Deck 14: Population Distribution

Question 1

Demographers define and measure "population density" as:

A) the number of persons weighing over 200 pounds per square mile (or kilometer)
B) the number of persons per cubed mile (or kilometer).
C) the number of persons in a census tract
D) the number of persons per square mile (or kilometer)
E) the number of persons per square mile (or kilometer) in metropolitan areas

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The country today with the largest number of people of any country in the world is:

A) China
B) Brazil
C) India
D) Russia
E) United States

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Physiological density is calculated by:

A) dividing the number of persons in the country by the country's quantity of arable land in square kilometers (or miles)
B) dividing the number of persons in the population by the number of square kilometers (or miles) of territory in the country or area
C) dividing the number of people living in houses by the total population of the area.
D) dividing the number of persons in a country by the average size of a metropolitan area in square kilometers (or miles)
E) dividing the number of healthy persons in the country by the country's quantity of arable land in square kilometers (or miles)

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What is meant by the phrase the "center of population"? How do demographers measure the center of population? How has the location of the center of the population of the U.S. changed between 1790 and 2010 time? As of 2010, about where was the center of the U.S. population located?

Question 5

Population projections indicate that by 2050, the country with the largest population of any country in the world will be:

A) China
B) Brazil
C) India
D) Russia
E) United States

Question 6

When _________ occurs in the United States, there is first a movement from rural to urban areas, and then a movement from urban centers to the inner suburbs.

A) population dispersion
B) population implosion
C) population deconcentration
D) population suburbanization
E) population explosion

Question 7

Gentrification ______

A) occurs when the poorest peoples in cities move out of the prime areas in search of better living conditions and employment opportunities.
B) is the process of "cleaning up" the undesirable areas of a city, creating better housing for the affluent who move into these areas because the cities offer them new opportunities.
C) is beneficial to the poor and unemployed who once lived in the areas of the cities they are moving from.
D) is the result of white flight.
E) is caused by young adults, along with their children, moving from the suburbs to the exurbs.

Question 8

What are some of the consequences of population distribution? List some of the examples of consequences of population distribution that are cited and discussed in our Population and Society text. Also list and tell me about three examples of population distribution that you personally have observed.

Question 9

About _____ of the Earth's land is permanently inhabited.

A) one half
B) one third
C) two thirds
D) one quarter
E) three quarters

Question 10

Explain the differences between population explosion and population implosion and give examples of how these two processes are occurring simultaneously or how they are contradictory.

Question 11

Describe some of the main ways that rural areas in the U.S. differ from urban areas in the U.S.

Question 12

Which three conditions must be present for the development of cities?

A) A surplus of farm products; a means to transport the products to urban areas; and sufficiently developed technology in urban areas to use farm products and provide employment.
B) A surplus of farm products; a means to transport the products to other areas; and a sufficiently developed society to use farm products and provide employment.
C) An ability to provide farm products to multiple regions; agricultural resources near urban regions; and the ability to export a surplus.
D) A booming urban economy; factories and mills; and the ability to export.
E) Access to water ports; a farming surplus; and a booming economy.

Question 13

The United Nations defines an urban agglomeration as an urban area of at least ____ million inhabitants, including all inhabitants in the surrounding territory living in urban levels of residential density.

A) three
B) five
C) ten
D) one
E) eight