Question 1

Historical evidence shows that plagues and diseases:

Accepted Answer

A) Are highly effective at slowing population growth 
B) Affect population growth for at least a century 
C) Affect relatively few people in a population 
D) Are devastating to human population growth 
E) Cause only minor or temporary setbacks in population growth trends 
A) Are highly effective at slowing population growth 
B) Affect population growth for at least a century 
C) Affect relatively few people in a population 
D) Are devastating to human population growth 
E) Cause only minor or temporary setbacks in population growth trends

Question 2

-A pyramid-shaped age structure histogram is characteristic of a(n) _________ population.

Accepted Answer

A) Stable 
B) Expanding 
C) Declining 
D) Unpredictable 
E) Diminishing 
A) Stable 
B) Expanding 
C) Declining 
D) Unpredictable 
E) Diminishing

Question 3

-The age-class histogram on the left could represent the population of

Accepted Answer

A) China 
B) Mexico 
C) Uganda 
D) India 
E) Sweden 
A) China 
B) Mexico 
C) Uganda 
D) India 
E) Sweden

Question 4

The I = PAT formula says that our environmental impacts (I) are the product of

Accepted Answer

A) The population size times affluence and the amount of time it took for the population to reach its current size 
B) The population size times affluence and the technology used to produce goods and services consumed 
C) The population size times and the amount of technology used 
D) The percentage of affluence times and the percentage of technology produced 
E) None of the above is correct 
A) The population size times affluence and the amount of time it took for the population to reach its current size 
B) The population size times affluence and the technology used to produce goods and services consumed 
C) The population size times and the amount of technology used 
D) The percentage of affluence times and the percentage of technology produced 
E) None of the above is correct

Question 5

Demography is the science that describes

Accepted Answer

A) The earth's carrying capacity 
B) Population changes and characteristics 
C) Energy resources 
D) Food production 
E) Environmental factors that affect population sizes 
A) The earth's carrying capacity 
B) Population changes and characteristics 
C) Energy resources 
D) Food production 
E) Environmental factors that affect population sizes

Question 6

One of the _________ effective ways to stabilize populations is to _________.

Accepted Answer

A) Most; provide free contraceptives 
B) Least; provide free contraceptives 
C) Least; decrease child mortality 
D) Most; decrease child mortality 
E) Most; expect mandatory sterilization 
A) Most; provide free contraceptives 
B) Least; provide free contraceptives 
C) Least; decrease child mortality 
D) Most; decrease child mortality 
E) Most; expect mandatory sterilization

Question 7

The most pessimistic projection of population growth projects the human population to reach 25 billion by 2150.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is not required for a demographic transition to occur?

Accepted Answer

A) Increased confidence that children will survive to maturity 
B) Improved standard of living 
C) Improved social status of women 
D) Increased military strength 
E) Increased availability and use of birth control 
A) Increased confidence that children will survive to maturity 
B) Improved standard of living 
C) Improved social status of women 
D) Increased military strength 
E) Increased availability and use of birth control

Question 9

Disastrous famines in the past 200 years

Accepted Answer

A) Prove conclusively that Malthus was right 
B) Have mostly resulted from politics and economics rather than from overpopulation 
C) Prove conclusively that Malthus was mistaken 
D) Have resulted from population overshoots based on overuse of resources 
E) Prove conclusively that Marx was mistaken 
A) Prove conclusively that Malthus was right 
B) Have mostly resulted from politics and economics rather than from overpopulation 
C) Prove conclusively that Malthus was mistaken 
D) Have resulted from population overshoots based on overuse of resources 
E) Prove conclusively that Marx was mistaken

Question 10

Use the following demographic data on three hypothetical countries
 
-Country "C" probably has __________ rate of female literacy when compared to the other two countries.

Accepted Answer

A) The highest 
B) An intermediate 
C) The lowest 
D) An equal 
E) It is impossible to use the data in the table to identify the rate of female literacy 
A) The highest 
B) An intermediate 
C) The lowest 
D) An equal 
E) It is impossible to use the data in the table to identify the rate of female literacy

Question 11

Breast-feeding children for long periods

Accepted Answer

A) Is a luxury that mainly wealthy women enjoy 
B) Increases fertility when caloric intake is low 
C) Can be a successful population control strategy 
D) Is a luxury that mainly wealthy women enjoy and it also limits fertility when caloric intake is low 
E) Limits fertility when caloric intake is low and can be a successful population control strategy 
A) Is a luxury that mainly wealthy women enjoy 
B) Increases fertility when caloric intake is low 
C) Can be a successful population control strategy 
D) Is a luxury that mainly wealthy women enjoy and it also limits fertility when caloric intake is low 
E) Limits fertility when caloric intake is low and can be a successful population control strategy

Question 12

Less developed countries can best argue that developed countries are primarily responsible for overpopulation problems because

Accepted Answer

A) Developed countries grow most of the global food resources 
B) Less developed countries have no population-based environmental problems 
C) Less developed countries have recently drastically reduced their fertility rates 
D) Developed countries do not understand a global society 
E) Less developed countries were many times impoverished by colonialism 
A) Developed countries grow most of the global food resources 
B) Less developed countries have no population-based environmental problems 
C) Less developed countries have recently drastically reduced their fertility rates 
D) Developed countries do not understand a global society 
E) Less developed countries were many times impoverished by colonialism

Question 13

The difference between "total growth rate" and "natural increase" is that total growth rates

Accepted Answer

A) Include only the number of births and deaths 
B) Include immigration and emigration as well as births and deaths 
C) Include only immigration and emigration 
D) Include infant mortality as well as adult deaths 
E) Are not expressed as percentages 
A) Include only the number of births and deaths 
B) Include immigration and emigration as well as births and deaths 
C) Include only immigration and emigration 
D) Include infant mortality as well as adult deaths 
E) Are not expressed as percentages

Question 14

-The histogram on the left represents a population whose birth rates

Accepted Answer

A) Have not changed for many years 
B) Have recently decreased 
C) Are gradually increasing 
D) Are sharply increasing 
E) None of these.Birth rates cannot be determined by the age class histogram 
A) Have not changed for many years 
B) Have recently decreased 
C) Are gradually increasing 
D) Are sharply increasing 
E) None of these.Birth rates cannot be determined by the age class histogram

Question 15

-According to the graph, which region has had the highest total fertility rate in 1950?

Accepted Answer

A) Africa 
B) The Americas 
C) Eastern Mediterranean 
D) Europe 
E) South-East Asia 
A) Africa 
B) The Americas 
C) Eastern Mediterranean 
D) Europe 
E) South-East Asia

Question 16

Women who ________ are LEAST likely to have many children.

Accepted Answer

A) Cannot afford children 
B) Live where many children die young 
C) Are subordinate to their husbands 
D) Are able to earn an income for themselves 
E) All of these are correct 
A) Cannot afford children 
B) Live where many children die young 
C) Are subordinate to their husbands 
D) Are able to earn an income for themselves 
E) All of these are correct

Question 17

The zero population growth rate is slightly over two children per couple because

Accepted Answer

A) We always need slightly more young people 
B) The older generation is dying 
C) Some children die and some couples do not have children 
D) That is as low as birth rates can reasonably be expected to get 
E) The zero population growth rate is not slightly over two children per couple 
A) We always need slightly more young people 
B) The older generation is dying 
C) Some children die and some couples do not have children 
D) That is as low as birth rates can reasonably be expected to get 
E) The zero population growth rate is not slightly over two children per couple

Question 18

Which of the following is considered a TRUE pronatalist pressure?

Accepted Answer

A) Legitimate needs for support in old age 
B) The need for hands to help in farm work and to watch younger siblings 
C) Macho pride in men who have many children 
D) Woman's status determined by the number of children she has 
E) All of these are correct 
A) Legitimate needs for support in old age 
B) The need for hands to help in farm work and to watch younger siblings 
C) Macho pride in men who have many children 
D) Woman's status determined by the number of children she has 
E) All of these are correct

Question 19

Human ingenuity and intelligence as the "ultimate resource" is the central theme in the argument of

Accepted Answer

A) Julian Simon 
B) John Muir 
C) Thomas Malthus 
D) Neo-Malthusians 
E) Marxism 
A) Julian Simon 
B) John Muir 
C) Thomas Malthus 
D) Neo-Malthusians 
E) Marxism

Question 20

Neo-Malthusians argue that

Accepted Answer

A) Malthus's eighteenth century theories apply to similar circumstances today 
B) We should never return to the conditions observed by Malthus in his day 
C) Malthus could be useful today if reinterpreted 
D) Malthus was wrong from the start 
E) None of these represents the viewpoint of Neo-Malthusians 
A) Malthus's eighteenth century theories apply to similar circumstances today 
B) We should never return to the conditions observed by Malthus in his day 
C) Malthus could be useful today if reinterpreted 
D) Malthus was wrong from the start 
E) None of these represents the viewpoint of Neo-Malthusians

Exam 7: Human Populations

Historical evidence shows that plagues and diseases:

-A pyramid-shaped age structure histogram is characteristic of a(n) _________ population.

-The age-class histogram on the left could represent the population of

The I = PAT formula says that our environmental impacts (I) are the product of

Demography is the science that describes

One of the _________ effective ways to stabilize populations is to _________.

The most pessimistic projection of population growth projects the human population to reach 25 billion by 2150.

Which of the following is not required for a demographic transition to occur?

Disastrous famines in the past 200 years

Use the following demographic data on three hypothetical countries -Country "C" probably has __________ rate of female literacy when compared to the other two countries.

Breast-feeding children for long periods

Less developed countries can best argue that developed countries are primarily responsible for overpopulation problems because

The difference between "total growth rate" and "natural increase" is that total growth rates

-The histogram on the left represents a population whose birth rates

-According to the graph, which region has had the highest total fertility rate in 1950?

Women who ________ are LEAST likely to have many children.

The zero population growth rate is slightly over two children per couple because

Which of the following is considered a TRUE pronatalist pressure?

Human ingenuity and intelligence as the "ultimate resource" is the central theme in the argument of

Neo-Malthusians argue that

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