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A homeless person living in a small town would be __ to be counted in the US census then a homeless person living in a large city. a. equal ( neither more nor less) likely b. nearly as likely c.less likely d.more likely - correct answer ✅d the earth area of permanent human settlement is called a. geophenom b.ecumene c. civilized world d.hot zone e. subpolar region - correct answer ✅b he countries depicted as smaller, for more limited in size, on the population cartogram have a. lower populations. b. lower populations and less land area. c. lower levels of wealth and higher populations. d. higher levels of wealth and higher populations. e. lower technological proficiency in cartography and geospatial reasoning. - correct answer ✅a
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The world's annual _____ is currently approximately 1.2%, at which rate the world's population is projected to double in about 54 years. a.natural expectancy rate (NER) b. slight increase rate (LIR) c. natural increase rate (NIR) d. life expectancy rate (LER) e. crude birth rate (CBR) - correct answer ✅c country A has a crude birth rate of 60 and a crude death rate of 15, well country has a CBR of 27 and a CDR of 9. which country has the bigger natural increase rate. a. country A b.country B c.the NIR is the same in both locations d. the rate depends on total population, so it can't be computed for this information e. the CDR has no direct correlation to the CBR, so I cannot help determine the NIR - correct answer ✅a among the following world regions the least densely populated is a. Southeast Asia b. East Asia c. sub-saharan Africa d. Europe e. South Asia - correct answer ✅c
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A country with a large amount of arable land in a small number of farmers will have a a. high agricultural density. b. low arithmetic density. c.high physiological density. d. low agricultural density. e. low physiological density. - correct answer ✅d The average number of births woman bear in their lifetime is a. total birth rate b. crude birth rate c.crude fertility rate d. total fertility rate e. total increase rate - correct answer ✅d when the world's population reached about six billion in 1995, it 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 a.doubling time. b.double increased rate. c. doubling life expectancy. d. double overpopulation. e. double demographic transition. - correct answer ✅a
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A decline in a country's crude birth rate would result in an increase in the country's a.total fertility rate. b.crude death rate. c.natural increase rate. d. doubling time. e. life expectancy rate - correct answer ✅d fertility rate based on the number of live births per 1000 residents is the a. life expectancy at birth b. crude fertility rate c. infant birth rate d. natural increase rate e. crude birth rate - correct answer ✅e the total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the a. crude birth rate b. natural increase rate c. total fertility rate d. life data rate e. new birth rate - correct answer ✅a
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One Demographic feature with the most significant future implication is that a. people are uniformly distributed across the earth. b. there are fewer people in the world now then add the peaks in the middle of the 20th century. c. less developed countries have the highest combined crude death rate. d. the natural increase rate is larger every year. e. the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries. - correct answer ✅e rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition? a.Stage 1 b. stage 2 c. stage 3 d. stage 4 e. stage 5 - correct answer ✅b Leading approaches to reducing birth rates emphasize the long- term benefits of a. teaching people to become more active consumers. b. improving local economic conditions in conjunction with improving women's education attainment. c. improving man's education attainment in conjunction with small loans to buy this is owned by men in small communities. d. information About sexually transmitted diseases.
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e. school programs ignore contraceptive techniques in teach "abstinence only". - correct answer ✅b The low rate of contraceptive use in Africa reflects the region's a.high rates of religious adherence. b. improving education of women. c. low status of women. d. low status of men. e. rapid diffusion of contraceptives - correct answer ✅c Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15. in what stage of the demographic transition is this country? a, stage 1 b. stage 2 c. stage 3 d. stage 4 e. stage 5 - correct answer ✅b the population pyramid of a city in southern Florida, Arizona, or even northern Japan may appear_____ because the city's population is dominated by elderly people. a. to have a wide base b. to be a "age-sex ratio" c. right side up
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e. being transmitted almost exclusively by French and Irish immigrants. - correct answer ✅d the ______ That reached Europe from Central Asia in the 1300s, was spread by fleas infecting rats. Which were carried from port to port on most ships. a. Rat plague b. Black Plague or bubonic plague c. black blight or bubonic flu d. flea plague or bubonic pestilence e. bubonic flea plague - correct answer ✅b The most lethal epidemic in recent years has been a. malaria. b.AIDS. c. avian flu. d. cholera. e. SARS. - correct answer ✅b As the GDP per capita increases the natural increase rate generally _______. a. increases b. decreases c. stays the same - correct answer ✅b has the GDP per capita increases their crude birth rate generally_____.
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a. increases b. decreases c. stays the same - correct answer ✅b TRUE OR FALSE the highest crude birth rates are found in the less developed countries of Africa,, Asia and Latin America. - correct answer ✅true TRUE OR FALSE Most population growth is presently concentrated in more developed countries. - correct answer ✅false TRUE OR FALSE more than half of the people in the world live in Asia. - correct answer ✅true TRUE OR FALSE more people are alive now than at any time in the past. - correct answer ✅true TRUE OR FALSE city X contains 2 million people living on 1000 square kilometers of land. the population density of city x is 200 persons per square kilometer. - correct answer ✅false TRUE OR FALSE
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a country in stage 4 of the demographic transition is likely to have a population pyramid with a narrower base than a Country In stage 2. - correct answer ✅true TRUE OR FALSE increasing the education of women is generally associated with declining birth rates. - correct answer ✅true TRUE OR FALSE according to Malthus, population increases rapidly, well food supply increases more slowly. - correct answer ✅true TRUE OR FALSE China has the highest rate of population growth in the world. - correct answer ✅true One important feature of the world's population with the most significant future implications is that - correct answer ✅the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries Geographers define overpopulation as - correct answer ✅too many people compared to resources The world's largest concentration of people is located in - correct answer ✅East Asia
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The most populous country in the world is - correct answer ✅China The world's population is clustered in five regions. Which of the following is not one of these five regions? - correct answer ✅Sub-Saharan Africa Most people live in cities in which of these regions? - correct answer ✅Western Europe The most populous country in the Southeast Asia region is - correct answer ✅Indonesia Human beings avoid all but which of these regions? - correct answer ✅warm lands Relatively few people live at high elevations, but there are significant exceptions, especially in - correct answer ✅Latin America Physiological density is the number of - correct answer ✅persons per area suitable for agriculture A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a - correct answer ✅low agricultural density
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The world's population in 1995 was approximately 6 billion and was expected to reach 12 billion in approximately 45 years. The period of 45 years is known as - correct answer ✅doubling time The annual natural increase rate is currently approximately - correct answer ✅1.25 percent A decline in a country's crude birth rate would result in an increase in the country's - correct answer ✅doubling time Of the following four countries, the highest natural increase rate is found in - correct answer ✅Uganda Of the following four countries, the lowest crude birth rate is found in - correct answer ✅Denmark Which of the following rates are not typically found to be low in less developed countries? - correct answer ✅crude death rate Costa Rica has a lower crude death rate than Sweden because Costa Rica - correct answer ✅has a lower percentage of elderly people 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. - correct answer ✅less
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Life expectancy is lowest in - correct answer ✅Africa The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the - correct answer ✅crude birth rate The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? - correct answer ✅Stage 2 The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? - correct answer ✅Stage 4 The highest crude death rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? - correct answer ✅Stage 1 Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15. In what stage of the demographic transition is this country? - correct answer ✅Stage 4 Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15, while Country Y has a crude birth rate of 20 and a crude death rate of 9. Which country has a higher natural increase rate? - correct answer ✅Country X
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England's population pyramid would most likely resemble that of - correct answer ✅Denmark The population pyramid of Naples, Florida, is "upside down," because the city has a large percentage of - correct answer ✅elderly people In contrast to the experience of more developed countries, less developed countries entered Stage 2 of the demographic transition through - correct answer ✅diffusion of medical technology from other countries Thomas Malthus concluded that - correct answer ✅the world's rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies In comparing Malthus's theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past half-century, the principal difference is that - correct answer ✅actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted The principal reason for declining natural increase rates in less developed countries today is - correct answer ✅declining crude birth rates The low rate of contraceptive use in Africa reflects the region's - correct answer ✅low status of women
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China's one child policy has resulted in a substantial decline in all but which of the following? - correct answer ✅doubling time India's most controversial family planning program has been to - correct answer ✅sterilize people True or False: The difference between the number of people migrating to a place and the number leaving is called net migration - correct answer ✅TRUE True or False: The 3 major kinds of push factors are political, economic, and environmental. - correct answer ✅TRUE True or False: The most common environmental threat to people comes from too much or too little water. - correct answer ✅TRUE True or False: Most migration occurs because of combination of push and pull factors. - correct answer ✅TRUE True or False: In recent years, the immigration quota has been sufficient to accommodate all people who wish to migrate to the USA. - correct answer ✅FALSE
