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Unit 2 Population & Migration Patterns & Processes Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the distribution of a population by age groups called?

a)

Age structure

b)

Population density

c)

Birth rate

d)

Life expectancy

2.

What term describes a population with a rising proportion of elderly individuals?

a)

Aging population

b)

Youth bulge

c)

Urbanization

d)

Population explosion

3.

What is the total population divided by total land area called?

a)

Arithmetic (crude) density

b)

Physiological density

c)

Population growth rate

d)

Carrying capacity

4.

What is the maximum population size an environment can sustain called?

a)

Carrying capacity

b)

Population density

c)

Biotic potential

d)

Ecological footprint

5.

What is the term for deaths of children under age 5 per 1,000 live births?

a)

Child mortality

b)

Infant morbidity

c)

Maternal mortality

d)

Neonatal survival

6.

What is the number of live births per 1,000 people per year called?

a)

Crude birth rate (CBR)

b)

Infant mortality rate

c)

Total fertility rate

d)

Life expectancy

7.

What is the number of deaths per 1,000 people per year called?

a)

Crude death rate (CDR)

b)

Birth rate (BR)

c)

Infant mortality rate (IMR)

d)

Life expectancy

8.

What are chronic illnesses like heart disease or cancer called?

a)

Degenerative disease

b)

Infectious disease

c)

Autoimmune disease

d)

Nutritional deficiency

9.

What is the economic growth potential from a large working-age population called?

a)

Demographic dividend

b)

Fiscal deficit

c)

Trade surplus

d)

Inflation rate

10.

What is the equation: Births - deaths + immigration - emigration called?

a)

Demographic equation

b)

Population pyramid

c)

Carrying capacity

d)

Dependency ratio

11.

What model describes the stages of population change from high birth/death rates to low ones?

a)

Demographic transition model (DTM)

b)

Malthusian theory

c)

Gravity model

d)

Central place theory

12.

What is the study of population statistics and trends called?

a)

Demography

b)

Geology

c)

Ecology

d)

Cartography

13.

What is the ratio of dependents (young + old) to working-age population called?

a)

Dependency ratio

b)

Birth rate

c)

Mortality rate

d)

Population density

14.

What is the time it takes for a population to double in size called?

a)

Doubling time

b)

Carrying capacity

c)

Growth rate

d)

Half-life

15.

What is the ratio of people aged 65+ to working-age population called?

a)

Elderly dependency ratio

b)

Youth dependency ratio

c)

Labor force participation rate

d)

Population growth rate

16.

What is the term for deaths of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births?

a)

Infant mortality rate (IMR)

b)

Maternal mortality rate (MMR)

c)

Crude birth rate (CBR)

d)

Neonatal mortality rate (NMR)

17.

What is the average number of years a person is expected to live called?

a)

Life expectancy

b)

Birth rate

c)

Mortality rate

d)

Population density

18.

What is the age that divides the population into two equal halves called?

a)

Median age

b)

Mean age

c)

Mode age

d)

Life expectancy

19.

What is the demographic makeup (age, sex, ethnicity) of a population called?

a)

Population composition

b)

Population density

c)

Population growth

d)

Population pyramid

20.

What is the number of people per unit of land called?

a)

Population density

b)

Birth rate

c)

Urbanization

d)

Migration rate

21.

What is the spatial arrangement of people across a region called?

a)

Population distribution

b)

Urbanization

c)

Migration

d)

Demographic transition

22.

What is a graph showing age and sex distribution called?

a)

Population pyramid

b)

Bar graph

c)

Line chart

d)

Scatter plot

23.

What is the birth rate minus death rate (excluding migration) known as?

a)

Rate of natural increase (RNI)

b)

Gross domestic product (GDP)

c)

Infant mortality rate (IMR)

d)

Net migration rate

24.

What is the fertility rate needed to maintain population size (approximately 2.1) called?

a)

Replacement level fertility

b)

Total fertility rate

c)

Crude birth rate

d)

Population momentum

25.

What is the number of males per 100 females called?

a)

Sex ratio

b)

Birth rate

c)

Mortality rate

d)

Dependency ratio

26.

What is the average number of children a woman will have called?

a)

Total fertility rate (TFR)

b)

Infant mortality rate

c)

Life expectancy

d)

Crude birth rate

27.

What is the ratio of people under 15 to working-age population called?

a)

Youth dependency ratio

b)

Old-age dependency ratio

c)

Sex ratio

d)

Population density

28.

What is it called when births plus immigration equals deaths plus emigration?

a)

Zero population growth (ZPG)

b)

Population explosion

c)

Carrying capacity

d)

Demographic transition

29.

What is the term for farmers per unit of arable land?

a)

Agricultural density

b)

Physiological density

c)

Population density

d)

Urban density

30.

What is land suitable for farming called?

a)

Arable land

b)

Barren land

c)

Desert land

d)

Rocky land

31.

What are permanently inhabited areas of Earth called?

a)

Ecumene

b)

Tundra

c)

Desert

d)

Cryosphere

32.

What is the population per unit of arable land called?

a)

Physiological density

b)

Arithmetic density

c)

Agricultural density

d)

Population distribution

33.

What is the current geological age shaped by human activity called?

a)

Anthropocene

b)

Holocene

c)

Pleistocene

d)

Mesozoic

34.

What is the theory that population growth drives agricultural innovation called?

a)

Boserup effect

b)

Malthusian trap

c)

Green Revolution theory

d)

Carrying capacity hypothesis

35.

What do Cornucopians (anti-Malthusians) believe?

a)

Human ingenuity can overcome resource limits.

b)

Population growth will always outpace food production.

c)

Natural resources are infinite and never deplete.

d)

Technological progress is harmful to society.

36.

What is the belief that population growth outpaces food supply called?

a)

Malthusian

b)

Darwinian

c)

Marxist

d)

Neo-Liberal

37.

What is it called when population growth leads to resource scarcity and poverty?

a)

Malthusian Trap

b)

Demographic Dividend

c)

Green Revolution

d)

Industrialization

38.

What are modern supporters of Malthusian ideas called?

a)

Neo-Malthusians

b)

Post-Industrialists

c)

Eco-Marxists

d)

Techno-Optimists

39.

What is the formula to estimate doubling time (70 ÷ growth rate) called?

a)

Rule of 70

b)

Law of Averages

c)

Golden Ratio

d)

Exponential Law

40.

What is the term for a person seeking protection in another country?

a)

Asylum seeker

b)

Tourist

c)

Diplomat

d)

Immigrant

41.

What is the term for the emigration of skilled professionals?

a)

Brain drain

b)

Green revolution

c)

Urban sprawl

d)

Digital divide

42.

What is the term for the immigration of skilled professionals?

a)

Brain gain

b)

Brain drain

c)

Green card

d)

Work permit

43.

What is the term for migration facilitated by family or community ties?

a)

Chain migration

b)

Step migration

c)

Circular migration

d)

Return migration

44.

What is the term for short-term, repetitive movements (e.g., commuting)?

a)

Circulation

b)

Migration

c)

Diffusion

d)

Assimilation

45.

What is the term for return migration opposite to a main migration flow?

a)

Counterstream

b)

Assimilation

c)

Chain migration

d)

Step migration

46.

What is the term for the place where migrants settle?

a)

Destination

b)

Origin

c)

Transit

d)

Departure

47.

What is the term for a scattered population with shared origin?

a)

Diaspora

b)

Colony

c)

Metropolis

d)

Enclave

48.

What is the term for a person leaving a country or the act of leaving?

a)

Emigrant / Emigration

b)

Immigrant / Immigration

c)

Resident / Residency

d)

Visitor / Visitation

49.

What is the term for a person entering a country or the act of entering?

a)

Immigrant / Immigration

b)

Emigrant / Emigration

c)

Resident / Residency

d)

Visitor / Visitation

50.

What is the term for movement due to conflict, disaster, or persecution?

a)

Forced migration

b)

Voluntary migration

c)

Urbanization

d)

Commuting

51.

What is the term for migrants allowed to work temporarily in another country?

a)

Guest workers

b)

Refugees

c)

Permanent residents

d)

Asylum seekers

52.

What is the term for movement within a country?

a)

Internal migration

b)

International migration

c)

Urbanization

d)

Emigration

53.

What is the term for a person forced to flee home but remains within their country?

a)

Internally displaced person (IDP)

b)

Refugee

c)

Asylum seeker

d)

Migrant

54.

What is the term for movement across national borders?

a)

International migration

b)

Internal migration

c)

Urbanization

d)

Emigration

55.

What is the term for a barrier preventing migration (e.g., border, cost)?

a)

Intervening obstacle

b)

Push factor

c)

Chain migration

d)

Remittance

56.

What is the term for an alternative destination offering better prospects?

a)

Intervening opportunity

b)

Push factor

c)

Chain migration

d)

Step migration

57.

What is the term for permanent or semi-permanent relocation?

a)

Migration

b)

Sedimentation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

58.

What is the term for the age distribution of migrants (often young adults)?

a)

Migration age profile

b)

Population pyramid

c)

Dependency ratio

d)

Urbanization rate

59.

What is the term for a group of migrants sharing origin and destination?

a)

Migration stream

b)

Migrant chain

c)

Population flow

d)

Travel cohort

60.

What is the term for a model that links migration patterns to development stages?

a)

Mobility transition model

b)

Demographic transition model

c)

Gravity model

d)

Urban realms model

61.

What is the term for immigration minus emigration?

a)

Net migration

b)

Gross migration

c)

Population density

d)

Birth rate

62.

Net migration rate (NMR): ______ migration per 1,000 people.

a)

Net

b)

Gross

c)

Internal

d)

Seasonal

63.

Non-migrant: Person who has not moved from their place of ______.

a)

origin

b)

work

c)

study

d)

residence

64.

Origin: ______ point of migration.

a)

Starting

b)

Ending

c)

Middle

d)

Final

65.

Push factors: ______ conditions driving people away.

a)

Negative

b)

Positive

c)

Neutral

d)

Favorable

66.

Pull factors: ______ conditions attracting migrants.

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

d)

Hostile

67.

Push-pull theory of migration: Explains migration through ______ and ______ factors.

a)

push; pull

b)

economic; social

c)

urban; rural

d)

internal; external

68.

Refugee: Person fleeing ______ or conflict across borders.

a)

persecution

b)

education

c)

employment

d)

vacation

69.

Remittances: Money sent ______ by migrants.

a)

home

b)

abroad

c)

to banks

d)

to friends

70.

Repatriation: Returning to one’s country of ______.

a)

origin

b)

residence

c)

employment

d)

study

71.

Residential mobility: Movement between residences within a ______.

a)

community

b)

country

c)

continent

d)

building

72.

Return migration: Migrants returning to their place of ______.

a)

origin

b)

work

c)

study

d)

residence

73.

Rural-to-urban migration: Movement from ______ to cities.

a)

countryside

b)

mountains

c)

deserts

d)

islands

74.

Seasonal migration: Temporary movement based on ______ (e.g., farm work).

a)

seasons

b)

weather

c)

holidays

d)

education

75.

Step migration: Migration in ______ toward a final destination.

a)

stages

b)

reverse

c)

isolation

d)

circles

76.

Transnational migration: Sustained ______ across borders.

a)

ties

b)

conflicts

c)

barriers

d)

isolation

77.

Voluntary migration: Movement by ______.

a)

choice

b)

force

c)

accident

d)

law

78.

Androcentrism: ______-centered perspective or bias.

a)

Male

b)

Female

c)

Child

d)

Animal

79.

Baby Boomer: Born ~1946–1964, post-______ population surge.

a)

WWII

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Great Depression

d)

Cold War

80.

Generation X: Born ~1965–______.

a)

1980

b)

1970

c)

1990

d)

2000

81.

Generation Y (Millennials): Born ~1981–______.

a)

1996

b)

1989

c)

2001

d)

1990

82.

Generation Z: Born ~1997–______.

a)

2012

b)

2007

c)

2020

d)

2017

83.

What is the term for: Cohorts defined by birth years and shared experiences?

a)

Generations

b)

Occupations

c)

Societies

d)

Cultures

84.

What is the term for: Social expectations for behavior based on gender?

a)

Gender roles

b)

Gender identity

c)

Sexual orientation

d)

Cultural norms

85.

What is the term for: Increasing women’s agency and rights?

a)

Women’s empowerment

b)

Gender discrimination

c)

Patriarchal dominance

d)

Social exclusion

e)

Economic marginalization

86.

What is the term for: Social, economic, and political standing of women?

a)

Women’s status

b)

Gender bias

c)

Patriarchy

d)

Feminism

87.

What is the term for: Ability to move between social classes?

a)

Social mobility

b)

Cultural diffusion

c)

Social stratification

d)

Assimilation

88.

What is the term for: Web of relationships and connections?

a)

Social network

b)

Data structure

c)

Neural pathway

d)

Economic system

89.

What is the term for: Ability to move across geographic space?

a)

Spatial mobility

b)

Cultural diffusion

c)

Urbanization

d)

Demographic transition

90.

What is the term for: Region in the U.S. with high African American population?

a)

Black Belt

b)

Sun Belt

c)

Corn Belt

d)

Rust Belt

91.

What is the term for: Combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia?

a)

Eurasia

b)

Afrasia

c)

Euroafrica

d)

Asiarope

92.

What is the term for: Movement of African Americans from South to North (1916–1970)?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Civil Rights Movement

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

93.

What is the term for: Indicators of population growth or decline?

a)

High birth rate / Low birth rate

b)

Urbanization rate

c)

Infant mortality rate

d)

Life expectancy

94.

What is the term for: Quality of life including health, education, and income?

a)

Human well-being

b)

Economic growth

c)

Technological advancement

d)

Political stability

95.

What is the term for: Average location of a population?

a)

Mean center of population

b)

Population density

c)

Median age

d)

Population pyramid

96.

What is the term for: Urban area with 10+ million people?

a)

Megacity

b)

Hamlet

c)

Village

d)

Town

97.

What is the term for: Urban area with 20+ million people?

a)

Metacity

b)

Megalopolis

c)

Conurbation

d)

Ecumenopolis

98.

What is the term for: Northern U.S. region with cold climate and declining industry?

a)

Snow Belt

b)

Sun Belt

c)

Corn Belt

d)

Silicon Valley

99.

What is the term for: Southern U.S. region with warm climate and growing economy?

a)

Sunbelt

b)

Frostbelt

c)

Cornbelt

d)

Rustbelt

100.

What is the term for: Government discourages births (e.g., China’s one-child policy)?

a)

Antinatalist policy

b)

Pronatalist policy

c)

Demographic transition

d)

Population pyramid

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