Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Section 1 - Studying Human Populations
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Professionals who study and make predictions about human populations are
called
a. | stenographers. | b. | demographers. | c. | geologists. | d. | populists. |
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The human population doubled from 2 billion to 4 billion in
a. | 100 years. | b. | 75 years. | c. | 44
years. | d. | 25 years. |
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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 |
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A population pyramid is created by
a. | studying a group of people and noting when each member dies. | b. | graphing the
distribution of ages in a population at a specific time. | c. | calculating the
number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime. | d. | estimating the
demand for services within a community. |
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Educating women worldwide has lowered birthrates partly because
a. | educated women bear many children to ensure some survive. | b. | educated women may
learn family-planning techniques. | c. | educated women contribute less to their family
income. | d. | All of the above |
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Human population growth was most rapid during which period of human
history?
a. | Ice Ages | b. | Stone Age | c. | Bronze and Iron
Ages | d. | Modern Age |
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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 1 - Studying Human Populations
Match the stage
of demographic transition with the correct description.
a. | transitional | c. | preindustrial | b. | industrial | d. | postindustrial |
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small population size, low growth rate
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increasing population size, very high growth rate
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large population size, low growth rate
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decreasing population size, zero or negative growth rate
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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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