Question 1

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

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A)   teaching people to become more active consumers.
B)   school programs that ignore contraceptive techniques and teach "abstinence only."
C)   improving men's educational attainment in conjunction with small loans to businesses owned by men in small communities.
D)   improving local economic conditions in conjunction with improving women's educational attainment.
E)   information about sexually transmitted diseases. D

Question 2

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

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A)   crude birth rate.
B)   life data rate.
C)   natural increase rate.
D)   total fertility rate.
E)   new birth rate. A

Question 3

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

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A)   Stage 1
B)   Stage 2
C)   Stage 3
D)   Stage 4
E)   Stage 5 A

Question 4

The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the

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A)   hot zone.
B)   civilized world.
C)   geophenom.
D)   ecumene.
E)   subpolar region.

Question 5

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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.

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The answer of Hypothesize that within 100 years, global climate...

Question 7

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

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A)   level of output per farmer.
B)   number of people per area of land.
C)   pressure placed by people on the land to produce food.
D)   number of farmers per area of land.
E)   number of people per area of arable land.

Question 8

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

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A)   changed little because of the availability of food from massive land animals.
B)   began a long period of near stagnation, following a heretofore unprecedented period of rapid growth.
C)   had not yet appeared on the surface of the planet.
D)   began to increase at a heretofore unprecedented rate, following millennia of near stagnation.
E)   increased at unprecedented rates for two centuries, then declined again.

Question 9

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

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A)   high physiological density.
B)   low physiological density.
C)   high agricultural density.
D)   low agricultural density.
E)   low arithmetic density.

Question 10

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

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A)   Stage 1
B)   Stage 2
C)   Stage 3
D)   Stage 4
E)   Stages 2 and 3.

Question 12

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

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A)   East Asia.
B)   South Asia.
C)   Southeast Asia.
D)   Africa.
E)   Southwestern Asia.

Question 13

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).

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The answer of Identify and compare three or four alternate...

Question 14

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

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A)   low elevations
B)   sea-level
C)   high elevations
D)   or near coastlines
E)   the poles

Question 15

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

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A)   5000 BC.
B)   AD 50.
C)   AD 1500.
D)   AD 1.
E)   AD 1900.

Question 16

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

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A)   increasing the amount of agricultural land.
B)   limiting the number of farmers.
C)   increasing the areas of its urban centers.
D)   limiting the size of its population.
E)   increasing the size of its population.

Question 17

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

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A)   The sons are encouraged to complete as many years of formal education as possible before marrying and/or beginning to raise children themselves.
B)   The sons and daughters are encouraged to become active consumers.
C)   The daughters are encouraged to complete as many years of formal education as possible before marrying and/or beginning to bear children themselves.
D)   The daughters are provided with "abstinence only" sex-education classes in school.
E)   The sons and daughters of a family are given classes on birth-control techniques, but they are also expected to get married during their teen years.

Question 18

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.

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The answer of If you were given 100 million dollars...

Question 19

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)   inventions.
B)   health.
C)   topography.
D)   "pollution exporting" policies.
E)   air quality.

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.

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