Human Population

Question 1

The United States contributed roughly ____ percent of the world’s population.

Answer 1

About 5% (4.5%)

Question 2

When did the world reach the one million mark? Two billion? Three billion?

Answer 2

1800
1930
1960

Question 3

What does the human growth rate stand at?

Answer 3

1.2%

Question 4

Rule of 70

Answer 4

You can roughly estimate the amount of time for anything to double by dividing 70 by the growth/percentage rate.

Question 5

Is population really a problem? Cornucopian view vs Cassandran view.

Answer 5

If you are a cornucopian, then no. We will continue to find new sources and technology to meet our needs.

If you are a cassandran, then yes. We will run out of natural resources, depleting our ecosystems.

Question 6

Reason for Population Explosion

Answer 6

Historic need for farm labor
Better Sanitation
New technology
Better agricultural production
Better medical care

Question 7

Demography

Answer 7

The study of statistical change in human population

Question 8

Population Size

Answer 8

The total number of people

Question 9

Population Density

Answer 9

The total number of people in a given area. Different countries have different densities.

Question 10

Age Structure Pyramids

Answer 10

Visual graphics to show the trends in a country’s population. Used to predict dynamics of the population.

Question 11

Population Growth factors

Answer 11

Birth rates
Death rates
Immigration
Emigration

Question 12

Birth rates

Answer 12

How many babies are born

Question 13

Death Rate

Answer 13

How many people have died

Question 14

Immigration

Answer 14

How many people moved into the country

Question 15

Emigration

Answer 15

How many people moved out of the country.

Question 16

Total Fertility Rate

Answer 16

Average number of children born per female during her life time.

Question 17

Natural rate of population change

Answer 17

Change due to birth rate/death rate only. Migration excluded.

Question 18

Life expectancy

Answer 18

How long a person is expected to live

Question 19

The demographic transition

Answer 19

Is a model of economic and cultural change that seeks to explain birth and death rates as a country becomes more industrialized. Exists in 4 stages

Question 20

The Demographic Transition Stages

Answer 20

Pre-Industrial Stage
Transitional Stage
Industrial Stage
Post-Industrial Stage

Question 21

Pre-Industrial Stage

Answer 21

Defines the majority of human history. High birth rates and high death rates. Life expectancy low.

Question 22

Transitional Stage

Answer 22

Initiated by industrialization marked by a large decline in the death rate as food production and medical care increases. Birth rates remain high (constantly high) and death rate goes down. Population Explodes

Question 23

Industrial Stage

Answer 23

Increases in employment opportunities causes women to join the workforce. Introduction of birth control. Birth rates fall to meet death rates. Population growth decreases

Question 24

Post-Industrial Stage

Answer 24

Birth rates and Death Rates remain stable. No threat of population explosion. (USA is here)

Question 25

How to keep population down?

Answer 25

Family planning methods: contraceptives, education
Forced Sterilization in India
One Child Policy in China
Reproductive Health Care - Access to abortion
Education/ opportunities for women

Question 26

What price does population control come with?

Answer 26

Ethic/Moral decisions to be made.
Wealth Gap: Half the world lives on less than $2 per day.
Spread of HIV/AIDS

Question 27

What is the world’s current population?

Answer 27

7.3 Billion