Human Geography (Malinowski), 1st Edition

Chapter 3: Population

Quiz



1.

In the last couple of decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, life expectancies there
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A)have risen like those of the rest of Europe.
B)have fallen.
C)have just about remained the same.
D)have risen even higher than those of western Europe.
2.

If India could not import food, it would have to
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A)probably starve.
B)support about 4,000 people on every square kilometer of land.
C)invade Pakistan and Bangladesh to get more food.
D)keep growing in population in order to survive.
3.

The most densely populated region of Africa
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A)is around the Atlas Mountains north in the continent.
B)is found mainly in the west, with Nigeria as a core.
C)is in South Africa which is also the industrial center.
D)all of the above.
4.

Within a couple of decades, which is most likely to occur?
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A)China will still be the most populous country.
B)The United States will just about reach China in total population.
C)India will surpass China in population.
D)Europe will maintain its high growth rate.
5.

The number 2.1 represents
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A)zero or replacement fertility – the level that a country sustains itself without growing.
B)the number of children that China allows legally.
C)the average death rate in the African continent.
D)the number used to calculate tripling time of a population.
6.

In a nutshell the RNI deals with
A)population growth.
B)population decrease.
C)population doubling time.
D)average life expectancy.
7.

This figure shows mortality rates
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A)in total numbers of deaths.
B)as a rate of death per 100,000 live people.
C)as simply darker meaning more and lighter meaning less.
D)there is no quantitative (numerical) meaning to the shades.
8.

On the map, 'moderate' rates of increase are found most evenly distributed across
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A)Europe and the former Soviet Union.
B)Australia and New Zealand.
C)central Africa and Madagascar.
D)Middle and South America (Latin America).
9.

A population pyramid which is nearly vertical on the sides might be due to
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A)lower birthrates and more elderly people.
B)higher birthrates plus more women entering a country to work.
C)lower infant mortality causing all areas of the pyramid to balloon.
D)a tendency for a country to remain in stage two of the demographic transition.
10.

China’s one-child policy
A)caused some 'missing' females.
B)has dramatically reduced fertility in the country.
C)is not evenly applied or enforced throughout the country.
D)all of the above apply.
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