Unit 3 module 22-23

Question 1

When does most exponential growth stop or slow down.

Answer 1

When the environmental limit is reached.

Question 2

Global human population has grown more rapidly in the 400 years than at any other time in history.

Answer 2

Human population growth

Question 3

What are factors that drive human population growth?

Answer 3

• Population size
• Birth and Death rates
• Fertility
• Life expectancy
• Migration

Question 4

The study of human populations and population trends.

Answer 4

Demography

Question 5

A scientist in the field of demography

Answer 5

Demographer

Question 6

The movement of people into a country or region, from another country or region.

Answer 6

Immigration

Question 7

The movement of people out of a country or region.

Answer 7

Emigration

Question 8

The number of births per 1,000 individuals per year.

Answer 8

Crude birth rate (CBR)

Question 9

The number of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year.

Answer 9

Crude Death rate (CDR)

Question 10

The number of years it takes a population to double

Answer 10

Doubling time

Question 11

An estimate of the average number of children that each woman in a population will bear throughout her childbearing years.

Answer 11

Total fertility rate (TFR)

Question 12

The total fertility rate required to offset the average number of deaths in a population in order to maintain the current population size.

Answer 12

Replacement-level fertility

Question 13

Why does replacement level fertility tend to be higher in developing countries.

Answer 13

because mortality among young people tends to be higher in developing countries

Question 14

The average number of years that an infant born in a particular year in a particular country can be expected to live, given the current average life span and death rate in that country.

Answer 14

Life expectancy

Question 15

The number of deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births.

Answer 15

Infant mortality

Question 16

The number of deaths of children under age 5 per 1,000 live births.

Answer 16

child mortality

Question 17

Regardless of birth and death rates, a country may experience population growth, stability, or decline as a result of net migration.

Answer 17

Migration

Question 18

The difference between immigration and emigration in a given year per 1,000 people in a country.

Answer 18

Net migration rate

Question 19

An age structure diagram that is widest at the bottom and smallest at the top, typical of developing countries.

Answer 19

population pyramid

Question 20

Continued population growth after growth reduction measures have been implemented.

Answer 20

population momentum

Question 21

A visual representation of the number of individuals within specific age groups for a country, typically expressed for males and females.

Answer 21

Age structure diagram

Question 22

CBR-CDR) ÷ 10

Answer 22

Global population growth rate

Question 23

(CBR + immigration) - (CDR + emigration) ÷ 10

Answer 23

National population growth rate

Question 24

70 ÷ growth rate

Answer 24

Doubling time

Question 25

The theory that as a country moves from a subsistence economy to industrialization and increased affluence it undergoes a predictable shift in population growth.

Answer 25

Theory of demographic transition

Question 26

A country with relatively high levels of industrialization and income.

Answer 26

Developed country

Question 27

A country with relatively low levels of industrialization and income.

Answer 27

Developing country

Question 28

The state of having plentiful wealth including the possession of money, goods, or property.

Answer 28

Affluence

Question 29

The practice of regulating the number or spacing of offspring through the use of birth control.

Answer 29

Family planning

Question 30

More than one-half of the world’s population will live in urban settings by 2030.

Answer 30

Urban growth

Question 31

An area that contains more than 385 people per square kilometer (1,000 people per square mile).

Answer 31

Urban area

Question 32

A measure of the value of all products and services produced in one year in one country.

Answer 32

Gross domestic product (GDP)

Question 33

An equation used to estimate the impact of the human lifestyle on the environment

Answer 33

IPAT equation

Question 34

Impact = population × affluence × technology.

Answer 34

IPAT equation

Question 35

Many countries exceed the global average footprint of 2.7 ha per capita.

Answer 35

Per capita ecological footprints.

Question 36

Slow population growth because high birth rates and high death rates which offset each other.

Answer 36

Phase 1: The Theory of Demographic Transition

Question 37

Rapid population growth because birth rates remain high but death rates decline because of better sanitation, clean drinking water, availability of food and health care. (What is “cultural lag”?)

Answer 37

Phase 2: The Theory of Demographic Transition

Question 38

Stable population growth as the economy and educational system improves and people have fewer children.

Answer 38

Phase 3: The Theory of Demographic Transition

Question 39

Declining population growth because the relatively high level of affluence and economic develop encourage women to delay having children.

Answer 39

Phase 4: The Theory of Demographic Transition