Question 1

Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15,while Country Y has a crude birth rate of 20 and a crude death rate of 9.Which country has a higher natural increase rate?

Accepted Answer

A)   Country X
B)   Country Y
C)   The rate is the same in both countries.
D)   The rate depends on total population, so it can't be computed from this information.
E)   The rate depends on immigration, so it can't be computed from this information. A

Question 2

The most common measure of density,the number of people per area of land,is known as ________ density.

Accepted Answer

A)   arithmetic
B)   physiological
C)   mathematic
D)   geometric
E)   agricultural A

Question 3

Which stage of the demographic transition are the world's richest countries in?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Compare the birth control policies of India and China.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare the birth control policies of India...

Question 5

Stages 1 and 4 of the Demographic Transition are similar in that

Accepted Answer

A)   both have low growth rates.
B)   both have high dependency ratios.
C)   both have low life expectancies.
D)   neither is presently observed.

Question 6

To calculate a country's dependency ratio,one needs to know the country's population and

Accepted Answer

A)   the number of children still receiving financial support from their parents.
B)   the number of people who are actively looking for work but are unable to find it.
C)   all of a country's population younger than age 15 or older than age 64.
D)   the number younger than age 15.
E)   the number older than age 64.

Question 7

Arranging a country's population along a bar graph representing ages and genders creates a population

Accepted Answer

A)   pyramid.
B)   graph.
C)   demograph.
D)   map.
E)   line.

Question 8

One approach to decreasing birth rates is to increase the education of

Accepted Answer

A)   children.
B)   contraceptives.
C)   women.
D)   men.
E)   college graduates.

Question 9

Identify and compare two different methods to decrease the birth rate in less developed countries.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Which of the following is not one of the world's largest population concentrations?

Accepted Answer

A)   East Asia
B)   South Asia
C)   Southeast Asia
D)   Western Europe
E)   North America

Question 11

Physiological density is the number of

Accepted Answer

A)   acres of farmland.
B)   farmers per area of farmland.
C)   people per area of land.
D)   people per area suitable for agriculture.
E)   farm animals per area suitable for agriculture.

Question 12

Summarize the main stages of the demographic transition.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

The physiological density of Egypt is 2,580 persons per square kilometer,while the arithmetic density is 75.This means that most of the country's land is unsuitable for intensive agriculture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Thomas Malthus concluded that

Accepted Answer

A)   population increased arithmetically while food production increased geometrically.
B)   the world's rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.
C)   moral restraint was producing lower crude birth rates.
D)   population growth was outpacing available resources in every country.
E)   crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.

Question 15

The world's most populous country is

Accepted Answer

A)   China.
B)   India.
C)   the United States.
D)   Russia.
E)   Europe.

Question 16

The AIDS epidemic has been the most lethal of recent epidemics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is

Accepted Answer

A)   crude birth rate.
B)   crude death rate.
C)   total fertility rate.
D)   natural increase rate.
E)   increasing in more developed countries.

Question 18

Developing countries must face increasing proportions of older people in their populations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition?

Accepted Answer

A)   Stage 1
B)   Stage 2
C)   Stage 3
D)   Stage 4
E)   Stage 5

Question 20

The future may hold a new stage of the demographic transition marked by

Accepted Answer

A)   a return to stage 1 conditions.
B)   a negative natural increase rate.
C)   increasing family size.
D)   a reversal of the stages.
E)   population stability at Stage 4.

Exam 2: Population

Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15,while Country Y has a crude birth rate of 20 and a crude death rate of 9.Which country has a higher natural increase rate?

The most common measure of density,the number of people per area of land,is known as ________ density.

Which stage of the demographic transition are the world's richest countries in?

Compare the birth control policies of India and China.

Stages 1 and 4 of the Demographic Transition are similar in that

To calculate a country's dependency ratio,one needs to know the country's population and

Arranging a country's population along a bar graph representing ages and genders creates a population

One approach to decreasing birth rates is to increase the education of

Identify and compare two different methods to decrease the birth rate in less developed countries.

Which of the following is not one of the world's largest population concentrations?

Physiological density is the number of

Summarize the main stages of the demographic transition.

The physiological density of Egypt is 2,580 persons per square kilometer,while the arithmetic density is 75.This means that most of the country's land is unsuitable for intensive agriculture.

Thomas Malthus concluded that

The world's most populous country is

The AIDS epidemic has been the most lethal of recent epidemics.

The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is

Developing countries must face increasing proportions of older people in their populations.

Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition?

The future may hold a new stage of the demographic transition marked by