Wood Textbook Unit 2 Questions Flashcards
According to demographic transition theory, at which stages in a country’s development is the population most likely to increase?
(A) Stages 1 and 2
(B) Stages 3 and 4
(C) Stages 2 and 4
(D) Stages 1 and 4
(E) Stages 2 and 3
B
During the late 1800s, an important pull factor for immigrants to the United States was
(A) the potato famine in Ireland
(B) the political unrest of Germany and Eastern Europe
(C) political persecution in Russia
(D) the Industrial Revolution in the U.S.
(E) the forced migration of slaves from Africa
D
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the population of China?
(A) The population is spread out fairly evenly across the country.
(B) The population is more concentrated in the southern part of the country.
(C) The western part of the country is more sparsely populated.
(D) Population hugs the coastlines with almost no large inland cities.
(E) Population is more concentrated in the northern part of the country.
C
The Chinese government’s population policies since 1979 have resulted in
(A) an overall reduction in the country’s population
(B) a disproportionately large number of young women in the population
(C) tighter restrictions for family sizes of ethnic minorities than for Han Chinese
(D) a rapidly aging population
(E) a strict one-child policy for almost all families
A
Which of the following areas of the world generally have net out-migrations
(A) Asia and North America
(B) Africa and Europe
(C) Latin America and Oceania
(D) Europe and North America
(E) Africa and Asia
E
Population density is most often represented by
(A) population pyramids
(B) circle graphs
(C) contour graphs
(D) toponyms
(E) dot maps
E
Which of the following was predicted by Thomas Malthus in the late 18th century?
(A) Population growth in the future would be checked by famine, disease, and wars.
(B) Population growth in the future would have no checks to slow it down
(C) Population growth in the future would be checked by industrial development
(D) Population growth in the future would be supported by increasing food supplies
(E) Population growth in Europe would be checked by increased colonization and immigration
A
By the early 21st century, crude birth rates were highest in
(A) Asia, Latin America, and Africa
(B) Asia, Europe, and Africa
(C) Europe, North America, and Latin America
(D) North America, Africa, and Asia
(E) Latin America, North America, and Asia
A
In recent years, death rates in developing countries have
(A) stayed about the same
(B) decreased slightly
(C) increased slightly
(D) increased significantly
(E) decreased significantly
E
Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding population policies in India?
(A) India’s successful population policies have most likely prevented the country from becoming the most populous country in the world as early as 2030.
(B) Despite policy coordination problems, India’s birth rate has dropped by more than half in the last 35 years.
(C) India’s government has made few attempts to curtail population growth.
(D) Like China, India has had a problem coordinating a centralized population policy.
(E) India has followed China’s lead in establishing a “one-child policy” on a national level.
C
The demographic equation summarizes population change over time in an area by combining
(A) immigration and emigration rates
(B) spatial interaction and migration
(C) distance decay and step migration
(D) natural change and net migration
(E) push and pull factors for migration
D
Which of the following was the most significant human migration to occur during the 19th and early 20th centuries?
(A) emigration from Asia to Europe
(B) emigration from Europe to the Americas
(C) emigration from Africa to Asia
(D) emigration from Latin America to North America
(E) emigration from Asia to North America
B
In recent years, a significant intraregional migration has occurred from Afghanistan to
(A) India
(B) the United States
(C) Australia
(D) Southeast Asia
(E) Pakistan
B
Ernst Ravenstien’s demographic studies focused mainly on
(A) migration
(B) natural increases in population
(C) spatial interactions
(D) fertility rates
(E) population density
A
