Question 1

The demographic transition starts with ____________ and ends with ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) death;life. 
B) little growth;little growth. 
C) few children;many pregnancies. 
D) happiness;desolation. 
A) death;life. 
B) little growth;little growth. 
C) few children;many pregnancies. 
D) happiness;desolation. B

Question 2

According to the map, the Black Death (the Bubonic Plague) originated

Accepted Answer

A) in central Asia. 
B) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea area. 
C) in central Europe. 
D) in the Baltic Sea area. 
A) in central Asia. 
B) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea area. 
C) in central Europe. 
D) in the Baltic Sea area. A

Question 3

Mexico City is one of the largest cities on the planet.Its location is

Accepted Answer

A) mainly along the eastern coast, linked to the Caribbean Sea. 
B) central in a valley in a mountainous region. 
C) centered mostly with Acapulco on the western coast. 
D) in industrial 'maquiladora' lands bordering the United States. 
A) mainly along the eastern coast, linked to the Caribbean Sea. 
B) central in a valley in a mountainous region. 
C) centered mostly with Acapulco on the western coast. 
D) in industrial 'maquiladora' lands bordering the United States. B

Question 4

In northern Africa, the Nile River

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A) shows up as a dark streak of intensely high population density. 
B) is important because it is longer than the Amazon. 
C) is the center of a broad population area stretching far away from the river itself. 
D) is relatively short and devoid of many people. 
A) shows up as a dark streak of intensely high population density. 
B) is important because it is longer than the Amazon. 
C) is the center of a broad population area stretching far away from the river itself. 
D) is relatively short and devoid of many people.

Question 5

Thomas Malthus's rather deterministic view of population

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A) stated that increase would lead to poverty and war. 
B) depended on environmental factors like precipitation and soil quality. 
C) was focused on the idea that technology would increase food production. 
D) agreed with Carl O.Sauer's views of landscape morphology. 
A) stated that increase would lead to poverty and war. 
B) depended on environmental factors like precipitation and soil quality. 
C) was focused on the idea that technology would increase food production. 
D) agreed with Carl O.Sauer's views of landscape morphology.

Question 6

The first locations for wide spread domestication of plants would have been

Accepted Answer

A) The Fertile Crescent. 
B) What is today Iraq and Syria. 
C) Mesopotamia (around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers). 
D) All of the above are true regarding plant domestication. 
A) The Fertile Crescent. 
B) What is today Iraq and Syria. 
C) Mesopotamia (around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers). 
D) All of the above are true regarding plant domestication.

Question 7

The main difference between arithmetic and physiologic densities is

Accepted Answer

A) the difference between highland and lowland populations. 
B) arithmetic is an actual head count while the other relates to industry. 
C) arithmetic relates to total area, while physiologic only to arable cropland. 
D) the first is people who cannot do math while physiologic relates to those who lean toward medical pursuits. 
A) the difference between highland and lowland populations. 
B) arithmetic is an actual head count while the other relates to industry. 
C) arithmetic relates to total area, while physiologic only to arable cropland. 
D) the first is people who cannot do math while physiologic relates to those who lean toward medical pursuits.

Question 8

In the figure, the green square represents

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A) all the black dots in the figure. 
B) industrial area for a country. 
C) arable (or agricultural) land. 
D) where most people live. 
A) all the black dots in the figure. 
B) industrial area for a country. 
C) arable (or agricultural) land. 
D) where most people live.

Question 9

One trait of the more developed and industrialized first world countries of the world is that

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A) they have more younger children to care for. 
B) they have increasingly more elderly people to care for. 
C) they have about equal numbers of elderly and young to care for. 
D) they have nearly the same kinds of population structure as poorer third world countries. 
A) they have more younger children to care for. 
B) they have increasingly more elderly people to care for. 
C) they have about equal numbers of elderly and young to care for. 
D) they have nearly the same kinds of population structure as poorer third world countries.

Question 10

Based on the figure, the population of Brazil today can be described as

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A) equally spread throughout the country. 
B) clustered mainly around the capital of Brasilia. 
C) tightly arranged along the coasts in an ex-colonial pattern. 
D) moving rapidly into the Amazon rainforest as it is cleared for soy farming. 
A) equally spread throughout the country. 
B) clustered mainly around the capital of Brasilia. 
C) tightly arranged along the coasts in an ex-colonial pattern. 
D) moving rapidly into the Amazon rainforest as it is cleared for soy farming.

Question 11

A difference between Malthusian belief and those of neo-Malthusians is that

Accepted Answer

A) Malthus was a statistician while newer beliefs involve religious creeds. 
B) the latter take into account the environment. 
C) food production as a result of land survey systems was relevant to Malthus. 
D) Malthus saw much food in the end-while neo-Malthusians do not. 
A) Malthus was a statistician while newer beliefs involve religious creeds. 
B) the latter take into account the environment. 
C) food production as a result of land survey systems was relevant to Malthus. 
D) Malthus saw much food in the end-while neo-Malthusians do not.

Question 12

Doubling time is ascertained by

Accepted Answer

A) subtracting the death rate from the birth rate. 
B) multiplying the RNI by infant mortality. 
C) inferring that TFR is greater year by year. 
D) dividing the RNI by the constant of 70. 
A) subtracting the death rate from the birth rate. 
B) multiplying the RNI by infant mortality. 
C) inferring that TFR is greater year by year. 
D) dividing the RNI by the constant of 70.

Question 13

Over the last 100 years, the city of Las Vegas has taught us that

Accepted Answer

A) cities in the desert should be abandoned because they cannot last. 
B) water provided to desert communities helps them to grow greatly. 
C) building large dams is best for industrialized countries. 
D) its moist Mediterranean climate has helped it to grow. 
A) cities in the desert should be abandoned because they cannot last. 
B) water provided to desert communities helps them to grow greatly. 
C) building large dams is best for industrialized countries. 
D) its moist Mediterranean climate has helped it to grow.

Question 14

The main trait of stage two of the demographic transition involves

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A) increasing total population. 
B) decreasing death rates. 
C) more industry in a country. 
D) all of the above. 
A) increasing total population. 
B) decreasing death rates. 
C) more industry in a country. 
D) all of the above.

Question 15

In the demographic transition the greatest growth is found in

Accepted Answer

A) Stage 1. 
B) Stage 2. 
C) Stage 3. 
D) Stage 4. 
A) Stage 1. 
B) Stage 2. 
C) Stage 3. 
D) Stage 4.

Question 16

China's population

Accepted Answer

A) is about the same in size and characteristics to Japan's. 
B) is found on the main island in isolated lowlands around the mountainous interior. 
C) is in an area fed by the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, thus is very agricultural. 
D) is growing the slowest of any country in the world. 
A) is about the same in size and characteristics to Japan's. 
B) is found on the main island in isolated lowlands around the mountainous interior. 
C) is in an area fed by the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, thus is very agricultural. 
D) is growing the slowest of any country in the world.

Question 17

Over the last half century rates of natural increase (RNI) have

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A) increased significantly. 
B) stayed about the same. 
C) declined significantly. 
D) increased only in the third world. 
A) increased significantly. 
B) stayed about the same. 
C) declined significantly. 
D) increased only in the third world.

Question 18

With lower and lower RNI worldwide

Accepted Answer

A) disease will still be a main problem in Europe and other developed countries. 
B) the earth will still add a billion people to its population every 20 years or so. 
C) population growth will virtually stop as most people do not have children. 
D) population in China will continue to increase dramatically because of the government's one-child policy. 
A) disease will still be a main problem in Europe and other developed countries. 
B) the earth will still add a billion people to its population every 20 years or so. 
C) population growth will virtually stop as most people do not have children. 
D) population in China will continue to increase dramatically because of the government's one-child policy.

Question 19

A country like the UAE (United Arab Emirates) shows a unique population pyramid

Accepted Answer

A) in that it is an extreme pyramid. 
B) it is a top shape with more elderly as people live longer in the middle east. 
C) it is imbalanced with more males coming in to work. 
D) it has gashes (indentations) in the male population from war. 
A) in that it is an extreme pyramid. 
B) it is a top shape with more elderly as people live longer in the middle east. 
C) it is imbalanced with more males coming in to work. 
D) it has gashes (indentations) in the male population from war.

Question 20

Based on the U.S.map of mortality rates for heart disease, one could say

Accepted Answer

A) that the rates are about the same all across the county. 
B) that the rates seem higher in coastal regions to the east and west. 
C) that the rates are higher in the deep south to southern Great Plains. 
D) that the rates are higher in dominantly Roman Catholic and Mormon areas. 
A) that the rates are about the same all across the county. 
B) that the rates seem higher in coastal regions to the east and west. 
C) that the rates are higher in the deep south to southern Great Plains. 
D) that the rates are higher in dominantly Roman Catholic and Mormon areas.

The demographic transition starts with and ends with .

According to the map, the Black Death (the Bubonic Plague) originated

Mexico City is one of the largest cities on the planet.Its location is

In northern Africa, the Nile River

Thomas Malthus's rather deterministic view of population

The first locations for wide spread domestication of plants would have been

The main difference between arithmetic and physiologic densities is

In the figure, the green square represents

One trait of the more developed and industrialized first world countries of the world is that

Based on the figure, the population of Brazil today can be described as

A difference between Malthusian belief and those of neo-Malthusians is that

Doubling time is ascertained by

Over the last 100 years, the city of Las Vegas has taught us that

The main trait of stage two of the demographic transition involves

In the demographic transition the greatest growth is found in

China's population

Over the last half century rates of natural increase (RNI) have

With lower and lower RNI worldwide

A country like the UAE (United Arab Emirates) shows a unique population pyramid

Based on the U.S.map of mortality rates for heart disease, one could say

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The demographic transition starts with ____________ and ends with ____________.

According to the map, the Black Death (the Bubonic Plague) originated

Mexico City is one of the largest cities on the planet.Its location is

In northern Africa, the Nile River

Thomas Malthus's rather deterministic view of population

The first locations for wide spread domestication of plants would have been

The main difference between arithmetic and physiologic densities is

In the figure, the green square represents

One trait of the more developed and industrialized first world countries of the world is that

Based on the figure, the population of Brazil today can be described as

A difference between Malthusian belief and those of neo-Malthusians is that

Doubling time is ascertained by

Over the last 100 years, the city of Las Vegas has taught us that

The main trait of stage two of the demographic transition involves

In the demographic transition the greatest growth is found in

China's population

Over the last half century rates of natural increase (RNI) have

With lower and lower RNI worldwide

A country like the UAE (United Arab Emirates) shows a unique population pyramid

Based on the U.S.map of mortality rates for heart disease, one could say

Major Geographic Concepts

Geography Through the Ages

Geography of Health and Disease

Migration Flows

Culture and Cultural Landscapes

The Geography of Language

The Geography of Religion

Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

A World of Nations and States

Geography of Governance and Representation

Environment and Conservation

Urbanization and Urban Networks

The Changing Structure of the City

The Geography of Economic Activity and Agriculture

Geographies of Production and Consumption

Distribution and Transportation

Development and Geography

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The demographic transition starts with and ends with .