The largest problem to overcome in slowing world population growth is
reducing the infant mortality rate
reducing the crude death rate
reducing the total fertility rate
all of the above
Malthusian theorists and current attempts at slowing world population growth are
similar in trying to change the behavior of world's people
similar encouraging increasing food production
similar in passing laws to restrict births
Less Developed Countries populations struggle mostly with
stable birth rates
increasing life expectancies
decreasing fertility rates
maintaining sustainable development
Leaving the country of your birth attracted by economic opportunities elsewhere is
push factor
pull factor
economic factor
demographic indicator
Involuntary migration usually involves hostility form
government
majority population
economic hardship
ethnic group
Which region of the world has the lowest population growth rates?
Europe
Africa
Asia
North America
The point at which a population endangers the environment is formally known as the
transition model
demographic model
carrying capacity
density rate
The process with which all nations are said to experience declining birth and death rates
demographic transition
demographic pyramids
The value of constructing population pyramids of a countries gender/ age categories is
predicting future problems
preparing for future problems
avoiding future problems
eliminating the future period
The infant mortality rate usually tells a great deal about a countries'
health care system
economic system
political system
social system
Which of the following statistics is not part of the Human Poverty Index?
illiteracy
unemployment
Total fertility rate
life expectancy
A counties crude death rate and crude birth rates is the best indicator of its
industrial development
agricultural development
economic development
sustainable development
The biggest flaw in Malthusian theory was an inability to predict the rise of
increasing discoveries
increasing technology
increasing creativity
all of these
At present, what seems to be the ideal rate of growth to sustain a country?
1.1%
1.5%
2.0%
2.1%
2.5%
The original wave of migration in the United States was the move from
urban to rural
urban to suburb
rural to suburb
rural to urban
The greatest impact of globalization on population in the recent past is
the spread of technology
the spread of diseases
the spread of western diseases
the spread of democracy
What is the greatest resistance to population control programs today?
societal attitudes
economic incentives
punitive measures
none of these
The rule of 72 is a method used to predict the ____________ of a country.
infant mortality rate
doubling time
crude birth rate
What is the expected population of the world to be in the year 2050?
6 billion
7 billion
8 billion
9 billion
10 billion
Which continent has seen the greatest amount of voluntary migration?
Aisa
South America
Thomas Malthus stated the which three occurrences would put a check on population?
poverty, sickness and disasters
famine, war and disease
famine, war, poverty
natural disasters, war and sickness
Rapid world population growth among humans began around
1620
1720
1820
1900
1920
The largest population migration (50 million people left Europe) in which century?
20th
19th
18th
17th
16th
The number of people per unit of arable land is known as _______________ density.
arithmetic
physiological
agricultural
population
land use
Which of the following would be one way demographics is expressed in the landscape?
settlement patterns
type of government
corps produced
Which of the following is the least significant factor effecting population growth rates?
total fertility
sex ratio
crude death rate
In which stage of the Demographic Transition are birth rates stable and death rates declining?
stage 1
stage 2
stage 3
stage 4
does not occur in any stage
Infant Mortality rates are highest in
East Asia
Middle East
Central America
South Asia
Population growth rates are lowest in _________________ stage of the Demographic transition
stage 5
The dependency ratio is highest in
Caribbean
Population rates of growth increased 10,000 years ago because of the
agricultural revolution
Industrial revolution
Demographic transistion
Medical Revolution
The percentage of people either too young or too old to work in society is the
gender ratio
dependency ration
demographic transistion
population pyramid
For every 1,000 babies born in Mozambique this year, nearly 150 of them will die before they reach their first birthday. The rate of 150 deaths per 1,000 babies born, is known as
total fertility rate
life expectancy rate
Life expectancy is the lowest in
An increase in the level of women completing higher education and working full time has had which two effects?
increased infant mortality and life expectancy
decreased birth rates and death rates
increased total fertility and decreased infant mortality rates
decreased total fertility and birth rates
movement from stage 4 to stage 5 in the demographic transition
