Population

Question 1

Demography

Answer 1

Studies characteristics of human populations,

including how they change

Question 2

Are birth rates on the decline? True or False?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Population trends have been ______ and somewhat _______, except for Africa, which continues to ________

Answer 3

steady, declining, increase

Question 4

People are moving from _____ areas to _______.

Answer 4

rural; cities

Question 5

What are 6 things that effect birth rates?

Answer 5

1) Level of economic development
2) Education of women
3) Female labor participation
4) Infant and childhood mortality rates
5) Access to family planning
6) Cultural norms and religion

Question 6

Access to contraception is _________.

Answer 6

increasing

Question 7

Fertility rates (# of children per woman) are _________.

Answer 7

declining

Question 8

Former Soviet Republic of Georgia

Answer 8

Creating a national “dating site” from a census of
single men, single women, widows, widowers, and
divorcees

Question 9

Japan

Answer 9

Engineers design baby robots to show potential

parents how cute they can be

Question 10

Ecological footprint

Answer 10

Amount of land necessary to sustain consumption and

absorb waste

Question 11

An increasing world population means strains

in arenas such as ______, _______, and _______.

Answer 11

food; water; energy