Ch. 9 Questions Flashcards
Age structure data includes all of the following except
a. The ratio of males to females in a population.
b. The amount of population change due to immigration or emigration.
c. The ratio of older people to younger people in a population.
d. Members of a population who are between 5 and 11 years old.
B - The amount of population change due to immigration or emigration.
What do scientists use to predict population size?
Age structure, survivorship, fertility rate, and migration
Which of the following is NOT a strategy that would reduce population size?
a. Limiting education for women
b. Public advertising
c. Economic incentives
d. Legal punishments
A - Limiting education for women
An increase in water-borne diseases could possibly be alleviated by what?
Adequate sewage treatment facilities for growing populations.
What have fertility rates done since 1970?
Decreased in both more-developed and less-developed countries.
Which of the following is true of human demographic trends?
a. Death rates rise in the third stage of the demographic transition.
b. When birth rates and death rates are both high, the population grows slowly, if at all.
c. When the average number of children born to each woman falls, the total population always increases.
d. In pre-industrial societies, birth rates are low and the population grows rapidly.
B - When birth rates and death rates are both high, the population grows slowly, if at all.
During Stage 2 of a population’s demographic transition, the death rate does what?
Decreases
Between 1880 and 1930, human population doubled due to what?
The Industrial Revolution, a combination of high birth rates and lowered death rates, and improvements in societal infrastructure and services.
Why is wood considered a limited resource in many developing countries?
Because people cut down trees faster than they can grow.
Countries that have entered the third stage of demographic transition are most likely characterized by what?
Societal conditions that favor smaller families.
The ___________ is the average number of children each parent must have in order to replace themselves in the population.
replacement level
China has implemented a campaign to reduce birth rates in which the ________ gives rewards for single-child families.
economy
During the _______ stage of demographic transition, the birth rate drops and the size of the population begins to decrease.
fourth
An adequate supply of fuel wood helps to prevent disease by allowing water to be boiled to ________ it.
sterilize
The Scientific and ________ Revolutions brought about changes that caused exponential growth of the world human population.
Industrial
