ch.15 - quiz

Which of the following four statements about migration is NOT true?

Migration has little or no effect on population size.

One region of the world has both the highest birth rate and the highest infant mortality rate. Which is it?

africa? idk

Throughout most of human history, families had many children because

all of these are correct

In global perspective, the crude birth rate of high income nations such as the United States is

below average

The United States is a high-income country; therefore, we would expect population increase to result from which of the following?

both immigration and natural increase

Which of the following concepts refers to the number of live births in a given year for every 1,000 people in a population?

crude birth rate

Which of the following concepts refers to the maximum possible childbearing for women?

fecundity

Demography is defined as the study of

human population

fertility refers to

the incidence of childbearing in a nation's population.

The demographic measure called the "sex ratio" refers to

the number of males for every 100 females in the population.