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6. The population theory held by Thomas Malthus was that the human population would
A. never reach its environments carrying capacity.
B. develop a modern utopia.
C. reach its environments carrying capacity and then maintain equilibrium.
D. maintain equilibrium with its carrying capacity.
E. outstrip its resources, then suffer starvation and misery.
Answer: E
Question Classification: Knowledge
9. Malthus argued that ______________ is the ultimate cause of social and environmental problems and Marx
argued that population growth ____________ social and environmental problems.
A. excess population growth, results from
B. poverty, results from
C. war, results from
D. excess population growth, is also the ultimate cause of
E. poverty, is the ultimate cause of
Answer: A
Question Classification: Comprehension
10. Human ingenuity and intelligence as the ultimate resource is the central theme in the argument of
A. Julian Simon.
B. John Muir.
C. Thomas Malthus.
D. neo-Malthusians.
E. Marxism.
Answer: A
Question Classification: Knowledge
11. The world human population reached 1 billion in about _________ and passed ____________ in 1999.
A. 1400; 78 billion
B. 1500 ; 6 trillion
C. 1600 ; 78 million
D. 1700; 6 million
E. 1800; 6 billion
Answer: E
Question Classification: Knowledge
14. Ninety percent of the worlds population growth in the next century is expected to occur in
A. less-developed countries.
B. China.
C. developed countries.
D. moderately-developed nations.
E. India
Answer: A
Question Classification: Knowledge
17. Crude birth rates are measured in terms of the number of children born
A. in a single year.
B. per family.
C. per family per year.
D. per 1000 people each year.
E. per 1000 people in the general population.
Answer: D
Question Classification: Knowledge
19. The total fertility rate for upper class women in seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe was sometimes
A. less than one.
B. between one and two.
C. about eight.
D. between 10 and 12.
E. greater than 20.
Answer: E
Question Classification: Knowledge
20. The zero population growth rate is slightly over two children per couple because
A. we always need slightly more young people.
B. the older generation is dying.
C. some children die and some couples do not have children.
D. that is as low as birth rates can reasonably be expected to get.
E. The zero population growth rate is not slightly over two children per couple.
Answer: C
Question Classification: Knowledge
Africa
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The Americas
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21. According to the graph above, which region had the highest total fertility rate in 1998?
A. Africa
B. The Americas
C. Eastern Mediterranean
D. Europe
E. South-East Asia
Answer: A
Question Classification: Analysis
22. According to the graph above, which region had the highest total fertility rate in 1950?
A. Africa
B. The Americas
C. Eastern Mediterranean
D. Europe
E. South-East Asia
Answer: C
Question Classification: Analysis
23. According to the graph above, which region has the greatest fertility reduction?
A. Africa
B. The Americas
C. Eastern Mediterranean
D. Europe
E. South-East Asia
Answer: E
Question Classification: Analysis
Answer: A
Question Classification: Knowledge
25. Which of the following factors does not usually affect the crude death rates of a population?
A. health care
B. sanitation
C. age structure of the population
D. nutrition
E. All of these affect crude death rates.
Answer: E
Question Classification: Comprehension
26. The difference between total growth rate and natural increase is that total growth rates
A. include only the number of births and deaths.
B. include immigration and emigration as well as births and deaths.
C. include only immigration and emigration.
D. include infant mortality as well as adult deaths.
E. are not expressed as percentages.
Answer: B
Question Classification: Knowledge
27. The average age that a newborn can expect to attain in a given society is referred to as
A. life expectancy.
B. infant mortality.
C. life span.
D. survivorship.
E. life age.
Answer: A
Question Classification: Knowledge
28. The main cause of world population growth in the past 300 years has been
A. increasing fecundity.
B. rising fertility.
C. higher birthrates in developing countries.
D. increasing immigration.
E. falling mortality.
Answer: E
Question Classification: Knowledge
29. The population represented by the age class histogram on the right above will
A. have a large population of old people soon.
B. not grow much in the coming years.
C. soon begin to decline
D. grow substantially in the future.
E. grow slowly in the future.
Answer: D
Question Classification: Application
30. The age class histogram on the right above could represent the population of
A. the United States.
B. Western Europe.
C. Uganda.
D. Japan.
E. Sweden.
Answer: C
Question Classification: Comprehension
31. The age class histogram on the left above could represent the population of
A. the United States.
B. Mexico.
C. Uganda.
D. India.
E. Sweden.
Answer: A
Question Classification: Comprehension
32. The histogram on the left above represents a population whose birth rates
A. have not changed for many years.
B. have recently decreased.
C. are gradually increasing.
D. are sharply increasing.
E. None of these birth rates cannot be determined by the age class histogram.
Answer: B
Question Classification: Comprehension
35. You were in a discussion with a classmate who complained that immigrants were taking away jobs and abusing
social services. In response, another classmate who is a proponent of the open door policy explained that immigrants
can actually be a bonus to a country. Someone supporting an open door policy would not use which of the following
statements?
A. Immigrants are usually of a different racial or ethnic background and add cultural diversity.
B. Immigrants usually perform dangerous work that citizens are unwilling to do.
C. Immigrants usually perform work at a payscale that citizens are unwilling to accept.
D. Immigrants are usually welcomed by other immigrants or descendants of immigrants.
E. All of these would probably be used by someone supporting an open door policy.
Answer: E
Question Classification: Application
39. Women who ________ are least likely to have many children.
A. cannot afford children
B. live where many children die young
C. are subordinate to their husbands
D. are able to earn an income for themselves
E. All of these.
Answer: D
Question Classification: Comprehension
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40. The best title for the vertical axis on the graph is
A. Life expectancy
B. Average dietary protein intake per day.
C. Female literacy.
D. Infant mortality.
E. Rate of infectious diseases.
Answer: D
Question Classification: Application
41. Birth rates in the United States have ______ during the last hundred years.
A. remained fairly constant
B. fallen steadily
C. fallen and risen repeatedly
D. risen steadily
E. decreased dramatically
Answer: C
Question Classification: Knowledge
42. There is some evidence that population growth today is ____________ rather than ______________.
A. slowing slightly, continuing to accelerate
B. continuing to accelerate, slowing slightly
C. increasing, leveling off
D. leveling off, decreasing
E. leveling off, slowing slightly
Answer: A
Question Classification: Knowledge
46. Many demographers believe that birth rates generally decrease as the level of development increases because
A. raising children becomes much more expensive.
B. men are better educated and have more economic options.
C. women tend to have more influence in family planning.
D. higher levels of contaminants in drinking water tends to decrease fertility.
E. government programs tend to discourage the discussion of birth control options.
Answer: C
Question Classification: Comprehension
Country C
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A. Country A
B. Country B
C. Country C
D. None of the countries listed are likely to be industrialized.
E. It is impossible to use the data in the table to identify an industrialized country.
Answer: A
Question Classification: Analysis
48. Country C above probably has __________ rate of female literacy when compared to the other two countries.
A. the highest
B. an intermediate
C. the lowest
D. an equal
E. It is impossible to use the data in the table to identify the rate of female literacy.
Answer: C
Question Classification: Analysis
49. Which of the following demographic categories best identifies Country A above?
A. Developed
B. Moderately Developed
C. Less developed
D. Developing
E. Third World
Answer: A
Question Classification: Analysis
50. The message from author Garret Hardins lifeboat ethics is that
A. helping poor people will, in time, reduce their rate of reproduction.
B. the poorer countries of the world are caught in a demographic trap.
C. economic growth will reduce the birth rate of poor nations.
D. the world has enough resources for everybody.
E. helping poor people will simply increase their rate of reproduction.
Answer: E
Question Classification: Comprehension
51. Proponents of social justice believe that environmental and social problems will decrease if
A. we can educate poor people about family planning.
B. resources are distributed fairly.
C. better ethics are taught to poor, uneducated populations.
D. we just reduce the number of people on Earth.
E. we concentrate on population control.
Answer: B
Question Classification: Comprehension
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56. Less developed countries can best argue that developed countries are primarily responsible for overpopulation
problems because
A. Developed countries grow most of the global food resources.
B. Less developed countries have no population-based environmental problems.
C. Less developed countries have recently drastically reduced their fertility rates.
D. Developed countries do not understand a global society.
E. Developed countries are a major cause of consumption overpopulation.
Answer: E
Question Classification: Comprehension
61. RU 486 is a
A. clinical name for injectable hormones.
B. pill that prevents fertilization.
C. pill that prevents fetal implantation.
D. hormone injected in men to prevent sperm production.
E. new hormone patch that can be placed on the skin.
Answer: C
Question Classification: Knowledge
63. As compared to China, Indias population control programs have not been as successful as Chinas.
A. True
B. False.
Answer: A
Question Classification: Knowledge
64. So far, the most successful and popular solution(s) to global overpopulation have been education and the
provision of family planning services.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
Question Classification: Knowledge
66. Draw a graph that shows the relationship of education for females and infant mortality rates (6 pts).
Appropriately label the x and y axis (4 pts).