Exam 12: Demography and Migration

According to Thomas Malthus, epidemics, war, and famine are examples of

Most rural-to-urban migrants are pulled into the cities by employment opportunities.

The infant mortality rate is the death rate among those children who die during birth.

The world's population has doubled _______ times in the last 2 000 years.

Most governments restrict the numbers of people who can emigrate.

An agglomeration of at least 8 to 10 million people is a(n)

From the perspective of Thomas Malthus, the 373 natural disasters that killed about 300 000 people in 2010 would be

Which one of the following characteristics best applies to Stage 2 of the demographic transition?

A constrictive pyramid shows that the population consists disproportionately of middle-aged and older people.

The world's population doubled five times in less than 100 years.

Which one of the following is the least likely explanation for the decline in fertility that took place in western countries during Stage 2 of the demographic transition?

Two billion people in the world do not have the financial resources to secure food that is consistently safe, sufficient, and nutritious.That is, they suffer from

____________ has the highest number of agglomerations.

Prior to Stage 3 of the demographic transition, all but one of the following groups accounted for the largest share of deaths:

During Stage 2 of the demographic transition, the ___________________ widened, and the population grew substantially.

The ____________ is the average number of children that women in a specific population bear over their lifetimes.

If the doubling time of a country's population is 20 years, that country's economy would most likely be classified as

The textbook uses the broad categories _________________, rather than industrialised and developing, to divide the countries of the world.

In 1850, the world's population reached 1 billion.It took less than ______ years to double to 2 billion.

The United Arab Emirates has 219 males for every 100 females, meaning that the UAE's _____________ is skewed in favour of males relative to females.