Chapter 6

Question 0

Second most populous region on earth

Answer 0

India

Question 1

This region has the greatest TFR rate and the greatest poverty

Answer 1

Africa

Question 2

Year we expect the 7 billionth human

Answer 2

2011

Question 3

TFR is 2.5 in this region

Answer 3

Latin America and Caribbean

Question 4

Region with the highest per capita income

Answer 4

European nations

Question 5

The human population is approximately

Answer 5

6.9 billion

Question 6

Which time period did worlds population more than double

Answer 6

1950-2000

Question 7

If population doubles in course of 50 years, growth rate would be close to

Answer 7

1.5%

Question 8

Worlds most populous nation

Answer 8

China; one-fifth

Question 9

Not one of worlds top five most populous nations

Answer 9

Vietnam

Question 10

Replacement fertility

Answer 10

Is equal to 2.1 in stable populations

Question 11

1994 Cairo, Egypt, conference was organized

Answer 11

To urge government to better address social issues

Question 12

Increasing levels of literacy among woman is shown to

Answer 12

Lower TFR

Question 13

Declining death rates due to increased food production and improved medical care while birth rates remain high is characteristic of the____________stage

Answer 13

Transitional

Question 14

Areas with the least dense human populations are in

Answer 14

Desert, Tundra, and rainforest

Question 15

Which country has highest population growth rate

Answer 15

Pakistan

Question 16

Which factor drives TFR down

Answer 16

Social and economic security

Question 17

The transitional stage in Frank Notestein’s demographic model is initiated by

Answer 17

Industrialization

Question 18

Richest one-fifth of worlds population possess approximately____________times of income of the poorest one-fifth

Answer 18

80

Question 19

If global fertility rates remain at 2008 levels, the United Nations predicts that world population will be approximately__________billion in 2050

Answer 19

11

Question 20

The annual global growth rate of human population peaked in the

Answer 20

1960s

Question 21

A country with___________is not expected to grow quickly on the near future.

Answer 21

High female employment and literacy

Question 22

In a country where there are increasingly more households,

Answer 22

Consumption should increase

Question 23

A population in the post-industrial stage would be expected to have

Answer 23

Birth and death rates at low stable levels

Question 24

The Matlab project in Bangladesh was successful in reducing TFR because

Answer 24

Local woman participated in an extensive outreach program about family planning

Question 25

Madagascar’s age structure diagram

Answer 25

Reflects population with high growth rate

Question 26

World population growth rate is currently close to

Answer 26

1.2%

Question 27

According to the IPAT model, technology that enhances our acquisition of minerals, fossil fuels, timber, and ocean fish

Answer 27

Increases environmental impact

Question 28

Malthus and Paul Ehrlich suggest that resource supplies due to greater numbers of people

Answer 28

Not a problem cause new resources can always be found to replace depleted ones

Question 29

The. “Sensitivity factor” in the model used to represent human environmental impact denotes

Answer 29

The sensitivity of an environment to human pressures

Question 30

Accurate terms describing the trend over the past 50 years for human use of natural resources are

Answer 30

Increasing and unsustainable

Question 31

Malthus was responsible for

Answer 31

Idea that without social structures increasing human population would lead to famine and war

Question 32

A population which is not growing will have a TFR of

Answer 32

2.1

Question 33

The nation with the highest rate of contraceptive use is

Answer 33

China