Deck 15: Population Policy

Question 1

A population policy is a/an _______ constructed arrangement or program through which governments directly or indirectly influence demographic change.

A) loosely
B) tightly
C) democratically
D) deliberately
E) organically

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Describe the one-child fertility policy enacted in China in 1979. What did the policy attempt to do? What were some of the effects of this fertility policy on the population of the country?

Answer 2

Not Answer

Question 3

In what year did China finally abandon the One-Child Campaign?

A) 1975
B) 1985
C) 1995
D) 2005
E) 2015

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which U.S. President established the Office of Population within the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development?

A) John Kennedy
B) Ronald Reagan
C) Dwight Eisenhower
D) Lyndon Johnson
E) Barack Obama

Question 5

A family planning program is

A) an effort to help stem concurrent sexual relationships.
B) an effort to promote modern fertility control.
C) an effort by the religious right to prevent abortions.
D) an effort to reduce the amount of contraceptive devices available to adolescents.
E) an effort to help fund and promote programs and organizations such as Planned Parenthood.

Question 6

In 1984 in which country did the Second World Population Conference take place?

A) U.S.
B) Mexico
C) China
D) Romania
E) Great Britain

Question 7

What do demographers mean by the concept of "replacement migration"? Why is replacement migration thought to be a more efficient strategy for maintaining a balanced population than would be increasing fertility?

Question 8

Write an essay describing each of the three World Population Conferences held in 1974, 1984 and 1994. What was the intended focus of each conference and what did each conference achieve? Why was there not a conference held in 2004?

Question 9

Which United Nations initiative, co-founded by the U.S., serves as a major source of funds for population initiatives in developing countries?

A) USAID
B) UNICEF
C) UNFPA
D) UNPOP
E) ICPD

Question 10

China's One-Child Campaign was launched in what year?

A) 1949
B) 1960
C) 1971
D) 1979
E) 1985

Question 11

Which U.S. immigration policy ended the national origins quota system and allowed the immigration of family members of those already living in the United States?

A) the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
B) the McCarran-Walter Act
C) the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
D) the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986
E) the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996

Question 12

Which U.S. immigration policy granted legal status to undocumented immigrants who had been in the United States continuously since 1982?

A) the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
B) the McCarran-Walter Act
C) the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
D) the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
E) the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996

Question 13

In 1921 the U.S. put into place an immigration policy that set quotas on the number of immigrants based on their _______.

A) racial status.
B) educational background.
C) ability to find employment.
D) nation of origin.
E) nation of birth.

Question 14

In our Population and Society textbook, three types of national immigration regimes are discussed. Describe each one. Into which immigration regime does the U.S. fall?