GEOG 1000- Quiz 8: Cultural Geography; Population and Migration

On the basis of the demographic transition graph and model, the population indicators table, and the population pyramids figure, which three of the following statements are probably true?

- Countries with a rate of natural increase (RNI) of zero could be in either the first or fourth stages of the demographic transition. - If we were to place the population pyramids according to the continuum represented by the demographic transition model, they would go from zero growth to rapid growth to low growth to zero growth, with zero growth representing the industrial (4th) stage of the demographic transition. - If we know the birth rate and death rate for a given country, we can identify the stage of the demographic transition it is in. Submit

At what stages of the demographic transition are the birth rates and death rates about the same?

1 and 4

At what point does the majority of the city tip into declining population?

2020

What is a danchi?

A large cluster of apartment buildings of particular design and style

How do Japanese schools differ from American schools?

All Japanese students change out of their shoes and into indoor slippers when they get to school; American students typically do not change out of the shoes they wear to school.

________ takes place more rapidly today because of a decrease in cost and time to move ideas, objects and people.

Diffusion

The entire land area of Japan is approximately the same size as this U.S. state.

California

China's plan for decreasing the rate of natural increase included implementation of a one-family/two-child policy.

False

Why do Asuka and her friends sing karaoke at a karaoke club instead of in their own homes?

Karaoke is generally too loud for home use because in Japanese cities, many people live very close to each other.

Based on the demographic transition graph and the population indicators table, which two countries are most clearly in the transitional stages of the demographic transition?

Nigeria and Pakistan

Since the birth rate in the United States is low, immigration is currently responsible for about ________ of the country's population growth.

One-third

Utilizing information from the birth rates, death rates, and the other population layers you have already viewed, order the countries place marked with pink icons from earlier to later stages along the demographic transition. If necessary, use your textbook and/or the internet to see the stages of the demographic transition model.

Pakistan, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, United States

Based on your understanding of the demographic transition graph and model, which country in the population indicators table is the best example of a country that is in Stage 4 of the demographic transition?

Russia

Excluding Sub-Saharan Africa, which region has the highest death rates?

Russian/Eastern Europe

Take a moment to review the demographic transition graph and the population indicators table above. If a positive RNI is an indication that birth rate is higher than death rate, which stage (or stages) of the demographic transition are consistent with a positive RNI?

Stages 2 and 3, the transitional stages

Group identities can help determine which groups of people have a connection with; however, it can also produce incorrect assumptions better known as

Stereotyping

On the following unlabeled image of the demographic transition, label the following items: birth rate, death rate, total population, preindustrial, transitional, industrial, and postindustrial.

Stage 1: Pre Industrial Stage 2: Transitional Stage 3: Transitional Stage 4: Industrial Stage 5: Post Industrial

Based on your understanding of the demographic transition graph and model, as well as the population pyramids, which stage(s) of the demographic transition would be represented by the pyramid with a wide base and a narrow top?

Stages 2 and 3

Order the following regions from highest to lowest according to birth rate: Europe, Latin America, North America, Southwest Asia/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa, Southwest Asia/North Africa, Latin America, North America, Europe

A world map drawn so that the size of each country is the reflection of its population rather than its size is called

a cartogram.

Brain drain occurs when

highly educated citizens leave a country to move to another country.

Environmental determinism

is the simplistic belief that human cultures can be explained as a result of the physical environment.

Culture is

learned behavior.

Throughout the world, fertility rates are ________ in urban areas than they are in rural areas.

lower

The belief that one ________ has inherent superiority over another has played a major role in defining human relations over the past 500 years and is known as ________.

race; racism

Biological characteristics are used to divide people into ________; however science has shown there is less than 1% genetic difference among humans.

races

The increasingly rapid movement of information and goods around the globe is known as

time-space compression.

Which of the following is NOT a reason for clustering of settlements?

to stay in close contact with cattle and livestock

Aging populations will present tremendous challenges for poor countries because

today the elderly are cared for by their families.

During which stage or stages of the demographic transition does total population rise rapidly?

transitional stages