Question 1

Which revolutions relied most heavily on fossil fuels?

Accepted Answer

A) Medical Revolution and Industrial Revolution 
B) Environmental Revolution and Medical Revolution 
C) Green Revolution and Industrial Revolution 
D) Neolithic Revolution and Environmental Revolution 
A) Medical Revolution and Industrial Revolution 
B) Environmental Revolution and Medical Revolution 
C) Green Revolution and Industrial Revolution 
D) Neolithic Revolution and Environmental Revolution

Question 2

Which of the major revolutions was most associated with our increased ability to engage in modern warfare using guns and bombs?

Accepted Answer

A) Neolithic Revolution 
B) Medical Revolution 
C) Green Revolution 
D) Industrial Revolution 
A) Neolithic Revolution 
B) Medical Revolution 
C) Green Revolution 
D) Industrial Revolution

Question 3

According to the UN Population Division and a significant 2004 paper reviewing 69 studies on world human population and carrying capacity,the world population of humans will exceed carrying capacity in about the year

Accepted Answer

A) 2014. 
B) 2024. 
C) 2050. 
D) 2100. 
A) 2014. 
B) 2024. 
C) 2050. 
D) 2100.

Question 4

-This photograph best represents the results of which three revolutions?

Accepted Answer

A) Environmental Revolution,Medical Revolution,and Industrial Revolution 
B) Industrial Revolution,Military Revolution,and Neolithic Revolution 
C) Medical Revolution,Social Revolution,and Green Revolution 
D) Neolithic Revolution,Industrial Revolution,and Green Revolution 
A) Environmental Revolution,Medical Revolution,and Industrial Revolution 
B) Industrial Revolution,Military Revolution,and Neolithic Revolution 
C) Medical Revolution,Social Revolution,and Green Revolution 
D) Neolithic Revolution,Industrial Revolution,and Green Revolution

Question 5

The total fertility rate was most significantly increased by the

Accepted Answer

A) Industrial Revolution. 
B) Medical Revolution. 
C) Green Revolution. 
D) Neolithic Revolution. 
A) Industrial Revolution. 
B) Medical Revolution. 
C) Green Revolution. 
D) Neolithic Revolution.

Question 6

Which problem today is primarily the result of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) extensive air and water pollution 
B) increased transmission of disease between people living in close proximity 
C) decline in quality of agricultural soil 
D) erosion from deforestation as more fuel wood is harvested 
A) extensive air and water pollution 
B) increased transmission of disease between people living in close proximity 
C) decline in quality of agricultural soil 
D) erosion from deforestation as more fuel wood is harvested

Question 7

A population that has been at or below replacement-level fertility for decades will

Accepted Answer

A) stop growing or decrease in size. 
B) produce large numbers of emigrants. 
C) increase in size. 
D) exceed its carrying capacity. 
A) stop growing or decrease in size. 
B) produce large numbers of emigrants. 
C) increase in size. 
D) exceed its carrying capacity.

Question 8

The greatest human population increases over the next few decades is expected to occur in

Accepted Answer

A) North America. 
B) South America. 
C) Africa. 
D) Western Europe. 
A) North America. 
B) South America. 
C) Africa. 
D) Western Europe.

Question 9

Population growth and fertility rates are lowest in

Accepted Answer

A) upper-income countries. 
B) upper- and middle-income countries. 
C) middle- and low-income countries. 
D) lower-income countries. 
A) upper-income countries. 
B) upper- and middle-income countries. 
C) middle- and low-income countries. 
D) lower-income countries.

Question 10

In one year,a population of 10,000 people experiences a birth rate of 220 and a death rate of 170 people.The annual percent increase is

Accepted Answer

A) 5% and assumes no immigration and 1% emigration. 
B) 0.5% and assumes no migration. 
C) 3.9% and includes 5% immigration. 
D) 50% and excludes immigration and emigration. 
A) 5% and assumes no immigration and 1% emigration. 
B) 0.5% and assumes no migration. 
C) 3.9% and includes 5% immigration. 
D) 50% and excludes immigration and emigration.

Question 11

According to demographer Joel Cohen,the human carrying capacity

Accepted Answer

A) can be calculated in the same way it is determined for other animal species. 
B) depends upon a standard of living. 
C) can clearly be determined. 
D) largely depends upon the availability of fresh water. 
A) can be calculated in the same way it is determined for other animal species. 
B) depends upon a standard of living. 
C) can clearly be determined. 
D) largely depends upon the availability of fresh water.

Question 12

-The age structure of the country in this figure reflects

Accepted Answer

A) an increasing fertility rate. 
B) a fertility rate that has declined. 
C) the impact of increased immigration into the country. 
D) a war or pandemic sometime between 50-70 years ago. 
A) an increasing fertility rate. 
B) a fertility rate that has declined. 
C) the impact of increased immigration into the country. 
D) a war or pandemic sometime between 50-70 years ago.

Question 13

Small subsistence farms in developing nations

Accepted Answer

A) had a sustainable use of the environment when populations were small. 
B) have mostly depleted the natural environment making farming no longer possible. 
C) can support the developing populations at up to ten times their current population size. 
D) have polluted rivers and streams and destroyed surrounding forests. 
A) had a sustainable use of the environment when populations were small. 
B) have mostly depleted the natural environment making farming no longer possible. 
C) can support the developing populations at up to ten times their current population size. 
D) have polluted rivers and streams and destroyed surrounding forests.

Question 14

All reasonable projections for world population in 2050

Accepted Answer

A) assume a rising fertility rate. 
B) reflect projections of fertility but not mortality. 
C) conclude that the population will be higher than today. 
D) include estimates of migration patterns. 
A) assume a rising fertility rate. 
B) reflect projections of fertility but not mortality. 
C) conclude that the population will be higher than today. 
D) include estimates of migration patterns.

Question 15

Although people living in the highest-density populations in urban areas generally live long,healthy lives,global overpopulation remains a problem because

Accepted Answer

A) environmental impacts are not always experienced where resources are consumed. 
B) the greatest environmental problems are concentrated in these high-density populations. 
C) people in these regions have the highest fertility rates. 
D) the destruction of the ozone layer has affected agricultural output. 
A) environmental impacts are not always experienced where resources are consumed. 
B) the greatest environmental problems are concentrated in these high-density populations. 
C) people in these regions have the highest fertility rates. 
D) the destruction of the ozone layer has affected agricultural output.

Question 16

Projections of future world population do not typically include

Accepted Answer

A) fertility. 
B) mortality. 
C) migration. 
D) fertility nor mortality. 
A) fertility. 
B) mortality. 
C) migration. 
D) fertility nor mortality.

Question 17

Using the IPAT or ImPACT formula,which of the following would most likely reduce the environmental impact of a society?

Accepted Answer

A) construction of industrial plants by wealthy nations to draw on cheaper labor 
B) the discovery of large reserves of fossil fuels within a nation's borders 
C) increased use of electricity and natural gas by most members of a society 
D) greater use of birth control by most members of a society 
A) construction of industrial plants by wealthy nations to draw on cheaper labor 
B) the discovery of large reserves of fossil fuels within a nation's borders 
C) increased use of electricity and natural gas by most members of a society 
D) greater use of birth control by most members of a society

Question 18

The "baby boom echo," represented by people who are 20-29 years old in 2010,is the result of

Accepted Answer

A) increased fertility of the baby boom generation. 
B) reduced infant mortality rates. 
C) reproduction of the baby boom generation. 
D) increased use of birth control in the 1970s. 
A) increased fertility of the baby boom generation. 
B) reduced infant mortality rates. 
C) reproduction of the baby boom generation. 
D) increased use of birth control in the 1970s.

Exam 8: The Human Population

Which revolutions relied most heavily on fossil fuels?

Which of the major revolutions was most associated with our increased ability to engage in modern warfare using guns and bombs?

According to the UN Population Division and a significant 2004 paper reviewing 69 studies on world human population and carrying capacity,the world population of humans will exceed carrying capacity in about the year

-This photograph best represents the results of which three revolutions?

The total fertility rate was most significantly increased by the

Which problem today is primarily the result of the Industrial Revolution?

A population that has been at or below replacement-level fertility for decades will

The greatest human population increases over the next few decades is expected to occur in

Population growth and fertility rates are lowest in

In one year,a population of 10,000 people experiences a birth rate of 220 and a death rate of 170 people.The annual percent increase is

According to demographer Joel Cohen,the human carrying capacity

-The age structure of the country in this figure reflects

Small subsistence farms in developing nations

All reasonable projections for world population in 2050

Although people living in the highest-density populations in urban areas generally live long,healthy lives,global overpopulation remains a problem because

Projections of future world population do not typically include

Using the IPAT or ImPACT formula,which of the following would most likely reduce the environmental impact of a society?

The "baby boom echo," represented by people who are 20-29 years old in 2010,is the result of

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