AP Human Geography Chapter 2 Test: Population and Health
Replacement level, the number of births needed to keep a population at a stable level without immigration, requires a total fertility of _________
b) 2.1
Highest rates of infant mortality are found in the region.
b) Central Africa
Not all countries with aging population resort to immigration to offset economic problems. An example is:
b) Japan
The lowest infant mortality rate among countries with large populations is in:
b) Japan
About ________% of the world's population is concentrated in East Asia.
c) 25
It has been estimated that 98% of Egypt's population occupies only ________% of the country's total area
c) 3
Over large parts of Bangladesh the rural population density is between _______ people per square mile.
c) 3000 and 5000
In 1930 and 2000, the Earth's population increased by
c) 4 billion
At the present rate of births and deaths in the world, we are adding about _______ million inhabitants every year.
c) 80
Sub-Saharan Africa's high mortality rate is strongly influenced by:
c) AIDS
________ have annual natural rates of population increase above 3.0%
c) Mali and Uganda
The major focus of population in Australia is:
c) along its eastern coast
Associated with the East Asian population cluster are ribbon-like extensions of dense population penetrating the interior. These extensions represent:
c) basins and lowlands of China's major rivers
The growth rate of population of South Asia is _____ the world average of 1.4 percent
c) greater than
In comparison to Asia, the percentage of the population living in urban places in Germany and the United Kingdom is:
c) greater than Asia
Births and ________ add to the population growth of a particular country.
c) immigration
A population pyramid with a wide base and narrow top is indicative of:
c) less developed countries
Demographers and population geographers who study global growth today believe that the concept of doubling time is:
c) less important than in the past
Terrain and environment appear to have a different association with the population cluster of Europe that extends from the British Isles into Russia than in Asia. This suggests that in Europe, terrain and environment play a:
c) lesser role than in Asia
Population growth rates are _______ in southern India, where women have higher literacy rates
c) lower
Switzerland's physiological density is _____ as/than its arithmetic density.
c) much greater
The world's three largest population concentrations are all found on the same landmass, which is:
d) Eurasia
Which region of the world is largely below replacement level?
d) Europe
Most of the countries with low population growth rates are also among the wealthiest, An exception to this would be:
d) Russia
Enormous strides have been made to battle the AIDS crisis, including:
d) all the these choices is correct
Brazil's population is concentrated:
d) along the Atlantic Coast
Food production, contrary to the predictions of Malthus, has grown exponentially because of a number of factors. Which one of the following is not one of these factors?
d) an increase in the number of farmers in Britain
The population of a country, city or other region is a function of three variables. Which is not one of the variables?
d) ethnic backround
The arithmetic density of population for a country is determined by dividing the total _________
d) population by the total area
In which region of the United States is infant mortality rate the highest?
d) the South
In Europe the marked decline of the birth rate was the result of:
d) the effects of Industrialization, urbanization, and general modernization
The majority of Egypt's 70 million inhabitants are distributed evenly around the country.
FALSE
During the demographic transition, the drop in birth and death rate is equal.
FALSE
In all demographic cases, the higher the birth rate, the shorter the doubling time.
FALSE
More than half of the world's entire population is concentrated in East Asia.
FALSE
A population with both a high fertility and a high mortality rate has a broad-based population pyramid.
TRUE
Census records are not accurate for all countries
TRUE
In almost all cases, the TFR's of African countries are higher than those of European countries.
TRUE
Low life expectancy in Africa can be partly attributed to the ravages of AIDS.
TRUE
Some countries have declining populations, which means negative population growth rates.
TRUE
Women tend to outlive men and in Russia their life expectancy may be 12 years longer than male population.
TRUE
Low population growth resulting from high CBR and very high CDR is characteristic of stage ________ of the demographic transition
a) I
In 1789, a British economist named Thomas Malthus published an essay in which he claimed that while population increased at what he called a geometric rate, the means of subsistence grew only at:
a) an arithmetic (linear) rate
The mortality rate in the United States:
a) is higher than in Mexico
Various organizations protested the 2000 and 2010 United States census because:
a) of the possibility of under-counting disadvantaged populations
The Europeans population axis is directly related to the:
a) orientation of Europe's coalfields
In India the greatest concentration of population is found on the:
a) plain of the Ganges River
Two physical geographic barriers create the boundaries of the South Asia population cluster are:
a) the Himalaya Mountains to the north and the mountains west of the Indus River Valley in Pakistan
In the Western Hemisphere, which of the following countries has a Total Fertility Rate below replacement level?
a) the United States
A vectored infectious disease is
a) transmitted by an intermediary, such as a mosquito
Between 1820 and 1930, world population ________
b) doubled
Population policies which favor the promotion of birth control among certain groups in the population (ethnic, religious, or socio-economic groups) are referred to as:
b) eugenics
Almost everywhere on Earth, Total Fertility Rates (TFRs) are:
b) falling
The number of African countries below replacement level
b) few
In the 1970's, the government of India used this method to reduce the population growth rates in certain areas of the country.
b) forced sterilization of males
In the 21st Century, world population doubling time is:
b) increasing (ie taking longer to double)
The problem with using arithmetic population density to investigate the population pattern of a country is that such a density figure does not take into consideration:
b) internal clustering of people within the country
The statistics that report the number of deaths per thousand people in a given year is called:
b) the crude death or mortality rate
After the three Eurasian population clusters, the next-ranking cluster comprises the east-central United States and southeastern Canada. This cluster is not nearly as large as the smallest of the Eurasian clusters, It is, in fact only _________ the size
c) one-quarter
The number of people per unit area of agriculturally productive land is the:
c) physiological density
Demographically, Great Britain experienced a _______ in the period from the late 1800's through WWII
c) population explosion
Countries with aging populations attempt to stimulate economic growth to lessen the effect of rising medical and retirement costs by:
c) promoting immigration
A developed country that has reached a stage where the population is most stable will develop a population pyramid that is:
c) rectangular shaped
The major focus of North America's population is:
c) the Megalopolis region
Asian population extensions reflect fertile river valleys, while the European extension reflects:
c) the orientation of Europe's coal fields