WorksheetsHuman Geography G9 Exam Practice Semester 1
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 6mins
1. The ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land is:
Physiological Density
Population Density
fertility density
agricultural density
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.
population density
agricultural density
fertility density
arithmetic density
1. This is the single most important source for population geography, but has the drawbacks of non participation and sampling:
population coun
survey
census
censure
CBR stands for:
countable birth rate
crude birth rate
census birth rate
country birth rate
1. This is expressed as the annual number of deaths per 1,000 population:
Crude population rate
census count
crude death rate
crude birth rate
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.
psychology
geography
zoology
demography
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
arable surface
fertile crescent
ecumene
food desert
1. The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years (roughly ages 15 through 49):
CDR
TFR
CBR
NIR
1. The percentage by which a population grows in a year, excluding migration:
natural increase rate (NIR)
Rate of increase (ROI)
Popsicle increase rate (PIR)
Total Increase rate (TIR)
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.
agricultural revolution
renaissance
industrial revolution
medical revolution
1. The total fertility rate is:
the number of births per 1,000 women
the average number of children a woman will have throughout her reproductive years
the difference between CBR and CDR
the number of deaths per 1,000 women
1. A population pyramid shaped like a diamond would describe which of the following populations?
stable population
slow growing population
declining population
rapidly growing population
1. In what stage of the demographic transition model does India today best fit?
Stage 4 (low birth rates / low death rates)
Stage 1 (high birth rates / high death rates)
Stage 2 (high birth rates / declining death rates)
Stage 3 (declining birth rates / low death rates
1. Which of the following helps people understand the process of change in a society's population?
demographic transition model
ecumene
total fertility rate
epidemiologic transition model
Which of the following is not one of the four major population clusters?
Europe
South Asia
East Asia
North America
1. The total number of deaths per 1,000 people alive in a society is known as...
CDR
NIR
TFR
CBR
1. In which stage of the demographic transition model were people dependent on food they hunted and gathered?
stage 4
stage 3
stage 2
stage 1
1. A society enters this stage when people decide to have fewer children.
stage 4
stage 3
stage 2
stage 1
1. The consumption of non-nutritious food and sedentary behavior has led to an increase in obesity which is features in which stage?
stage 4
stage 3
stage 2
stage 1
1. A country that has a high percentage of the population over 65 years would typically experience which of the following issues?
ensuring that there are enough schools to support their education
ensure that there a sufficient amount of jobs available
have their needs met for income and medical care after they retire.
ensure that there are enough supplies for immunization
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.
true
false
Most Third World countries today are in stage 1 of the demographic transition
true
false
A majority of the world’s population resides in developed countries.
true
false
In the third stage of the demographic transition, death rates level off at a low level, and birth rates fall dramatically
true
false
Immigration counts for most of the population growth in most countries.
true
false
The crude death rate declines earlier than the crude birth rate as countries pass through the demographic transition
true
false
Countries never reach equilibrium in population growth.
true
false
The medical revolution was one of the primary pushes that led developed countries into Stage 4.
true
false
Life expectancy estimates are not affected by social, economic and medical conditions.
true
false
Two issues that affect the reliability of a census are: nonparticipation and sampling.
true
false
The medical revolution was one of the primary pushes that led developed countries into Stage 4.
true
false
1. Life expectancy estimates are not affected by social, economic and medical conditions. T/F
true
false
Most population settlements are located in regions outside of the ecumene.
true
false
1. Two issues that affect the reliability of a census are: nonparticipation and sampling.
true
false
One example of a virulent epidemic that continues to affect Stage 2 developing regions is cholera.
true
false
Improved medical practices in the 20th century that eliminated many traditional causes of death.
ZPG
epidemiology
agricultural density
maternal mortality rate
medical revolution
1. The number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to pregnancy or its management.
medical revolution
maternal mortality rate
overpopulation
dependency ratio
agricultural density
When the number of people surpasses the capacity of an environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
epidemiology
ZPG
NIR
Mathus' Theory
overpopulation
