Exam 3: Population Geography: Shaping the Human Mosaic

Birth and death rates are expressed in the number of occurrences per 100 people in a given year.

What is the ultimate or final effect of the demographic transition in the postindustrial period?

-In the demographic transition model, population explosion occurs in Stages 2 and 3.

The capital cities of many tropical and subtropical countries are often found:

The cholera that diffused throughout Europe in the 1800s, arrived in Britain with soldiers and pilgrims who were travelling from:

The world's highest total fertility rate is currently found in:

For nearly a millennium, which was the world's wealthiest, most powerful, and most populous city, with a population of more than 1 million in the first century

Some Nordic countries have sponsored pronatalist policies in an attempt to increase their populations.

-In 2050, _____ of the world's 10 most populous countries is/are expected to be an island nation(s), according to the table.

In recent years, China has enforced its one-child policy somewhat less rigorously.

India and China have all of the following in common EXCEPT:

Which is NOT a punishment faced by Chinese people who have more than one child?

Which factor BEST explains the sparse human populations on the northern edges of Eurasia and North America?

The most desirable environmental traits that serve as stimulants for American migration include all of the following EXCEPT:

Which is NOT part of a traditional farmstead?

There is a strong correlation between lower total fertility rate and:

In the United States, people in rural areas are, on average, older than people in urban areas.

The one-child policy in China has been quite successful at lowering fertility rates and population growth.

Early human groups often moved in response to:

An inverted pyramid structure on a population pyramid would indicate: