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- 1. Multiple Choice
The measure of the average number of children who are born to women of childbearing age in the population is called the
actual birth rate
crude birth rate
total fertility rate
adjusted birth rate
net reproduction ratio
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Malthusian view of the world argues that
the contemporary problem of famine in developing countries is a result of the colonial legacy
famine in developing countries can be explained by examining their patterns of population growth
population growth is helpful to developing countries because it provides a larger rural workforce
the problem of population growth is a result of economic underdevelopment
one way to solve population growth in developing countries is to reduce their foreign debt
- 3. Multiple Choice
The ability of a resource base to sustain a population is known as its
carrying capacity
basic employment
subsistence limit
population pressure
support ratio
- 4. Multiple Choice
A country in the first stage of the demographic transition demonstrates which of the following?
Low birth rates, low death rates, and low rates of population growth
High birth rates, but low death rates
High birth rates, high death rates, and high rates of population growth
High birth rates, high death rates, and low rates of population growth
An old population age structure
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes a concern for a country with an aging population?
As a country’s population ages, the infant mortality rate decreases and there is an increased need for daycare centers.
As the proportion of older people increases, the total population decreases because older people do not have children.
As the proportion of older people in the country increases, fewer young workers are available to contribute tax revenues to support programs that provide services to the older population.
As a country’s population ages, the life expectancy for the younger population of the country decreases and healthcare costs decline.
As the proportion of older people in the country increases, the sex ratio becomes disproportionally skewed toward males.
- 6. Multiple Choice
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which of the following types of intraregional migration was the most prominent worldwide?
Inland to coastal
Urban to rural
Rural to urban
Urban to suburban
Highland to lowland
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would be most likely to increase life expectancy in a less developed country, resulting in an aging population in that country?
An increase in the country’s birth rate
Improvements in access to health care and sanitation
Rural-to-urban migration within the country
Improvements in transportation and communication networks
A decrease in the country’s total fertility rate
- 8. Multiple Choice
We can calculate that a country would raise, or increase, its physiological density by
increasing the areas of its urban centers.
increasing the amount of agricultural land.
increasing the size of its population.
limiting the number of farm animals.
limiting the number of farmers.
- 9. Multiple Choice
There has been an increase in asylum seekers from Syria to the European Union in recent years. Which of the following best describes the reason for this migration?
A large rural-to-urban population shift within Syria
A continuing issue of conflict and political unrest within Syria
The tightening of asylum policies by the European Union
A continuing rise in employment for asylum seekers in the European Union
The tightening of guest-worker policies by the European Union
- 10. Multiple Choice
The dependency ratio is most useful for indicating the
percentage of foreign ownership within the secondary sector of a country’s economy
relationship between the potential labor force and the remainder of a country’s population
relationship between the total fertility rate and the infant mortality rate
reliance of a country on imported fossil fuels
degree of gender equality within a country
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