quiz 6 human pop Flashcards
A demographer is a social scientist who
studies human population dynamics.
What event 10,000 years ago powered population growth?
switching from “hunting and gathering” to an agricultural society
Total fertility rate refers to the
average number of children born to a woman in her reproductive years.
A total fertility rate of __________ children is known as replacement fertility.
2.1
Which statement is correct regarding total fertility rates (TFRs)?
The TFRs in developing countries are often above 3.0.
In response to a low total fertility rate, the government of which nation has attempted to encourage women to have more children?
Singapore
Which term defines a prolonged period of low mortality with high fertility, leading to explosive population growth and a very large population of young people?
youth bulge
Which rates characterize the stability transition phase of the demographic transition?
low death rates and low birth rates
An increase in __________ for women and girls can contribute to a decrease in total fertility rate.
education level
Which of these was a goal set out by the agreement known as the Cairo Consensus?
family planning services such as birth control for women
The view held by both Thomas Malthus and Paul Ehrlich suggests that depletion of resource supplies due to greater numbers of people ___________________.
is a problem because most resources are limited and can be depleted (Correct)
Zero population growth occurs in a population when _____________________________.
birth rate equals death rate and there is no migration (Correct)
Replacement fertility _________________________________________________.
is a TFR equal to approximately 2.1 (Correct)
Which of the following factors tends to drive TFR down?
social security (Correct)
According to the I = PAT rule, the
level of human environmental impact depends on more than just our population size (Correct)
