Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Second most populous region on earth

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India

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This region has the greatest TFR rate and the greatest poverty

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Africa

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2
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Year we expect the 7 billionth human

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2011

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3
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TFR is 2.5 in this region

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Latin America and Caribbean

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4
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Region with the highest per capita income

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European nations

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5
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The human population is approximately

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6.9 billion

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6
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Which time period did worlds population more than double

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1950-2000

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7
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If population doubles in course of 50 years, growth rate would be close to

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1.5%

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8
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Worlds most populous nation

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China; one-fifth

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9
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Not one of worlds top five most populous nations

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Vietnam

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10
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Replacement fertility

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Is equal to 2.1 in stable populations

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11
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1994 Cairo, Egypt, conference was organized

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To urge government to better address social issues

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12
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Increasing levels of literacy among woman is shown to

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Lower TFR

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13
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Declining death rates due to increased food production and improved medical care while birth rates remain high is characteristic of the____________stage

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Transitional

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14
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Areas with the least dense human populations are in

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Desert, Tundra, and rainforest

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15
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Which country has highest population growth rate

16
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Which factor drives TFR down

A

Social and economic security

17
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The transitional stage in Frank Notestein’s demographic model is initiated by

A

Industrialization

18
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Richest one-fifth of worlds population possess approximately____________times of income of the poorest one-fifth

19
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If global fertility rates remain at 2008 levels, the United Nations predicts that world population will be approximately__________billion in 2050

20
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The annual global growth rate of human population peaked in the

21
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A country with___________is not expected to grow quickly on the near future.

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High female employment and literacy

22
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In a country where there are increasingly more households,

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Consumption should increase

23
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A population in the post-industrial stage would be expected to have

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Birth and death rates at low stable levels

24
The Matlab project in Bangladesh was successful in reducing TFR because
Local woman participated in an extensive outreach program about family planning
25
Madagascar's age structure diagram
Reflects population with high growth rate
26
World population growth rate is currently close to
1.2%
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According to the IPAT model, technology that enhances our acquisition of minerals, fossil fuels, timber, and ocean fish
Increases environmental impact
28
Malthus and Paul Ehrlich suggest that resource supplies due to greater numbers of people
Not a problem cause new resources can always be found to replace depleted ones
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The. "Sensitivity factor" in the model used to represent human environmental impact denotes
The sensitivity of an environment to human pressures
30
Accurate terms describing the trend over the past 50 years for human use of natural resources are
Increasing and unsustainable
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Malthus was responsible for
Idea that without social structures increasing human population would lead to famine and war
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A population which is not growing will have a TFR of
2.1
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The nation with the highest rate of contraceptive use is
China