Exam 2: Population and Health

Leading approaches to reducing birth rates emphasize the long-term benefits of

The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the

The highest crude death rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the

City Y, which is a thriving port and a center of government, contains 4,000,000 people living on 2,000 square kilometers of land. The population density of City Y is 2,000 persons per square kilometer.

Hypothesize that within 100 years, global climate change will alter the ecumene in your state or region. Of the areas that you sometimes visit or are more familiar with, which would most likely be affected by global climate change? Would other areas of the world be more affected? Which? How and why? Support your ideas by imagining some specific changes or examples.

India and the United Kingdom have approximately the same arithmetic density although their landscapes and sizes are quite different. From this we can conclude that the two countries have roughly the same

Comparing the charts, maps, and other data on the world population growth in this chapter, one can deduce that after the Ice Age, approximately 10,000 years ago Earth's human population

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

A country in Stage 2 of the demographic transition is likely to have higher crude birth and crude death rates than a country in Stage 4.

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

Analyzing various maps in this chapter along with a world map, we see that Laos has the highest rates of fertility and infant mortality among its neighbors in

Identify and compare three or four alternate solutions to the world population growth problem, including your own solution (if you care to suggest one that seems feasible).

Relatively few people live at ________, but there are significant exceptions, especially in Latin America.

Analyzing the map(s) of ecumene in this chapter, along with a world map, we can deduce that Turkey was intensively settled by

We can calculate that a country would lower its arithmetic density by

All other factors being equal, assess which of the following families would most likely contribute to slowing its country's birth rates.

If you were given 100 million dollars for the project, what would you do to help reduce the CBR of a less developed country? Which country would you choose, and how would you assign the money? Feel free to use your imagination but give reasons for your proposed actions.

More people are alive now than at any time in the past.

More of the "why" questions of demographics can be addressed with data focusing on