LESSON 4: HUMAN POPULATIONS

Question 1

World population

Answer 1

7.8 billion

Question 2

every second ___ people birth, __ die

Answer 2

every second 5 people birth, 2 die

Question 3

Philippines population

Answer 3

109 million

Question 4

Philippines is ____ th most populous

Answer 4

13th

Question 5

according to him exponential growth of population but food production is stable or increases slowly

Answer 5

Thomas Malthus

Question 6

according to him population growth results from poverty, resource depletion, pollution, and other social ills

Answer 6

Karl Marx

Question 7

Increased the carrying capacity for humans (more food production, improved engineering and sanitation)

Answer 7

Technology

Question 8

meaning of IPAT equation I = PAT

Answer 8

Environmental impacts (I) are the product of our population size (P) times affluence (A) and the technology (T) used to produce the goods and services we consume

Question 9

a method that determines how dependent humans are on natural resources. it indicates how much resources from the environment are required to support a specific way of life or business.

Answer 9

Ecological footprint

Question 10

an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people’s ages and jobs.

Answer 10

cencus

Question 11

Vital statistics about people

Answer 11

Demography

Question 12

Developed and Developing countries

Answer 12

Socio-economic factor

Question 13

Growing population

Answer 13

developing countries

Question 14

Shrinking population

Answer 14

developed countries

Question 15

China one-child policy and Use of contraceptives

Answer 15

Birth control measures

Question 16

the fingers due to bubonic plague causes the skin and flesh to die and turn black.

Answer 16

Acral gangrene

Question 17

actual production of offspring

Answer 17

Fertility

Question 18

the number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life

Answer 18

Total fertility rate

Question 19

death rates

Answer 19

mortality

Question 20

average age at death

Answer 20

Life expectancy

Question 21

are those aspects in the environment or culture that increase the desire to have children.

Answer 21

Pronatalist pressures

Question 22

From high death and birth rates to lower death and birth rate

Answer 22

Demographic Transition

Question 23

allows couples to determine the number and spacing of their children

Answer 23

Family planning

Question 24

refer to any method used to reduce births

Answer 24

Birth control