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Unit 3 (CED 2) Review!

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Into which stage of the demographic transition model would Australia and Canada fit?
a)
1
b)
Cultural freedom
c)
3
d)
4
2.
According to Ravenstein which of the following is NOT true?
a)
Most migrants are young adults.
b)
Most migration is over very long distance
c)
Migration is most often for economic reasons.
d)
Migration occurs in steps.
3.
Brain drain is
a)
when you can't come up with the answer on a test
b)
emigration from MDCs to LDCs
c)
emigration of talented and smart people
d)
forcing emigration for political reasons
4.

What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?

a)

lots of children

b)

lots of middle age people

c)

lots of elderly/older people

d)

lots of teens

5.
What does a country have if the physiological density is very high and its arithmetic density is very low?
a)
a large number of farmers, although the number of farmers is not as great as the number of people living in the cities
b)
too many people for the available resources, particularly in regards to agricultural land
c)
too few farmers for the large area of land suitable for agriculture
d)
a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture, even if there seems to be plenty of space available to live in
6.

Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition is characterized by

a)

High growth

b)

Low growth

c)

Zero growth

d)

Negative growth

7.

The country represented by the population pyramid is most likely characterized by

a)

Adequate health care for the elderly

b)

Readily available birth control

c)

Low rates of heart disease

d)

Persistent conflict

8.

Which of the following could be used to determine health care for women and children

a)

crude birth rate

b)

crude death rate

c)

infant mortality rate

d)

life expectancy

e)

natural increase rate

9.

Replacement level, the number of births needed to keep a population at a stable level without immigration, requires a total fertility of _________

a)

10

b)

2.1

c)

3.5

d)

5.0

10.

A population pyramid with a wide base and narrow top is indicative of

a)

developed countries.

b)

countries in Stage IV of the demographic transition.

c)

less developed countries.

d)

low infant mortality.

11.
Which region has the population with the highest fertility rate and the lowest life expectancy?
a)
Southeast Asia
b)
Eastern Europe
c)
Latin America
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
12.

Country A has a crude birth rate of 60 and a crude death rate of 15, while Country B has a CBR of 27 and a CDR of 9. Which country has a higher natural increase rate?

a)

Country A

b)

Country B

c)

The NIR is the same in both countries

d)

The rate depends on total population, so it can't be computed from this information.

e)

The CDR has no direct correlation to the CBR, so it cannot help determine the NIR

13.

The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

a)

stage 1

b)

stage 2

c)

stage 3

d)

stage 4

e)

stage 5

14.

The problem with using arithmetic population density to investigate the population pattern of a country is that such a density figure does not take into consideration

a)

annual population increases.

b)

internal clustering of people within the country.

c)

annexation of new territory.

d)

possible loss of territory.

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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.

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

22.

The Earth's area of permanent human settlement is called

a)

Transhumance

b)

Hot Zone

c)

Ecumene

d)

Civilized world

23.

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

24.

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

25.

This model incorporates birth, death, and natural increase.

a)

Population Pyramid

b)

Doubling Time

c)

Demographic Transition

d)

World Health Threats

26.

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

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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.

32.

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.

33.

What does this population pyramid indicate?

a)

large university town

b)

guest workers

c)

retirement community

d)

war or conflict zone

34.

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

a)

Lack of jobs

b)

Conflict

c)

Improved healthcare

d)

Pollution

35.

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.

36.
According to Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration, every migration flow generates a return migration flow. This phenomenon is known as
a)
counter-migration.
b)
Cultural freedom
c)
reverse migration.
d)
Wanting to explore a new place
37.
Which areas of the world generally have net "out" migrations?
a)
Asia and North America
b)
Africa and Europe
c)
Africa and Asia
d)
Latin America and Europe
38.
Since the 1980s most US In-Migration has come from
a)
Europe
b)
East Asia
c)
Latin America
d)
South Asia
39.
Most migrants move for 
a)
economic reasons
b)
cultural reasons
c)
environmental reasons
d)
persecution reasons
40.
A country has net 0ut-migration if emigration
a)
exceeds immigration
b)
equals immigration
c)
is less than immigration
d)
equals crude birth rate
41.
The Atlantic Ocean is an example of
a)
an environmental push factor
b)
an intervening obstacle
c)
an environmental  pull factor
d)
an economic factor
42.
What is an example of forced migration?
a)
Spanish moving to Mexico
b)
African slaves brought to the Americas.
c)
Syrians moving to Turkey
d)
African Americans moving north at the end of the civil war
43.
Who is migratory over LONG distances?
a)
women with children
b)
young unmarried men
c)
old people
d)
young families
44.
Brain drain is
a)
when you can't come up with the answer on a test
b)
emigration from MDCs to LDCs
c)
emigration of talented and smart people
d)
forcing emigration for political reasons
45.
The world's most populated country is
a)
India
b)
Nigeria
c)
China
d)
Indonesia
46.
This caused a jump in the worlds' population in the late 1700's and helped send England into stage 2 of the Industrial Revolution: 
a)
the Renaissance
b)
the Industrial Revolution
c)
the Medical Revolution
d)
the Scientific Revolution
47.
What is the most populous country in Southeast Asia?
a)
Indonesia
b)
Cambodia
c)
Thailand
d)
Vietnam
48.
The process of migrants moving to a specific location because relatives or members of the same culture have already migrated and settled there is known as
a)
chain migration
b)
emigration
c)
immigration
d)
step migration
49.

The U.S. population has moved towards?

a)

east

b)

west

c)

north

d)

south

50.

Based on the data, what stage of the DTM most likely describes Burkina Faso?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

51.

According to demographic transition theory, at which stages is a country's population most likely to decline?

a)

1 and 2

b)

2 and 3

c)

3 and 4

d)

4 and 5

52.

Refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq in 2015-2018 were mostly responding to

a)

Economic push factors

b)

Economic pull factors

c)

Cultural pull factors

d)

Political push factors

53.

The Dust Bowl in the Great Plains is the best example of which push or pull factor?

a)

Political pull factor

b)

Economic push factor

c)

Environmental push factor

d)

Economic pull factor

54.

Stage 2 of the ETM is known as-

a)

Receding Pandemic Disease

b)

Degenerative and Human Created Diseases

c)

Reemergence of Infectious Disease

d)

Delayed Degenerative Diseases

55.

Stage 3 of the ETM is known as-

a)

Famine

b)

Reemergence of Infectious Disease

c)

Degenerative and Human Created Diseases

d)

Delayed Degenerative Diseases

56.

An example of a degenerative disease is-

a)

Ebola

b)

Sports Injuries

c)

Diabetes

d)

Malaria

57.

Stage 4 of the ETM is different from Stage 3 because-

a)

People have access to medicines to control conditions such as heart disease, cancers, and diabetes

b)

Fewer people are dying from infectious diseases in Stage 3 than in Stage 4

c)

Stage 4 countries have eliminated most degenerative diseases

d)

Life expectancies in Stage 4 countries are much shorter as a result of poor exercise and diet

58.

Which factor is the greatest contributor to the potential remergence of infectious disease?

a)

Globalization

b)

Nationalism

c)

Industrialization

d)

Deforestation

59.

Chronic disorders associated with aging become the major cause of death starting in-

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

60.

Urbanization, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and faster transportation are all characteristics of-

a)

Stage 2

b)

Stage 3

c)

Stage 4

d)

Stage 5