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WorksheetsUnit 4-6 Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which of the following can be found by the information shown?
predict maternal mortality rate
cannot be used to determine infant morality rate
estimate the dependency ratio
cannot be used to estimate sex ratio
determined primarily by the combination of crude birth rates and crude growth rate
Countries like Germany, Russia, Japan, and the United States are dealing with
a decreasing life expectancy among younger populations
an increasing need for child care centers
revenue for support programs for elderly populations are declining with a declining working population
sex ratio is becoming disproportionate
total population is decreasing in all these countries
Which of the following statements about regional variations in natural increase rate is TRUE?
More than 95% of the natural increase is clustered in more developed countries.
Regional differences in NIRs means that most of the world's additional people live in countries that are best able to maintain them.
The population of Europe is increasing because of high NIRs.
The NIR exceeds 2.0% in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa
Europe (including Russia) has had an increasing population since 1980.
Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition model?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
According to this graph, Which stage of the demographic transition has the highest level of population growth?
pre-industrial
transitional
industrial
post-industrial
Where did the first agricultural revolution occure?
Central America
Fertile Cresent
Indian Subcontinent
West Africa
GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) are
organisms engineered to grow at a certain way that benefits the human population
organism that only grow during certain seasons
organisms that are domesticated to grow indoors only
The process by which fertile land becomes desert as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
Desertification
Deforestation
Fracking
Dam building
What is a negative effect of strip mining
Pollute nearby streams, and rivers because of erosion and excessive runoff
Alter the flow of waterways and permanently alters the surrounding area
Gas explosion
Deprives earth of oxygen
Countries with low GDPs who have economies made up of mostly primary and secondary sector jobs have difficulty implementing "clean" alternatives to manufacturing.
True
False
Examples of renewable sources of energy are
Solar
Tidal
Coal
Hydropower
Examples of non-renewable sources of energy are
oil
Tidal
Coal
Hydropower
Economy can be defined as
A system for producing and distributing goods, and services to fulfill people's wants
The social science that studies how people interact with value
Economic system in which individuals and businesses are allowed to compete for profit with a minimum of government interference
Which supranational organization allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?
