

agricultural density

c)

physiological land.

d)

arable land.

6.

Distribution of population refers to

a)

the total number of people divided by total land area.

b)

the size of population.

c)

the arrangement of locations on the earth's surface where people live.

d)

an area that can support on a sustained basis

7.

Two-thirds of the world's population is concentrated in four regions EXCEPT:

a)

Europe

b)

South Asia

c)

Southeast Asia

d)

North America

8.

The United States, the US Census Bureau

a)

keeps elaborate population statistics based on race and ethnicity.

b)

registers responses from citizens every ten years.

c)

identifies people and categorize them.

d)

all are correct.

9.

Population pyramids of Afghanistan and France demonstrates that Afghanistan has

a)

has many more young people.

b)

is a developed country.

c)

a older population.

d)

has high levels heart disease and cancer.

10.

Dot maps represent

a)

the arrangement of locations on the earth's surface where people live.

b)

the number of people that live in a given area of land.

c)

a certain number of people.

d)

focuses on the number, composition and distribution of human beings on earth's surfaces.