Test Bank 3.5-3.9

If a country has a crude birth rate of 24 per 1,000 and a crude death rate of 8 per 1,000, the natural annual percent increase of its population is

1.6%

If the population of a country grows at a rate of approximately 5 percent per year, the number of years required for the population to double is closest to

15 years

If the population of a country is growing at a rate of 1.75 percent per year, the population will double in approximately how many years?

40 years

The current world population is closest to which of the following?

5 billion

By the year 2050, world population is expected to approach 10 billion. If the current population trends continue, which region of the world will most likely experience the majority of the growth?

Africa and Asia

Which of the following best describes a country in stage 2 of the demographic transition, based on the model shown below?

Birth rates are high and death rates are declining, and the population is increasing rapidly.

Which of the following best describes a density-independent factor that controls population size?

Competing for resources like food and water

Based on the data in the age structure diagram below ,which of the following best describes the population of Country A?

Country A is growing rapidly, and most individuals are of pre-reproductive age.

In a human population undergoing the demographic transition, which of the following generally decreases first?

Death rate

Which of the following age structure diagrams represents a population that most likely has a negative growth rate?

Diagram D

Which of the following best characterizes a population that is growing exponentially with time?

Doubling in size over equal increments of time

Which age-structure diagram best depicts the ages in a population that is in stage 3 of the demographic transition?

Graph B

Which of the following pairs of statistics would most likely indicate the highest quality of life in a country?

High life expectancy and low infant mortality

Which of the following is most likely the primary cause of high death rates in phase I?

Infant and childhood mortality

Which of the following characteristics in the table below best supports the claim that Country A is a more developed country and that Country B is a less developed country?

Infant mortality rate

Which line above Represents the biotic potential of the species?

Line A

Which line above represents the maximum number of individuals that can be supported by a particular ecosystem on a long-term basis?

Line E (carrying capacity)

Based on the diagram above, this country is likely experiencing

No net change in population growth

Which of the following is most typically associated with the transition from a rural to an urbanized society?

Reduced birth rates

In a certain country, the birth rate is high, the death rate is high, and there are many children that are part of the workforce. The country is most likely in which of the following stages of the demographic transition?

Stage 1

During which stage of the demographic transition shown above does a population begin to experience an explosive increase in growth?

Stage 2

Which stage has both high birth rates and high death rates but low overall population growth in part from high incidences of disease and famine?

Stage A

Which stage has high birth rates and rapidly decreasing death rates as a result of improved access to health care?

Stage B

The increase in the size of Earth's human population in the last century has been dramatic. Which of the following identifies two major contributors to this increase?

The Industrial Revolution and modern medicine

The rate of population growth starts to slow down at which point?

The beginning of phase III

Which of the following best describes the change in the carrying capacity of the human population if growth is limited by conditions set forth by the Malthusian theory?

The carrying capacity will decrease, and the human population size will experience a dieback.

Which of the following is a true statement about the total fertility of a society?

The total fertility of a society decreases as the society progresses through the demographic transition.

Which of the following characteristics is most closely associated with a country that demonstrates the age structure in the diagram shown above?

There is a high total fertility rate.

The supply of Earth's fresh water is fixed and is being depleted at a rapid rate. Which of the following best describes the effects of a limited freshwater supply on human populations?

World food production will decrease, leading to increased famine

A small developing country with negligible rates of immigration and emigration is going through a demographic change. Thirty years ago the crude birth rate was 44 per thousand per year and the crude death rate was 17 per thousand per year. Now the crude birth rate is 16 thousand per year and the crude death rate is 5 per thousand per year. Which of the following statements about the country now is most likely to be true?

a country is an industrial change in demographic transition.

Although the fertility rate for women in the United States has declined in recent years to a value below replacement level, the United States population is still increasing because of

immigration

A country with an age distribution like that shown in the figure below, is most likely a country that

is experiencing slow or no population growth

Zero population growth is associated with

phases I and IV