Exam 12: Demography and Migration

The demographic transition

Selma is departing from Croatia to live in South Africa.In demographic terms, she is __________ out of Croatia.

Which one of the following factors represents an example of a push factor?

Humans produce enough food each year to feed the world's population.

The United States possesses an expansive population pyramid.

A population's age and sex composition is commonly depicted as a

It took approximately ________ years for the world's population to double from 170 million in AD 1 to 340 million.

Which one of the following factors is least responsible for the decline in mortality crises associated with Stage 2 of the demographic transition?

Zimbabwe's migration rate is +24.8 per 1 000 residents.This means that

Accidents, homicides, and suicides become the leading causes of death among young people during which stage of the demographic transition?

There are two countries in the world with a population of at least one billion.Those two countries are

Movement within the boundaries of a single country is known as

The United States age-sex distribution yields a nearly ______ pyramid because, except for the older categories, each cohort is roughly the same size.

The age-sex distribution for Niger can be labelled as ????? ? because it is broadest at the base and each successive bar is smaller than the one below it, which indicates that the population consists disproportionately of young people.

Stage 1 of the demographic transition is often referred to as the stage of high potential growth because

Typically, the infant mortality rate is calculated for the age group that is

The difference between birth and death rates is known as the demographic