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Vocab: Distribution of ages in a specific population as certain time
age structure
Which of the following uses of wood is most important for basic human needs?
A) heating the home
B) boiling water
C) making tools
D) building shelter
B) Boiling water
Vocab: Is a model that describes how these changes can occur in a population
Demographic transition
Which countries have Type 1 survivorship?
A) the most developed countries
B) the least developed countries
C) countries in the second stage of the demographic transition
D) countries in the first stage of the demographic transition
A) the most developed countries
Vocab: average number of years a person is likely to live
life expectancy
Which of the following is not a resource that people need to live?
A) clean water
B) burnable fuel
C) land to grow food
D) house to live in
B)burnable fuel
Vocab: movement of individuals between areas
migration
A country in the second stage of the demographic transition may have all the following except:
A) increasing agriculture production
B) improving healthcare and education
C) decreasing population size
D) decreasing death rates
C) decreasing population size
Vocab: show few signs of development and in some cases have increasing death rates, while birth rates remain high
least developed countries
Vocab: Is the average number of children each parent must have in order to "replace themselves"
Replacement level
Vocab: land that can be used to grow crops
Which of the followign disease is often spread through unsafe public water sources?
A) dysentery
B) flu
C) chickenbox
D) AIDS
A) dysentery
Vocab: study of populations
demography
Human population growth accelerated in recent centuries mostly because of
A) the bubonic plague
B) better hygiene and food
C)the discovery of electricity
D) improved efficiency of fuel use
B) better hygiene and food
Vocab: In general, is any movement of individuals or populations from one location to another
Migration
In the century, the world population is likely to
A) remain the same
B) continue to grow exponentially
C) decline rapidly because fertility rates are already below replacement level
D) stabilize after fertility rates fall below replacement level
D) stabilize after fertility rates fall below replacement level
Vocab: more people are living in cities than in rural areas
Urbanization
The demograghic transition is a
A) untested hypothesis
B) natural law
C) model based on observed patterns
D) international law
C) model based on observed patterns
Vocab: percentage of members of a group that are likely to survive to any given age
surviorship
Vocab: movement into an area
immigration
Vocab: basic facilities and services that support a community
infrastructure
Which of the following resources is likely to be impacted the most by a rapidly growing population?
A) clothing
B) food
C) housing
D) water
D) water
Vocab: number of babies born each year per 1000 women in a population
fertility rate
Age structure data includes all of the following except
A) the number of members of a population who are between 5 and 11 years old
B) the ratio of males to females in a population
C) the amount of population change due to immigration and emigration
D) the ratio of older people to younger people in a population
C) the amount of population change due to immigration and emigration
Vocab: movement out of an area
emmigration