Ch. 2 quiz human geography

Although China has the largest population in the world,what explains the country's declining NIR?

A 30 year policy known as the one year child policy

The most lethal epidemic in recent years has been:

AIDS

Figure 2-40 Japan's changing population pyramids p.69 A population pyramid like Japan's predicted 2050 pyramid represents:

Aging population and workforce getting smaller.

The two most populous countries in the world are:

China and India

Country A has a crude birth rate of 60and a crude death rate of 15,while country B has a crude birth rate of 27 and a crude death rate of 9. Which country has a higher natural increase rate?

Country A

The ____ provides a picture of society as a whole in a given year and the ____ seeks to predict the childbearing behavior of women.

Crude birth rate (CBR),total fertility rate (TFR)

The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the

Crude birth rate(CBR)

Assuming all things being equal, a decline in a country's crude birth rate (CBR) would result in an increase in that country's:

Doubling time

when the world's population reached 6 billion in 1995, its was forecast that at a steady rate of growth the population would reach 12 billion in approximately 45 years. that period of 45 years is known as

Doubling time

The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the:

Ecumene

This branch of medical science is concerned with incidence, distribution and control of diseases that are prevalent among a population over a particular time.

Epidemiology

We can hypnotize with some confidence that Costa Rica has a lower crude death rate than the United States because Costa Rica:

Has a lower percentage of elderly people

A pronounced gender imbalance is most recognizable in:

India

the most controversial national family planning program is closely associated with:

India

Approximately 500 babies were born in Country D in 2011, but 35 of them died before reaching their first birthday. these data can be used to report County D's:

Infant Mortality Rate

Which three demographic measures most closely parallel each in terms of global distribution?

Natural increase rate (NIR), Crude birth rate (CBR), total fertility rate (TFR)

The highest crude death rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

Stage 1

Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition?

Stage 2

The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition is?

Stage 2

A crude birth rate that is rapidly declining is typical of a country in which stage of the demographic transition?

Stage 3

This stage of the epidemiological transition describes a reduced mortality associated with infectious diseases and an increase in chronic disorders associated with aging.

Stage 3

The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

Stage 4

Zero population growth is best represented by a:

TFR,2.1

Describe population density

The measurement of population per unit area or unit volume.

what are some of the reasons why the study of population geography is especially important?

Three reasons are one more people are alive at this time than at any other point in Earth's long history, two virtually all global population growth is concentrated in developing countries, and three the world's population increased at a faster rate during the second half of the twentieth century than ever before in history; the rate has slowed in the twenty-first century but is still high by historical standards.

The standard biological ratio at birth of 105 males to 100 females is found in which two countries?

USA and Mexico

Japan's population decline is directly attributed to:

a demographic shift to smaller families and more women in the workforce.

the population pyramid of a city in southern Florida, Arizona, or even northern Japan may have a visual appearance of _________________ because the city's population is dominated by elderly people

a upside down pyramid

In comparing Malthus's theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past half-century, the principal difference is that:

actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted

Land suited for agriculture is called

arable land

Stages 1 and 4 of the Demographic Transition are similar in that

both have low growth rates

The stages of the epidemiological transition are based on:

causes of death at varying stages of the demographic transition.

judging by the demographic patterns of recent years, we can surmise that the principal reason for declining natural increase rates in less developed countries today is:

declining CBRs

An increase in a country's agricultural density would suggest a(n):

decrease in the amount of agricultural land

Relatively few people live at ___________ but there are significant exceptions, especially in low latitudes.

high elevations

Russia's increasing CDR may be most closely associated with:

inadequate pollution controls and degenerative diseases

an increase in a country's physiological density would suggest a(n):

increase in population

Europe and North America entered stage 2 of the demographic transition as a result of:

industrial revolution

Among world countries, the spread between the highest and lowest crude death rates is ________ than the spread between the highest and lowest crude birth rates.

less than

We can calculate that a country would lower its arithmetic density by:

limiting the size of its population

A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a:

low agricultural density

Africa Asia, and Latin America entered stage 2 of the demographic transition as a result of:

medical revolution

if the physiological density in a given country is very high and its arithmetic density is very low,then:

most of the country's land is unsuitable for intensive agriculture.

The percentage by which a population grows in years is called the:

natural increase rate

India and the United Kingdom have approximately the same arithmetic density although their landscapes and sizes are quite different. From this we can conclude that the two countries have the same:

number of people per area of land

The largest population concentration in Southeast Asia is:

on the island of Java,which is inhabited by more than 100 million people.

Physiological density is the number of

people per unit of arable land,which is suitable for agriculture

A possible stage 5 epidemiological transition is the stage of:

reemergence of infectious and parasitic diseases aka evolution.

Dr. John Snow found that cholera cases in London were:

spatially associated with certain public wells and in stage 3

Stage 2 of the epidemiological transition suggests:

the implementation of improved sanitation, nutrition, and medical programs during the industrial revolution.

Geographers might characterize as overpopulated a country when:

the number of people exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living

Agricultural density is the number of:

the ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.

Arithmetic Density

the total number of objects in an area

Thomas Malthus concluded that:

the world's rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies

The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is

total fertility rate (TFR)

the shape of a country's population pyramid may:

vary depending on the CBR and CDR as well as NIR