Exam 2: Population and Health Geography

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main areas where population is highly concentrated?

Briefly describe two examples of push-pull factors of migration.

At which scale is population density most accurately measured?

Because of population momentum, total world population continues to do which of the following?

The authors of which report argued that world population was likely to exceed world carrying capacity, leading to both a population and economic collapse?

Explain why the measures of infant mortality rate (IMR) and life expectancy (LE) are considered to be useful indicators of quality of life.

What is the name given to the controverisal American executive order, signed by President Donald Trump, that bans entry to the United States of citizens from Iran, Iraq, libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen?

The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants below the age of 2 years per 1,000 live births.

Neo-Malthusian theory is frequently used to explain population pressures in the less developed world, especially in which of the following countries/regions?

Most illegal immigrants are young and live in rural areas.

Identify the challenges to predicting population growth (e.g., why are our population forecasts sometimes inaccurate).

Differentiate between a pandemic and an epidemic.

As of 2017, what is the most populous country?

Define a population pyramid.

Which of the following is a type of migration?

What are we most interested in when studying migration?

The main concern of Malthus was the imbalance between population and food. Explain.

As fertility and mortality vary significantly with age, the growth of a population is affected by its age composition.

List and describe the five stages of the epidemiological transition.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four typical push-pull categories of migration?