Chapter 8: Human Population

What event in the mid-1700s significantly changed human population growth? A. Industrial Revolution B. development of agriculture C. bubonic plague D. human settlement began

Which combination of factors will produce the highest rate of population growth? A. high life expectancy and high infant mortality B. low life expectancy and low infant mortality C. low life expectancy and high infant mortality D. high life expectancy and low infant mortality

What is a population’s total fertility rate? A. the number of births needed to keep a nation’s population stable B. the average number of children a male member of a population has each year C. the average number of children a female member of the population has during her lifetime D. the total number of babies born in a population each generation

Which is the proper sequence of steps in the demographic transition model? A. pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial, transitional B. pre-industrial, transitional, industrial, post-industrial C. transitional, pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial D. post-industrial, transitional, industrial, pre-industrial

What happens during the transitional stage of the demographic transition? A. Birthrates begin to fall. B. Death rates begin to fall. C. Birthrates increase. D. Death rates increase.

Which of the following countries has yet to go through the demographic transition? A. Japan B. United States C. India D. Germany

In which of the following countries would individuals have the largest ecological footprints? A. India B. China C. Canada D. Thailand

The richest one fifth of the world’s people uses what percent of the world’s resources? A. 5 B. 20 C. 43 D. 86

Since the 1960s, the human population growth rate has increased. True False

In the time it took you to read this sentence, people were born and people died, but it is likely that fewer people were born than died. True False

A population with many young people compared to older people will likely experience slow population growth as the young people mature and have children. True False

As a naturally occurring phenomenon, fewer males are born around the world than females. True False

The population growth of developing nations as a whole surpasses population growth in developed nations. True False

In what year did the human population reach 1 billion people? A. 300 B. 1200 C. 1800 D. 2000

In recent years, the human population has A. increased exponentially. B. decreased exponentially. C. decreased slowly. D. increased slowly.

The average number of years an individual is predicted to live is called A. carrying capacity. B. life expectancy. C. growth rate. D. demography.

The number of organisms that an environment can support is called the A. life expectancy. B. demography. C. carrying capacity. D. growth rate.

Which area would have the lowest population density? A. seacoast in Europe B. river in China C. tundra in Russia D. suburb in the U.S.A.

The amount of people living in a given area is described as population A. mortality. B. expectancy. C. rate. D. density.

Which factor(s) help increase total fertility rates? A. needing extra help on farms B. government programs supporting older adults C. more children surviving childhood D. one-child policies

What does the replacement fertility rate depend on the most? A. population growth B. demography C. total fertility rate D. death rate

What can be inferred about an area that has an age structure diagram with a pyramid shape? A. The population is likely to decrease in the future. B. There is a high proportion of older people to younger people. C. There is a high population growth rate. D. There is a low population growth rate.

What could be inferred about an area that has an age structure diagram with a “barrel” shape (thicker in the middle, narrower on the top and bottom)? A. There is low population growth. B. The population is likely to increase in the future. C. There is a high proportion of young people to older people. D. There is high population growth.

The number of males compared to females in a population is the A. age structure. B. sex ratio. C. total fertility rate. D. demography.