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Human Geography G9 Exam Practice Semester 1

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. The ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land is:

a)

Physiological Density

b)

Population Density

c)

fertility density

d)

agricultural density

2.

1. The total number of objects in an area. In population geography, _____________ refers to the total number of people divided by total land area. To compute the _________, divide the population by the land area.

a)

population density

b)

agricultural density

c)

fertility density

d)

arithmetic density

3.

1. This is the single most important source for population geography, but has the drawbacks of non participation and sampling:

a)

population coun

b)

survey

c)

census

d)

censure

4.

CBR stands for:

a)

countable birth rate

b)

crude birth rate

c)

census birth rate

d)

country birth rate

5.

1. This is expressed as the annual number of deaths per 1,000 population:

a)

Crude population rate

b)

census count

c)

crude death rate

d)

crude birth rate

6.

1. This is the scientific study of population characteristics by looking statistically at how people are distributed spatially by age, gender, occupation, fertility, health, and so on.

a)

psychology

b)

geography

c)

zoology

d)

demography

7.

1. The areas of Earth that humans consider too harsh for occupancy have diminished over time, whereas the portion of Earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement, called the __________, has increased

a)

arable surface

b)

fertile crescent

c)

ecumene

d)

food desert

8.

1. The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years (roughly ages 15 through 49):

a)

CDR

b)

TFR

c)

CBR

d)

NIR

9.

1. The percentage by which a population grows in a year, excluding migration:

a)

natural increase rate (NIR)

b)

Rate of increase (ROI)

c)

Popsicle increase rate (PIR)

d)

Total Increase rate (TIR)

10.

This involved major improvements in manufacturing goods and delivering them to market. The result of this transformation was an unprecedented level of wealth, some of which was used to make communities healthier places to live.

a)

agricultural revolution

b)

renaissance

c)

industrial revolution

d)

medical revolution

11.

1. The total fertility rate is:

a)

the number of births per 1,000 women

b)

the average number of children a woman will have throughout her reproductive years

c)

the difference between CBR and CDR

d)

the number of deaths per 1,000 women

12.

1. A population pyramid shaped like a diamond would describe which of the following populations?

a)

stable population

b)

slow growing population

c)

declining population

d)

rapidly growing population

13.

1. In what stage of the demographic transition model does India today best fit?

a)

Stage 4 (low birth rates / low death rates)

b)

Stage 1 (high birth rates / high death rates)

c)

Stage 2 (high birth rates / declining death rates)

d)

Stage 3 (declining birth rates / low death rates

14.

1. Which of the following helps people understand the process of change in a society's population?

a)

demographic transition model

b)

ecumene

c)

total fertility rate

d)

epidemiologic transition model

15.

Which of the following is not one of the four major population clusters?

a)

Europe

b)

South Asia

c)

East Asia

d)

North America

16.

1. The total number of deaths per 1,000 people alive in a society is known as...

a)

CDR

b)

NIR

c)

TFR

d)

CBR

17.

1. In which stage of the demographic transition model were people dependent on food they hunted and gathered?

a)

stage 4

b)

stage 3

c)

stage 2

d)

stage 1

18.

1. A society enters this stage when people decide to have fewer children.

a)

stage 4

b)

stage 3

c)

stage 2

d)

stage 1

19.

1. The consumption of non-nutritious food and sedentary behavior has led to an increase in obesity which is features in which stage?

a)

stage 4

b)

stage 3

c)

stage 2

d)

stage 1

20.

1. A country that has a high percentage of the population over 65 years would typically experience which of the following issues?

a)

ensuring that there are enough schools to support their education

b)

ensure that there a sufficient amount of jobs available

c)

have their needs met for income and medical care after they retire.

d)

ensure that there are enough supplies for immunization

21.

Anything that grows as a constant percentage of its own size will double in a given number of years, and then will double again in the same number of years, assuming the growth rate stays exactly the same.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

Most Third World countries today are in stage 1 of the demographic transition

a)

true

b)

false

23.

A majority of the world’s population resides in developed countries.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

In the third stage of the demographic transition, death rates level off at a low level, and birth rates fall dramatically

a)

true

b)

false

25.

Immigration counts for most of the population growth in most countries.

a)

true

b)

false

26.

The crude death rate declines earlier than the crude birth rate as countries pass through the demographic transition

a)

true

b)

false

27.

Countries never reach equilibrium in population growth.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

The medical revolution was one of the primary pushes that led developed countries into Stage 4.

a)

true

b)

false

29.

Life expectancy estimates are not affected by social, economic and medical conditions.

a)

true

b)

false

30.

Two issues that affect the reliability of a census are: nonparticipation and sampling.

a)

true

b)

false

31.

The medical revolution was one of the primary pushes that led developed countries into Stage 4.

a)

true

b)

false

32.

1. Life expectancy estimates are not affected by social, economic and medical conditions. T/F

a)

true

b)

false

33.

Most population settlements are located in regions outside of the ecumene.

a)

true

b)

false

34.

1. Two issues that affect the reliability of a census are: nonparticipation and sampling.

a)

true

b)

false

35.

One example of a virulent epidemic that continues to affect Stage 2 developing regions is cholera.

a)

true

b)

false

36.

Improved medical practices in the 20th century that eliminated many traditional causes of death.

a)

ZPG

b)

epidemiology

c)

agricultural density

d)

maternal mortality rate

e)

medical revolution

37.

1. The number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to pregnancy or its management.

a)

medical revolution

b)

maternal mortality rate

c)

overpopulation

d)

dependency ratio

e)

agricultural density

38.

When the number of people surpasses the capacity of an environment to support life at a decent standard of living.

a)

epidemiology

b)

ZPG

c)

NIR

d)

Mathus' Theory

e)

overpopulation