Question 1

Which of the following would decrease the likelihood of a couple having a child?

Accepted Answer

A) The child is part of the family labor force. 
B) Contraceptives are not available. 
C) Women have opportunities to participate in education and employment. 
D) No public or private pension system exists. 
E) Infant mortality rates are high. 
A) The child is part of the family labor force. 
B) Contraceptives are not available. 
C) Women have opportunities to participate in education and employment. 
D) No public or private pension system exists. 
E) Infant mortality rates are high. C

Question 2

Problems associated with rapid population decline include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) less government revenues with fewer workers 
B) less new business formation 
C) increased pensions and lowered retirement age 
D) less likelihood for new technology development 
E) increasing public deficits 
A) less government revenues with fewer workers 
B) less new business formation 
C) increased pensions and lowered retirement age 
D) less likelihood for new technology development 
E) increasing public deficits C

Question 3

All of the countries below have shown that replacement level fertility can be reached in a decade or two, except

Accepted Answer

A) Egypt 
B) Japan 
C) Thailand 
D) Iran 
E) China 
A) Egypt 
B) Japan 
C) Thailand 
D) Iran 
E) China A

Question 4

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s).
-What are the two peak years for immigration into the United States?

Accepted Answer

1907 and a

Question 5

The United States ranks _______________ in the world in terms of infant mortality rates.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The United States ranks _______________ in the...

Question 6

Which of the following is not an effect of a high level of AIDS in a country?

Accepted Answer

A) loss of productive young workers 
B) loss of trained personnel 
C) increase in life expectancy 
D) loss of adults to support the young 
E) loss of adults to support the elderly 
A) loss of productive young workers 
B) loss of trained personnel 
C) increase in life expectancy 
D) loss of adults to support the young 
E) loss of adults to support the elderly

Question 7

In 2009 5% of the U.S.population was Hispanic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Women tend to have fewer and healthier children for all the following reasons, except

Accepted Answer

A) when their individual rights are protected 
B) earn an income of their own 
C) when they have access to education 
D) when they control their own fertility 
E) when they have access to the internet 
A) when their individual rights are protected 
B) earn an income of their own 
C) when they have access to education 
D) when they control their own fertility 
E) when they have access to the internet

Question 9

About ____________________ of India's population struggles to live on the equivalent of less than $4.25 a day.

Accepted Answer

3/4ths
thr

Question 10

There is general agreement that we have not reached the carrying capacity on earth for the human population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is not true about India?

Accepted Answer

A) One out of four people is poor. 
B) It has the fourth largest economy 
C) 80% of rural people have adequate sanitation. 
D) Nearly one-half of the people are unemployed or underemployed. 
E) 40% of the population suffers from malnutrition. 
A) One out of four people is poor. 
B) It has the fourth largest economy 
C) 80% of rural people have adequate sanitation. 
D) Nearly one-half of the people are unemployed or underemployed. 
E) 40% of the population suffers from malnutrition.

Question 12

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s).
-Which diagram has a strong likelihood of rapid population growth?

Accepted Answer

The answer of   
 
Use the Figure above...

Question 13

Which of the following is true of demographic transition as countries become industrialized?

Accepted Answer

A) Death rates drop, followed by birth rates. 
B) Birth rates drop, followed by death rates. 
C) Birth and death rates rise at the same time. 
D) Birth and death rates fall at the same time. 
E) Neither birth nor death rates fall. 
A) Death rates drop, followed by birth rates. 
B) Birth rates drop, followed by death rates. 
C) Birth and death rates rise at the same time. 
D) Birth and death rates fall at the same time. 
E) Neither birth nor death rates fall.

Question 14

The rapid growth of the world's population over the past 100 years is primarily the result of a(n) ____________________ in the crude ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The rapid growth of the world's population...

Question 15

Between 1972 and 2009, China cut its birth rate _______________.

Accepted Answer

in half
on

Question 16

Human activities have directly affected, to some degree, about __________ of the earth's natural systems.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Human activities have directly affected, to some...

Question 17

The total fertility rate (TFR) for the United States is higher than the TFR for China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Unlike malnutrition, AIDS kills many ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Unlike malnutrition, AIDS kills many ____________________....

Question 19

Given the following formula:
Population change = (Births + Immigration) ─ (Deaths + emigration)
How would you suggest we reduce the growth rate of the entire human population rather than the population of a country, or area?

Accepted Answer

Since humans are not able either to immi

Question 20

The total fertility rate is

Accepted Answer

A) the number of children born to a woman during her lifetime 
B) the number of children a couple must bear to replace themselves 
C) the average number of children born to women in their reproductive years 
D) the number of live births per 1000 people 
E) the births and immigrations into a population 
A) the number of children born to a woman during her lifetime 
B) the number of children a couple must bear to replace themselves 
C) the average number of children born to women in their reproductive years 
D) the number of live births per 1000 people 
E) the births and immigrations into a population

Exam 6: The Human Population and Its Impact

Which of the following would decrease the likelihood of a couple having a child?

Problems associated with rapid population decline include all of the following except

All of the countries below have shown that replacement level fertility can be reached in a decade or two, except

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s). -What are the two peak years for immigration into the United States?

The United States ranks _______________ in the world in terms of infant mortality rates.

Which of the following is not an effect of a high level of AIDS in a country?

In 2009 5% of the U.S.population was Hispanic.

Women tend to have fewer and healthier children for all the following reasons, except

About ____________________ of India's population struggles to live on the equivalent of less than $4.25 a day.

There is general agreement that we have not reached the carrying capacity on earth for the human population.

Which of the following is not true about India?

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s). -Which diagram has a strong likelihood of rapid population growth?

Which of the following is true of demographic transition as countries become industrialized?

The rapid growth of the world's population over the past 100 years is primarily the result of a(n) ____________________ in the crude ____________________.

Between 1972 and 2009, China cut its birth rate _______________.

Human activities have directly affected, to some degree, about __________ of the earth's natural systems.

The total fertility rate (TFR) for the United States is higher than the TFR for China.

Unlike malnutrition, AIDS kills many ____________________.

Given the following formula: Population change = (Births + Immigration) ─ (Deaths + emigration) How would you suggest we reduce the growth rate of the entire human population rather than the population of a country, or area?

The total fertility rate is

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