Exam 3: Population Geography: Shaping the Human Mosaic

Which space is MOST likely to be associated with or occupied by women?

Communal or state ownership of land, as is the case in Israel, encourages the formation of dispersed settlements.

In order to understand the impact of the number of humans on their environments, population geographers want to know both the population density and the:

In which stage shown in this graphic does population decline begin?

In which region does the majority of the world's people live?

Which is NOT an example of a historical forced migration?

The population explosion was triggered primarily by:

Which is NOT a common cause of rapid depopulation?

In the past two decades, total fertility rates have risen in all sub-Saharan African nations.

Birth and death rates were both low in preindustrial societies.

Infanticide has never been a method of gender selection in any culture.

How is Venezuela tied to the carrying capacity of the United States?

Suppose that a country's natural annual growth rate is 1.7. Approximately how many years will it take for that country's population to double?

The most densely populated nation in the world is:

The world's highest death rates occur in:

Refugees are often involuntary migrants.

It is usually easier (and faster) for a country to lower its death rate than to lower its birth rate.

-The city pictured in this map is:

In building their capital of Tenochtitlán, the ancient Aztecs altered the environment only minimally.

Rural populations in the United States are usually older than urban populations.