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APHG UNIT 2 POPULATION

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

If the world's population in 2010 was approximately 7 billion and is expected to reach 14 billion in 45 years. What is the term for the period of 45 years?

a)

Crude Death Rate

b)

Life Expectancy

c)

Doubling Time

d)

Demographic Transition

2.

The seasonal herding of animals from higher elevations in the summer to lower elevations in the winter is known as

a)

Livestock Ranching

b)

Transhumanance

c)

Intercropping

d)

Truck Farming

3.

Which of the following is true of world population?

a)

t

The majority of the world's population lives in Latin America.

b)

The most rapid growth is occurring in less developed countries.

c)

There are fewer people in the world now than in the middle of the 20th century.

d)

People are uniformly distributed across the earth.

4.

The countries of Thailand and Poland have approximately the same arithmetic population density. From this we can conclude that the two countries have about the same

a)

Level of output per farmer

b)

Number of people per area of land

c)

Standard of living

d)

Large extended family

5.

What English cleric and economist stated that, "our population will outgrow available supplies?"

a)

Ester Boserup

b)

James Rubenstein

c)

Thomas Malthus

d)

Justin Smith

6.

What two ways can we slow population growth and decrease the CDR (Crude Death Rate) and the fertility rate?

a)

education of women and access to contraception

b)

better medicine and economic development

c)

political stability and better medicine

d)

access to contraception and political stability

7.

Country X has a crude birth rate (CBR) of 45 and a crude death rate (CDR) of 15, while country Country Y has a CBR of 20 and a CDR of 5, which country has a lower rate of natural increase?

a)

The rate is the same in both countries.

b)

Country X

c)

The rate cannot be determined.

d)

Country Y

8.

Which of the following is a problem that India is facing with its rapid population growth? Choose three.

a)

A shortage of food

b)

Rising job market

c)

Overcrowding

d)

Sanitation and pollution problems

9.

What does Total Fertility Rate (TFR) measure?

a)

number of deaths per 1000 people in a year

b)

average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime

c)

number of births per 1000 people in a year

d)

number of children that die before the age of one

10.

The Earth's area of permanent human settlement is called

a)

Transhumance

b)

Hot Zone

c)

Ecumene

d)

Civilized world

11.

Physiological Density is the relationship between

a)

birth rates and death rates

b)

farmers and arable land

c)

people and land area

d)

people and resources

12.

Since immigrants generally move from poorer regions to wealthier ones, they often can afford to send money home to their family back home. These are called

a)

Remittances

b)

Push factors

c)

Pull factors

d)

Brain drain

13.

This model incorporates birth, death, and natural increase.

a)

Population Pyramid

b)

Doubling Time

c)

Demographic Transition

d)

World Health Threats

14.

In 2009, Sweden had a CBR of 10 and a CDR of 10. In what stage of demographic transition is Sweden?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

15.

Under Stage 1 of the demographic transition model, the CBR and CDR are...

a)

both low

b)

both high

c)

CBR is high/CDR is low

d)

CBR is low/CDR is high

16.

Stages 1 and 4 of the Demographic Transition are similar in that

a)

both have low growth rates

b)

both have high dependency ratios

c)

both have low life expectancies

d)

neither are presently observed

17.

Which of the following would BEST explain the population pyramid shown?

a)

a country with a young population

b)

a large university town

c)

a retirement community

d)

an industry that commonly hires males

18.

According to the population pyramid shown, in2050 Japan will have what type of growth?

a)

linear growth

b)

rapid growth

c)

negative growth

d)

slow growth

19.

In 2016, there were 33.69 million more men than women in China. This is a result of (Choose two).

a)

China's One-Child Policy

b)

Cultural preference of sons over daughters

c)

High maternal mortality rate

d)

Mass immigration of guest workers

20.

Carrying capacity is the

a)

amount of arable land available.

b)

population it can support without significant environmental deterioration.

c)

pattern of human distribution.

d)

hierarchal division of people.

21.

Neo-Malthusians believe that

a)

our continued population will lead to the depletion of nonrenewable resources such as petroleum and metals.

b)

only anti-natalist policies will work to stem the rise of population.

c)

over population is only problematic in certain parts of the world.

d)

Malthus was completely wrong about his predictions.

22.

Effects of high population densities include (choose three)

a)

lack of adequate housing

b)

higher crime rate

c)

pollution

d)

growth in variety of crops

23.

What does this population pyramid indicate?

a)

large university town

b)

guest workers

c)

retirement community

d)

war or conflict zone

24.

Which of the following are push factors? (Choose three.)

a)

Lack of jobs

b)

Conflict

c)

Improved healthcare

d)

Pollution

25.

One of the effects of Japan's aging population is

a)

increased birth rate.

b)

declining workforce.

c)

the median age is 35.

d)

unlimited childcare.