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Geo 12 W11L4 Population Change LC

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is over-population?

a)

Pressure on natural resources due to too many people

b)

Not enough people to exploit the natural resources

c)

When birth rate plus immigration exceeds death rate

d)

When birth rate is over 60 per 1000 people

2.

Which continent has the highest population growth rates?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

South America

3.

Number of deaths each year per 1,000 people

a)

population growth

b)

population density

c)

birth rate

d)

death rate

4.

Study of population patterns and change

a)

census

b)

demographics

c)

migration

d)

death rate

5.

Number of births each year per 1,000 people

a)

birth rate

b)

population growth

c)

population density

d)

migration

6.

The blue areas represent a population's _____________________.

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Climate

c)

Density

7.

If births are happening faster than deaths, there is:

a)

No growth

b)

Decline in growth

c)

Exponential Growth

8.

What is Demography?

a)

The study of people

b)

The study of population structure

c)

The study of population change

d)

The study of birth rates

9.

What DOES NOT influence to population structure?

a)

birth rate

b)

death rate

c)

life expectancy

d)

your job

10.

What is the model called that describes the change in population in a country over team?

a)

Demographic Transition Model

b)

Demographic Trainstation Model

c)

Demographic Translation Model

d)

Demographically Transformed Model

11.

The DTM has _______ stages

a)

4 or 5

b)

10

c)

2

d)

6

12.

Which correctly describes the term demographic transition?

a)

The transition from low birth rates and death rates to high birth rates and death rates as a country develops.

b)

The transition from high birth rates and death rates to low birth rates and death rates as a country develops.

c)

The transition from high birth rates to low death rates as a country develops.

d)

The transition from low birth rates to high death rates as a country develops.

13.

A characteristic of stage Three of the Demographic Transition Model shows?

a)

High birth and death rates

b)

Low death and high birth rates

c)

Declining birth and death rates

d)

High death and low birth rates

14.

A characteristic of stage four of the Demographic Transition Model shows

a)

High birth and death rates

b)

Low death and high birth rates

c)

Low birth and death rates

d)

High death and low birth rates

15.

Which describes the birth and death rate of Stage 1 of the DTM?

a)

The death rate is high but the birth rate is low

b)

Both the death and birth rate are high

c)

The death rate is low but the birth rate is high

d)

Both the death and birth rate are low

16.

Core countries moved from Stage 1 to Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model 200 years ago in part because of:

a)

the First Agricultural Revolution.

b)

the Industrial Revolution.

c)

people moving to cities.

d)

women choosing to enter the labor force.

17.

Average number of years a person is likely to live.

a)

age structure

b)

life expectancy

c)

survivorship

d)

demography

18.

The basic facilities and services that support a community.

a)

arable land

b)

demographic transition

c)

infrastructure

d)

urbanization

19.

The number of farmers divided by the amount of arable land

a)

Agricultural density

b)

Arable density

c)

Physiological density

d)

Arithmetic density

20.

Usually shown as a percentage, the CDR subtracted from the CBR

a)

Natural Increase Rate

b)

Population Growth

c)

Population Gains

d)

Birth/Death ratio

21.

The number of people in a given area divided by the total land area

a)

Population

b)

Agricultural Density

c)

Physiological Density

d)

Arithmetic Density

22.

Happens when the CBR and CDR are equal

a)

Zero Population Growth

b)

Population Decrease

c)

Natural Increase Rate

d)

Balance of the force

23.

Stage of the demographic transition model in which the CBR and CDR are both very high

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

24.

Land that is able to be plowed and farmed

a)

Field

b)

Prairie

c)

Arable

d)

Agricultural

25.

What do demographers predict to happen in stage 5 of the demographic transition model?

a)

Decreasing CBR

b)

Increasing CBR

c)

Positive NIR

d)

Zero population growth