AP Human Geography- Unit 2: Population and Migration

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Explain Thomas Malthus's population theory.

He concluded that the world's population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.

He concluded that crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.

He concluded that population increased arithmetically while food production increased linguistically.

He concluded that population growth was outpacing available resources in every country, according to algebraic calculations.

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

A crude birth rate of approximately 10 per 1,000 is typical of a country in which stage of the demographic transition?

stage 1

stage 2

stage 3

stage 4

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Where are people most likely not to live?

places that are too hot

places that are too cold

places that are too high in elevation

All the answers are correct

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the average number of births women bear in their lifetimes known as?

total increase rate

total fertility rate

crude fertility rate

crude birth rate

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What demographic feature has the most significant future implications?

that the less developed countries have the highest combined crude death rate

that the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries

that people are uniformly distributed across Earth

that the natural increase rate is larger every year

6.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

In what stage of the demographic transition are most European countries?

1

2

3

4

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?

lots of children
lots of children

lots of middle age people

lots of elderly/older people

lots of teens

8.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

The ratio of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the working population is called the

dependency ratio

population pyramid

interconnected ratio

retirement ratio

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The annual worldwide natural increase rate is

1.2%

12%

12 million

12 trillion

10.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

This caused a jump in the worlds' population in the late 1700's and helped send England into stage 2:

the Renaissance

the Industrial Revolution

the Medical Revolution

the Scientific Revolution

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The world's most populated country is

India

Nigeria

China

Indonesia

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The world's most populated region is

North America

East Asia

South Asia

Africa

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Zero population growth occurs when the TFR (total fertility rate) is at

1.2

2.1

2.7

1.9

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A characteristic of stage 3 of the demographic transition shows

High birth and death rates

Low death and high birth rates

Declining birth and death rates

High death and low birth rates

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement?

Ecumene

Census

Cohort

Pandemic

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is a pull factor?

Insufficient Food Supply

High Crime Rate in Native Country

Higher Paying jobs in New Country

High Crime Rate in New Country

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of the following are part of EG Ravenstein’s (The Bloke with the cloke) Laws of Migration?

most migrants are male

most migrants move short distances

most long distance migrants move to large urban areas

all of the above

18.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

According to Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration, which group is most likely to move?

older adults

younger adults

children

families

19.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the internal migration pattern as seen in the US?

South and West

North and East

North and West

South and East

20.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Which areas of the world generally have net out-migration?

Asia and North America

Africa and Europe

Africa and Asia

Latin America and Europe

21.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

According to EG Ravenstein, which of the following is NOT true?

Most migrants are young adults.

Most migration is over very long distance

Migration is most often for economic reasons.

Migration occurs in steps.

22.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The wave of immigrants into America around 1900-1915 was different from earlier waves of migration because most were from what area?

Southern and Eastern Europe

Asia

Africa

Latin America

23.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Since the 1980's, most US In-Migration has come from

Europe

East Asia

Latin America

South Asia

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Most migrants move for

economic reasons

cultural reasons

environmental reasons

persecution reasons

25.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

If a country's Immigration is LESS than it's Emigration it has

net in-migration

net out-migration

it's population is increasing

it needs to set quota laws

26.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of the following is a PULL factor?

A hurricane

failed harvest

increase in taxes

opening a new factory

27.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The ability to move from one place to another is

mobility

migration

net migration

voluntary migration

28.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The most important intervening obstacle preventing Eastern Europeans from leaving their homes between World War 2 and the 1990s was

the Danube River

the Alps

communist control of the region

lack of financial resources

29.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The Atlantic Ocean is an example of

an environmental push factor

an intervening obstacle

an environmental pull factor

an economic factor

30.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Most migrants to the US from 1800-1850 came from which part of Europe?

north and east

north and south

north and west

south and east

31.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

According to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act signed by President Reagan, undocumented workers

are immediately arrested

were allowed to pursue citizenship

jailed if caught a third time

no longer able to go to public school

32.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is an example of forced migration?

Spanish moving to Mexico

African slaves brought to the Americas.

Syrians moving to Turkey

African Americans moving north at the end of the civil war

33.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Guest workers in Europe and the Middle East are low-status but legal residents.

true

false

34.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Many guest workers go to the oil fields in Midland Texas.

True

False

35.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Many guest workers go to work in the oil field in SW Asia (Middle East).

true

false

36.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which would not be an environmental pull factor?

clear, dry air in Arizona

lumberjack job in the Pacific Northwest

beautiful clear water by the beach

Rocky Mountain scenery

37.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The main PUSH factor for a refugee is

economic

environmental

natural disaster

political

38.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Brain drain is

when you can't come up with the answer on a test

emigration from MDCs to LDCs

emigration of talented and smart people

forcing emigration for political reasons

39.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is land suited for agriculture known as?

agricultural density

population density

physiological land

arable land

40.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the most populous country in Southeast Asia?

Indonesia

Cambodia

Thailand

Vietnam

41.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

How are Stages 1 and 4 of the demographic transition model similar?

both have low growth rates

both have low life expectancies

both have low dependency ratios

both have low death rates

42.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

How could a country increase its physiological density?

increasing the amount of agricultural land

increasing the size of the population

increasing the areas of its urban centers

limiting the number of farmers

43.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What does a country have if the physiological density is very high and its arithmetic density is very low?

a large number of farmers, although the number of farmers is not as great as the number of people living in the cities

too many people for the available resources, particularly in regards to agricultural land

too few farmers for the large area of land suitable for agriculture

a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture, even if there seems to be plenty of space available to live in

44.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a

low arithmetic density

high physiological density

low agricultural density

high agricultural density

45.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

A decline in a country's crude birth rate would result in an increase in that country's

life expectancy

doubling time

total fertility rate

natural increase rate

46.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

One demographic feature with the most significant future implications is that

the less developed countries have the highest combined crude death rate.

the natural increase rate is larger every year.

the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries.

there are fewer people in the world now than at the peak in the middle of the twentieth century.

47.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Wilbur Zelinsky's model of migration predicted

migrants move most frequently for economic reasons.

intraregional migration is more important than interregional migration in terms of political and economic resources.

migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition.

women are more likely to migrate than men.

48.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

If your ancestors migrated to the United States during the 1840s and 1850s, barring any other evidence, you might strongly suspect that they originated in

Spain or Portugal.

Norway or England.

Italy or Poland.

Ireland or Germany.

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