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Geography
9th
grade
AP Human Geography - Unit 2 - Population Distribution
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Based on the map, which area is most densely populated?
East Asia
Northern Europe
Western North America
Central South America
Southern Africa
- 2. Multiple Choice
Referred to the table
Country A: it’s physiological density indicates that farmers do not have the technological resources to grow crops efficiently.
Country A: the large difference between arithmetic and physiological density indicates that it only has a little amount of good farmland.
Country A: it’s high arithmetic and physiological densities indicate that it needs to use a higher percentage of its land to grow crops.
Country B: it has an arable land percentage of 16.8, which is not sufficient for growing enough food to feed everyone.
Country B: the small difference between its arithmetic and physiological densities indicates it has ample good farmland.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which country has the lowest arithmetic population density?
Egypt
The United States
Australia
India
France
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Nile River Valley has the greatest concentration of population Egypt because of its?
Alpine climate
Tourist Attractions
Extensive migration from nearby areas
Many sacred sites
High quality agricultural land
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which might explain the asymmetrical part of the population pyramid?
A high death rate among men aged 20 to 50
A large temporary immigrant worker population
An over counting of children during the census
An epidemic with high rate of mortality among the elderly
A major war fought in the years 2006 to 2010
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which statement about birth is best supported by the pyramid?
More births occurred in 1956 than in 1966
more births occurred in 1986 than in 2006
the number steadily increased between 1956 and 2016
the number steadily decreased between 1956 and 2016
fewer births occurred in 2016 and 2011
- 7. Multiple Choice
A more developed country with the same total population as the United Arab Emirates would most likely have shorter bars for
both males and females at ages 70 and above
both males and females at ages 34 and below
both males and females at all ages
females only ages 25 to 34
both males and females at age 9 and below
- 8. Multiple Choice
Geographers define overpopulation as
too many people compared to resources.
too many people in a region.
too many people in the world.
all of the above
- 9. Multiple Choice
The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the
subpolar region.
hot zone.
civilized world.
ecumene.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Physiological density is the number of
farmers per area of farmland.
acres of farmland.
people per area of land.
people per area suitable for agriculture.
- 11. Multiple Choice
A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a
high physiological density.
low agricultural density.
high agricultural density.
low physiological density.
- 12. Multiple Choice
The annual global population growth rate increased approximately two hundred years ago because of the
increase in the crude birth rate.
agricultural revolution.
medical revolution.
Industrial Revolution.
demographic transition.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The number of people who are too young or too old to work in a society compared to the number of working age people is the
demographic ratio.
population pyramid.
dependency ratio.
sex ratio.
- 14. Multiple Choice
People who quickly flee their country because of violence or fear are considered
Illegal immigrants
Draft dodgers
Refugees
War criminals
- 15. Multiple Choice
Define brain drain
The emigration of highly trained and skilled people
The immigration of families
The emigration of poor refugees
The immigration of women and children
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