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Population Growth and Distribution Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What model uses birthrates and death rates to show how populations can change over time?

a)

Population Density Model

b)

Demographic Transition Model

c)

Migration Model

d)

Urbanization Model

2.

Which region has traditionally larger families due to cultural beliefs?

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia, Africa, and Latin America

d)

Australia

3.

What is the term for the number of years it takes a population to double in size?

a)

Population Growth Rate

b)

Doubling Time

c)

Natural Increase

d)

Demographic Transition

4.

Which continent contains about 60 percent of the world’s population?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

South America

d)

Asia

5.

What is the average population density of Canada?

a)

10 people per square mile

b)

100 people per square mile

c)

300 people per square mile

d)

1,000 people per square mile

6.

What is the primary cause of urbanization?

a)

Government policies

b)

Desire for better jobs and life

c)

Natural disasters

d)

Cultural traditions

7.

What is the term for the movement of people from place to place?

a)

Population Density

b)

Migration

c)

Urbanization

d)

Demography

8.

Which country is experiencing negative population growth?

a)

Hungary

b)

India

c)

Nigeria

d)

Brazil

9.

What is the death rate?

a)

Total population divided by land area

b)

Difference between birthrate and death rate

c)

Number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people

d)

Number of births per year for every 1,000 people

10.

What percentage of the Earth's surface is made up of land?

a)

30%

b)

50%

c)

70%

d)

10%

11.

Total population divided by the square miles of an area will give the _________ of a place.

a)

population

b)

population distribution

c)

population density

d)

population growth rate

12.

Which factor helps population Grow?

a)

Medication to fight disease

b)

War

c)

Child Hunger

13.

Which country will have the most rapid population growth?

a)

Sweeden

b)

United States

c)

Mexico

d)

None

14.

Number of deaths each year per 1,000 people

a)

population growth

b)

population density

c)

birth rate

d)

death rate

15.

Number of births each year per 1,000 people

a)

birth rate

b)

population growth

c)

population density

d)

migration

16.

the number of people in a defined area such as a square mile

a)

population density

b)

birth rate

c)

death rate

d)

population

17.

A population growth rate describes how fast a given population grows.

a)

True

b)

False

18.
Leaving one's home to live in a new place
a)
Emigration
b)
Immigration
c)
Urbanization
d)
Ruralization
19.

How does competition affect population size?

a)

Competition typically increases the population size as resources become more abundant.

b)

Competition typically has no effect on population size.

c)

Competition typically decreases the population size as individuals compete for limited resources.

d)

Competition leads to a stable population size regardless of resource availability.

20.

All of the people in a particular area

a)

migration

b)

demographics

c)

population

d)

census

21.
the variations in population that occur across a country, a continent, or the world 
a)
population pyramid 
b)
population distribution
c)
population density 
d)
population doubling time 
22.
a general movement 
a)
trend 
b)
community 
c)
sparing 
d)
movement
23.
people with common interests living on a square mile or square kilometer of land 
a)
community 
b)
trend 
c)
birthrate 
d)
death rate
24.
the growth of a population; the difference between birthrates and death rate
a)
birth rate
b)
death rate
c)
natural increase
d)
migration 
25.

a useful material that is replaced quickly in nature

a)

nonrenewable resources

b)

renewable resources

c)

biomass

d)

solar power