Module 2
A country's population is concerned about its rapidly expanding population. What solutions would be effective
-Handing out free contraceptive -fining families with more than one child -offering tax breaks to families with only one child
The demographic transition model was originally based on counties from what continent
Europe
What country is most likely to have a negative rate of natural increase
Italy
What country has not used immigration to help counteract an aging population
Japan
What country is most likely going to adopt a pro-natalist policy
Japan
What country most likely imports more food than it exports
Japan
Where are you likely to find an area of high population density?
South Asia
A country's crude death rate has declined as a result of medical advancements, but the crude birth rate remains steady. What stage has been entered
Stage 2
Most of a countries population is clustered near its eastern border. The north central area of the country has very low population density, while the south is a little denser.
The country's eastern border is an ocean or river there is a desert in the north of the country
What factors directly impact the crude death rates of a country
Vaccination campaigns and Average life expectancy
Which of the following regions entered stage two of the demographic transition model first
Western Europe
What marks the movement of a country into stage 2
a falling death rate
A low arithmetic density means
an area has few people per square mile
What demographic changes is not the likely result of a natural disaster
birth rate rises dramatically during droughts and famines, unlike other natural disasters
A country with a high dependency ratio might have many
children and elderly
What country used anti-natalist policies to change national demographics
china
A stage one country is one that has a
high birth rate and a high death rate
An anti-natalist policy
lowers the crude birth rate
Which of the following people is most likely to be concerned with the negative effects of the population growth
neo-malthusian
A country in stage four is most likely going to experience a shortage of
retirement homes
Less developed countries are mostly in what stage of the demographic transition model
stage 2
The rate of natural increase is determined by
subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate
A country is most likely to farm the land without the help of machinery if
the country has a low physiological density and a low agricultural density and the country has a high physiological density and high agricultural density
What occurs usually after a natural disaster
the death rate rises
The crude death rate is
the number of deaths per 1,000 people per year
Physiological density measures
the number of people per arable square mile
Which of the following can be learned from a population pyramid
the ratio of 50-year old me to 50 year old women
What has been the most significant cause of the decline in the death rate in less developed countries
the transfer of disease prevention methods to less developed countries
