Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Section 2 - Changing Population Trends
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The 1991 cholera outbreak in Lima, Peru was caused by
a. | lack of clean water. | b. | inadequate medical care. | c. | widespread
malnutrition. | d. | rats and other rodents. |
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Because birth rates have begun to fall Earth’s population will
a. | soon stabilize at the level it is today—more than 7
billion. | b. | begin to decrease until it reaches 5 billion. | c. | increase for a short
time and then decrease to current levels. | d. | stabilize somewhere around 9 billion by
2300. |
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Currently, the fastest-growing populations are in
a. | Europe. | b. | North America. | c. | Asia. | d. | Australia. |
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Which of the following makes it difficult to reduce population growth?
a. | High literacy rates result in women wanting to have more
children. | b. | Population sizes will not decline until some people start having to do without food
and other necessities of life. | c. | Many people live in cities, where large
families are an advantage. | d. | Many people have low literacy and limited
access to healthcare. |
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Which of the following is not a strategy that could slow population
growth?
a. | public advertising | b. | economic incentives | c. | legal
punishments | d. | limiting education for women |
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Matching
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Section 2 - Changing Population Trends
Match the
problem caused by rapid population growth with the resource it relates to. You can use a resource
more than once.
a. | vegetation | c. | land | b. | water |
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housing
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sewage disposal
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fuel supply
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food production
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dysentery
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