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Population Trends
Vocab
Population Growth
Predicting Populations
Misc/ Vocab 2
100
Professionals who study and make predictions about human populations are called
demographers
100
Land that can be used to grow crops a. urbanization b. arable land c. life expectancy d. demography
b. arable land
100
The UN has designated __________ countries to be given priority for foreign aid a. arable land b. least-developed c. fertility rate d. replacement level
b. least-developed
100
a double sided bar graph of age structures in a population is called a population ________
population pyramid
100
Which of the following is a reason that wood is considered a limited resource in many developing countries? a. wood is used in place of money to buy food b. fuelwood allows people to purify their water by boiling it c. excess wood is used to construct shantytowns d. people cut down trees faster than they can grow
d. people cut down trees faster than they can grow
200
Average number of years a person is likely to live a. urbanization b. arable land c. life expectancy d. demography
c. life expectancy
200
Which of the following is NOT a strategy that would reduce population size? a. limiting education for women b. public advertising c. economic incentives d. legal punishments
a. limiting education for women
200
Scientists predict population sizes by using a. survivorship, migration, life expectancy, and replacement structure b. life expectancy, age structure, fertility rate, and migration c. replacement rate, fertility rate, age rates and survivorship d. age structure, survivorship, fertility rates, and migration
d. age structure, survivorship, fertility rates, and migration
200
An increase in water-borne diseases could possibly be alleviated by a. adequate sewage treatment facilities for growing populations b. very rapid growth of large cities c. insufficient fuelwood d. increase in population growth
a. adequate sewage treatment facilities for growing populations
300
Which of the following is true of human demographic trends? a. in preindustrial societies, birth rates are low and the population grows rapidly b. when the average number of children born to each woman falls, the total population always increases c. when birth rates and death rates are both high, the population grows slowly, if at all d. Death rates rise in the third stage of demographic transition
c. when birth rates and death rates are both high, the population grows slowly, if at all
300
Percentage of members of a group who are likely to survive to a given age
Survivorship
300
Which factor contributed most to exponential human population growth? a. more food, better hygiene b. higher birth rates c. higher fertility rates d. increased immigration
a. more food, better hygiene
300
Age structure data includes all of the following except a. 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 or emigration d. the ratio of older people to younger people in a population
c. the amount of population change due to immigration or emigration
300
The ________ is the average number of children each parent must have in order to replace themselves in the population
Replacement level
400
Because birth rates have begun to fall Earth's population will a. soon stabilize at the level it is today- about 7 billion b. begin to decrease until it reaches 5 billion by 2050 c. increase for a short time and then decrease to current levels d. stabilize somewhere around 9 billion by 2050
d. stabilize somewhere around 9 billion by 2050
400
The distribution of ages in a specific population at a certain time
age structure
400
Describe population growth in: a. the U.S. b. China c. India
a. stable b. decreasing c. increasing
400
Describe how someone would use a population pyramid to predict future population trends. Use a specific example, either Japan, the U.S., or India
answers will vary
400
the advancement of technology due to the use of machines
industrialization
500
A model containing four stages that describes how changes in a population will occur
demographic transition
500
Movement of people into cities from rural areas
urbanization
500
An increase in population could result from increased birth rate, increased _______ or immigration
fertility rate
500
What are the four ways that scientists predict population sizes?
age structure, survivorship, fertility rate, and migration
500
result of urbanization where the workforce in a city lives in the area around the city
suburban sprawl