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Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture, 12th Edition
Chapter 02 Testbank: Population and Health
Multiple Choice
1. Replacement level, the number of births needed to keep a population at a stable level without immigration, requires a total fertility rate of
a) 10.
b) 2.1.
c) 3.5.
d) 5.0.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time. .
2. Which region of the world is largely below replacement level?
a) Sub-Saharan Africa
b) South America
c) South Asia
d) Europe
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Application
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
3. Countries with aging populations attempt to stimulate economic growth to lessen the effect of rising medical and retirement costs by
a) cutting social security.
b) encouraging increased birth rate.
c) promoting immigration.
d) promoting emigration of the elderly.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
4. Not all countries with aging populations resort to immigration to offset economic problems. An example is:
a) Germany.
b) Japan.
c) the United States.
d) Norway.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
5. Almost everywhere on Earth, Total Fertility Rates (TFRs) are
a) rising.
b) falling.
c) staying about the same.
d) influenced by precipitation levels.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
6. In the Western Hemisphere, which of the following countries has a Total Fertility Rate below replacement level (see figure 2.14)?
a) the United States
b) Haiti
c) Mexico.
d) Argentina
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Application
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
7. The arithmetic density of population for a country is determined by dividing the total
a) population by the number of farmers.
b) area of square miles by 5.
c) area of the country by the population.
d) population by the total area.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
8. The problem with using arithmetic population density to investigate the population pattern of a country is that such a density figure does not take into consideration
a) annual population increases.
b) internal clustering of people within the country.
c) annexation of new territory.
d) possible loss of territory.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
9. It has been estimated that 98 percent of Egypt's population occupies only ___ percent of the country's total area.
a) 10
b) 15
c) 3
d) 25
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
10. The number of people per unit area of agriculturally productive land is the
a) average density.
b) total density.
c) physiologic density.
d) agricultural density.
Difficulty: easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
11. Switzerland's physiologic density is ____ as/than its arithmetic density.
a) the same
b) less
c) much greater
d) much less
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
12. The world's three largest population concentrations are all found on the same landmass, which is:
a) North America.
b) South America.
c) Africa
d) Eurasia.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
13. Associated with the East Asian population cluster are ribbon-like extensions of dense population penetrating the interior. These extensions follow
a) volcanic areas of good soil.
b) narrow regions of favorable climate.
c) basins and lowlands of the Huang He and Yangtze river valleys.
d) areas where the Chinese Government has forced people to settle.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
14. About ___ percent of the world's population is concentrated in East Asia.
a) 5
b) 10
c) 25
d) 50
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
15. In South Asia, the greatest population clusters are found in
a) major cities, on the coasts and in major river basins.
b) the central Deccan Plateau.
c) Sri Lanka.
d) the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains.
Difficulty: easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution..
16. Over large parts of Bangladesh the rural population density is between _____ people per square mile.
a) 10 and 100
b) 200 and 300
c) 3000 and 5000
d) 50000 and 80000
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
17. Terrain and environment appear to have a different association with the population cluster of Europe that extends from the British Isles into Russia than in Asia. This suggests that in Europe, terrain and environment play a
a) greater role than in Asia.
b) role that varies from country to country.
c) lesser role than in Asia.
d) greater role now than in the past.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
18. In comparison to Asia, the percentage of the population living in urban places in Germany and the United Kingdom is
a) less than in Asia.
b) about the same as in Asia.
c) greater than Asia.
d) declining.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
19. After the three Eurasian population clusters, the next-ranking cluster comprises the east-central United States and southeastern Canada. This cluster is not nearly as large as Europe’s. It is, in fact only ___ the size.
a) one-third
b) one-half
c) one-quarter
d) one-tenth
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
20. The major focus of North America's population is
a) Chicago.
b) California.
c) the Megalopolis region.
d) the South.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
21. Referring to figure 2.5, you can see that Brazil's population is concentrated primarily
a) near the Peruvian border.
b) in the Amazon Basin.
c) the north.
d) along the Atlantic Coast.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
22. By studying figure 2.5, you can determine that population in Australia is
a) evenly distributed throughout the country.
b) clustered in the center of the country.
c) concentrated primarily along its eastern coast.
d) clustered along the northern coast.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
23. The two physical geographic barriers that create the boundaries of the South Asia population cluster are
a) the Himalaya Mountains to the north and mountain chains in Afghanistan and Pakistan to the west.
b) the Indus River Valley and the Ganges River Valley.
c) the mangrove forests of Bangladesh and the Ganges River Valley.
d) the Himalaya Mountains to the north and the Ganges River Valley to the west.
Difficulty: Easy
Identify why populations rise or fall in particular places.
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution..
24. Various advocacy groups have pressured the Census Bureau to sample the population and derive population statistics from the samples because
a) of the possibility of under-counting disadvantaged populations.
b) the census does not count minorities living in rural areas.
c) the World Bank already conducts a census of the United States.
d) congressional seats are no longer allotted to each state based on population.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
25. In 1789, a British economist named Thomas Malthus published an essay in which he claimed that while population increased exponentially, the means of subsistence grew only
a) linearly.
b) depending on the particular culture involved.
c) at a declining rate.
d) at an unpredictable rate.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
26. Food production, contrary to the predictions of Malthus, has grown exponentially because of a number of factors. Which one of the following is not one of these factors?
a) expanded agricultural acreage
b) improved strains of seeds
c) fertilizer application
d) an increase in the number of farmers in Britain
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
27. Births and _______ add to the population growth of a country.
a) rise in the death rate
b) emigration
c) immigration
d) increased agricultural output
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
28. In the 21st century, world population doubling time is
a) 300 years.
b) lengthening (i.e. taking longer to double).
c) decreasing.
d) ten years.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
29. In 2016, the worldwide TFR was ______.
a) 1.6
b) 2.1
c) 2.43
d) 5
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
30. Between 1820 and 1930, world population
a) decreased.
b) doubled.
c) tripled.
d) did not change.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
31. The population growth rate of South Asia is ______ the world average of 1.4 percent.
a) less than
b) the same as
c) greater than
d) triple
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
32. Most of the countries with low population growth rates are also among the wealthiest. Wealth is not the only reason for negative population growth rates, however. A country experiencing negative population growth rates due to social and economic problems is __________
a) France.
b) Spain.
c) Italy.
d) Russia.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
33. In the 1970's, the government of India used this method to reduce the population growth rates in certain areas of the country.
a) tax incentives
b) forced sterilization of males
c) free housing for small families
d) cash awards
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
34. Population growth rates are ____________ in southern India, where women have higher literacy rates.
a) higher
b) the same as northern India
c) lower
d) the same as the Indian average
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
35. The statistics that report the number of deaths per thousand people in a given year is called:
a) the adjusted mortality rate.
b) the crude death or mortality rate.
c) the adjusted population level.
d) the actual growth rate.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
36. Demographically, Great Britain experienced a ___________________ in the period from the late 1800s through WWII.
a) population decline
b) rising death rate
c) population explosion
d) rapid birth rate decline
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
37. As shown in Figure 2.8, a global map of crude death rates, the crude death rate in the United States
a) is higher than in Mexico.
b) is the lowest in the world.
c) is about the same as in Russia.
d) is higher than in South Africa.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
38. Between 1930 and 1975 the the Earth’s population doubled, with an increase of
a) 500,000.
b) 1.5 billion.
c) 2 billion.
d) 12 billion.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
39. Low population growth resulting from high CBR and very high CDR is characteristic of stage ____ of the demographic transition.
a) I
b) II
c) III
d) IV
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
40. Demographers and population geographers who study global population growth today believe that the concept of doubling time is__________________
a) equally important as in the past
b) more important than ever
c) less important than in the past
d) gaining new followers
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
41. The population of a country, city or other region is a function of three variables. Which is not one of the variables?
a) births
b) deaths
c) migration
d) ethnic background
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
42. In Europe the marked decline of the birth rate was the result of
a) rapid emigration.
b) stabilization of food supplies.
c) World Wars I and II.
d) the effects of Industrialization, urbanization, and general modernization.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
43. A population pyramid with a wide base and narrow top is indicative of
a) developed countries.
b) countries in Stage IV of the demographic transition.
c) less developed countries.
d) low infant mortality.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
44. A developed country that has reached a stage where the population is most stable will develop a population pyramid that is __________.
a) bell shaped
b) pear shaped
c) rectangular shaped
d) cone shaped
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
45. Highest rates of infant mortality are found in this region.
a) South America
b) Central Africa
c) East Asia
d) Eastern Europe
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective 2.3: Explain how health and disease affect people’s well-being.
46. The lowest infant mortality rate among countries with large populations is in
a) the United States.
b) Japan.
c) Germany.
d) Brazil.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.3: Explain how health and disease affect people’s well-being.
47. Sub-Saharan Africa's high mortality rate is strongly influenced by
a) wild animal attacks.
b) famine.
c) AIDS.
d) traffic accidents.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Application
Learning Objective 2.3: Explain how health and disease affect people’s well-being.
48. Population policies which favor the promotion of birth control among certain groups in the population (ethnic, religious, or socio-economic groups) are referred to as
a) population planning.
b) eugenics.
c) socialism.
d) public health.
Difficulty: Easy
Knowledge: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.4: Identify why and how governments influence population growth.
49. In which region of the United States is infant mortality rate the highest?
a) the West
b) the Great Plains
c) the Northeast
d) the South
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.3: Explain how health and disease affect people’s well-being.
50. A vectored infectious disease is
a) transmitted by an intermediary, such as a mosquito.
b) transmitted by direct contact between host and victim.
c) never fatal to humans.
d) always fatal to humans.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.3: Explain how health and disease affect people’s well-being.
51. Enormous strides have been made to battle the AIDS crisis, including:
a) antiretroviral drugs
b) reproductive education programs
c) family planning
d) all of these choices are correct
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.3: Explain how health and disease affect people’s well-being.
True/False
52. In almost all cases, the TFR’s of African countries are higher than those of European countries.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
53. The majority of Egypt's 70 million inhabitants are distributed evenly around the country.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
54. Census records are not accurate for all countries.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
55. More than half of the world's entire population is concentrated in East Asia.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
56. In all demographic cases, the higher the birth rate, the shorter the doubling time.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
57. Some countries have declining populations, which means negative population growth rates.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
58. A population with both a high fertility and a high mortality rate has a broad-based population pyramid.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
59. During the demographic transition, the drop in birth and death rates is equal.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
60. Women tend to outlive men and in Russia their life expectancy may be 11 years longer than the male population.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective 2.3 Explain how health and disease affect peoples’ well-being.
61. Low life expectancy in Africa can be partly attributed to the ravages of AIDS.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective 2.3 Explain how health and disease affect peoples’ well-being.
Essay
62. Compare the characteristics of the population distribution patterns of Europe with those of Asia. (Describe the characteristics in terms of density, dispersion and pattern, and look for positive and negative correlations between population and other geographic phenomena). What are the differences? What are the similarities?
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
63. What does the arithmetic density of the population of a country tell us? What does it not tell us? Use India or China as examples to explain this problem.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.1: Describe the patterns of population distribution.
64. List the four stages of the demographic transition. What population pyramid shape would be characteristic of each stage? Why do stages two and three describe the actual process of change within a population?
Difficulty: Hard
Blooms: Synthesis
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
65. Malthus, along with neo-Malthusians of the 1960s (Ehrlich), predicted the imminent collapse of population due to famine. What assumptions made by Malthus proved to be incorrect? Why did Britain's population “explode” in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries without either increased famine or drop in standard of living?
Difficulty: Hard
Blooms: Evaluation
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
66. Describe the impact of AIDS on the sub-Saharan African population. In particular, describe the socio-economic impact of early mortality upon the region’s countries.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective 2.3 Explain how health and disease affect peoples’ well-being.
67. Discuss why the United States' Infant Mortality Rate varies by region.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective 2.3 Explain how health and disease affect peoples’ well-being.
68. Why might the mayor of your school’s town care about the results of the 2020 census?
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective 2.2: Identify and explain influences on population growth over time.
69. Over the course of history, how have governments tried to affect population patterns? How do efforts in the 21st century differ from those of the 20th?
Difficulty: Hard
Blooms: Evaluation
Learning Objective 2.4: Identify why and how governments influence population growth.
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