Pretest 2 Flashcards
The earth area of permanent human settlement is called the
Ecumene
Relatively few people live at _____, but there are significant exceptions, especially in Latin America
High elevations
Physiological density is the number of
People per area suitable for agriculture
Land suited for agriculture is called
Arable land
We can calculate that a country would raise, or increase, it’s physiological density by
Increasing the size of its population
We can calculate that a country would raise, or increase, it’s agricultural density if it
Decreased the amount of agricultural land
We can calculate that a country would lower its arithmetic density by
Limiting the size of its population
The average number of births women bear in their lifetime is
Total fertility rate (TFR)
The fertility rate based on the number of live births per 1,000 residents is the
Cruder birth rate (CBR)
The worlds annual _____ is currently approximately 1.2 percent, at which rate the worlds population is projected to double in about 54 years
Natural increase rate (NIR)
Approximately 500 babies were born in country D in 2011, but 35 of them died before reaching their first birthday. These data can be used to report country D’s
Infant mortality rate
The shape of a country’s population pyramid
Is determined primarily by its crude birth rate
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
“Upside down”
The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition
Stage 2
The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition
Stage 4
The highest crude death rates are found in counties in which stage of the demographic transition
Stage 1
Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition
Stage 2
A crude birth rate of approximately 10 per 1,000 is typical of a country in which stage of the demographic transition
Stage 4
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
Stage 2
Thomas Malthus concluded that
The worlds rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies
The comparing Malthus’s theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past half-century, the principal difference is that
Actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted
The two most populous countries in the world are
China and India
The term _____ refers to the control of diseases
Epidemiology
The stages of epidemiology transition are based on
Causes of death at varying stages of the demographic transition
The ability to move from one location to another, either temporarily or permanently, is
Mobility
A permanent move to a new location is
Migration
A country has net in-migration if immigration ______ emigration
Is equal to
Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor
Cultural
Wilbur zelinskys model of migration predicted
Migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition
The migration transition model predicts that international migration reaches a peak at ______ of the demographic transition
Stage 2
Most of the migrants in a country once moved from its esteem provinces to its western provinces, but after economic conditions changed, more people began migrating from rural to urban areas. This can be judged to be an example of a migration ______
Transition
A boy migrated from Honduras through Guatemala to Mexico, then entered the United States without having immigration documents, because meme bees of his ethnic grup were being targeted for torture of assassination in his home country. Although the US government does not grant the boy refugee status, his case is an example of international and _____ migration
Forced
If your ancestors migrated to the United States during the 1840s and 1850s, barring any other evidence, you might strongly suspected that the originated in
Ireland or Germany
The largest numbers of Europeans migrated to the United States primarily because of
Decreased economic opportunities at the same time that European countries experienced rapid population growth
Geographers might characterize as overpopulated a country where
The population numbers less than one million, but there is a concern that the country’s natural resources are adequate for only half that number.
Which statement most accurately describes the motivations of the historic European and current Latin American immigrants to the United States
Both were and are motivated primarily by economic factors
The US center of population has moved steadily to the
West
Which of the following current migration flows is the least significant in terms of total numbers of people
From Africa to Europe
Which is a current intraregional migration trend in the United States
Urban to suburban
The most prominent type of intraregional migration in the world is
Rural to urban
Counter urbanization is
Migration to rural areas and small towns from central cities or suburbs
Which of the following events would be considered a migration pull factor
Opening a new factory
Judge which of the following is an historical example of a culture push factor
Many of the first europeans to settle in Australia migrated as prisoners after being sentenced to transportation in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Most European guest workers come from which parts of Europe
South and east
Guest workers in Europe and the Middle East experience some discrimination and harsher work conditions then citizens in their host countries, so it we might judge that they live as
Low-status foreigners
A young man in Vietnam wishes to migrate to another country to help support his family. Judging by current trends, he would most likely migrate to
China
You might propose a(n) ________ program for your country if you wanted to hire a large number of manual labor is for neighboring countries to build a larger Dam or canal with the understanding that they would not be granted any other privileges or legal status in your country after the project is finished
Guest worker
Which of the following people would you deduce is most likely to engage in rural to urban migration in the near future
The unmarried daughter of a large family In China whose main source of income is herding animals
Brian drain is
The large- scale emigration of talented people
A physical features such as a body of water might actually aid transportation and migration because ocean travel maybe easier than overland travel however if that physical feature hinders migration it is an example of
An intervening obstacle
