Quiz 2
Denmark is currently in Stage 4. This means that they have
0 or negative NIR, very low CBR, and low, slightly increasing CDR.
Very low CBR, very high CDR, and moderate NIR.
Constant CBR, CDR, and NIR.
Moderate NIR but high CBR.
Few elderly people, increasing CBR for young people only.
Geographers define overpopulation as
too many people in the world.
Too many people compared to environmental capacity.
Too many people in a region.
All of these answers are correct.
All of these answers are correct.
If a country had a population of 1 million in the year 1980 and the population increased at a constant rate of natural increase of 7%, what would be the doubling time? (remember this is exponential growth)
About 3 years
About 7 years
About 10 years
About 15 years
About 20 years
In comparing Malthus's theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past half-century, the principal difference is that
Actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted.
Malthus's theory predicted much higher food production than has actually occurred.
Actual population growth has been much higher than Malthus predicted.
Malthus's theory predicted much higher population growth than has actually occurred.
Population increased geometrically while food production increased arithmetically.
Human beings avoid all but which of these regions?
Cold lands
Dry lands
Warm lands
Wet lands
High lands
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?
Country X
Country Y
The rate is the same in both countries.
The rate depends on total population, so it can't be computed from this information.
The rate depends on immigration, so it can't be computed from this information.
A key obstacle to declining birth rates is
Religious opposition to some birth control methods.
Economic incentives in favor of smaller families.
Women attending school in greater numbers.
increased health care leading to decreased infant mortality.
Increased distribution of contraceptives.
Choose the best answer for how geographers define overpopulation.
A condition in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment
Crowded conditions
A condition in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living
Too many people in a given area
A condition in which the number of families in an area outnumber the capacity of that area to provide adequate housing
For every 1,000 babies born in India in 2011, an estimated 50 of them will have died before reaching their first birthday. The rate of 50 deaths per 1,000 births is known as the
Crude death rate.
Infant mortality rate.
life expectancy.
Total fertility rate.
Terminal population rate.
A region with a small amount of arable land and a large number of farmers will have a(n)
Efficient agricultural practice.
Low physiological density.
Overpopulation.
High agricultural density.
Low arithmetic density.
Arranging a country's population along a bar graph representing ages and genders creates a population
Pyramid
Graph
Demograph
Map
Line
If a county has a NIR of 50 and CBR of about 40, what stages of the demographic transition could it be in?
Stage 1 or 4
Stage 2 or 4
Stage 3 or 4
Stage 2 or 3
Stage 1 or 2
If the physiological density is much larger than the arithmetic density, then a country has
Inefficient farmers.
A large number of farmers.
A small percentage of land suitable for agriculture.
Too many people for the available resources.
Too few farmers for the large area of land suitable for agriculture.
Dr. John Snow found that cholera cases in London were
Spatially associated with a certain public wells.
Being punished for their sins.
Transmitted through the air in contagious diffusion.
Spread through trade routes by infected rats.
As a country moves through the demographic transition, we can expect its elderly support ratio to
Increase
Decrease
Stay the same
None of these: the elderly support ratio isn't affected by the demographic transition.
None of these: the elderly support ratio isn't affected by the demographic transition.
A country with a high physiological density has
A lot of people.
A lot of people for every unit of farmland.
A lot of farmers for every unit of farmland.
A lot of farmland.
a lot of farmland for every farmer.
A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a
High physiological density.
Low physiological density.
High agricultural density.
Low agricultural density.
Low arithmetic density.
A country goes through
The epidemiological transition and the demographic transition simultaneously.
First the demographic transition, then the epidemiological transition.
First the epidemiological transition, then the demographic transition.
The demographic transition first if it's a more developed country.
The epidemiological transition first if it's a more developed country.
Japan is dealing with economic concerns about an aging population by
increasing the birth rate.
Encouraging older people and women to work.
Shifting jobs overseas.
Encouraging immigration.
Infectious diseases develop resistance to ________ when used improperly.
Antibiotics
People
Infants
Degeneration
DDT
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