Exam 1: Introduction to Demography

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the number of Italian immigrants coming into the United States was similar to the number Mexican immigrants coming into the country at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

One of the major demographic forces that is incendiary in the Middle East is:

Congressional redistricting in the United States is demographic in nature because geodemographic data are required to combat "gerrymandering."

Population growth alone would not have had such a huge impact on the environment were it not for the accompanying fact that:

The concept of the past as a foreign country is based on the idea that:

The age group that is projected more quickly in the United States between 2010 and 2030 is:

During the twentieth century, life expectancy in the United States increased from about ____ to nearly 80.

The PRIZM system used by Nielsen Claritas is a direct application of the concept of:

For the past few decades, the number of children born to Palestinian women has been about ____ times as many as have been born to Israeli women.

Life insurance companies and pension funds both make more money the longer that their customers live.