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Demography and population geography are different types of studies because the former focuses upon statistical analysis whereas the latter emphasizes spatial analysis.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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Current human population of Earth is slightly more than 6 billion people, and it appears from U.S. Census Bureau reports that worldwide growth is below 80 million people yearly. Taking such conditions into account, the United Nations projection for global population in 2050 is for how many people?
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| | A) | 3 billion
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| | B) | 6 billion
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| | C) | 9 billion
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| | D) | 12 billion
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Crude birth rates and crude death rates are calculated as being the number of births or deaths per how many people?
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| | A) | 100,000
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| | B) | 10,000
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| | C) | 1,000
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| | D) | 100
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A safe generalization is that crude birth rates of less than 18 per 1,000 is characteristic of ___________.
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| | A) | developing nation-states
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| | B) | newly industrializing nation-states
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| | C) | developed nation-states
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| | D) | "A" and "B"
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An accepted generalization is that crude birth rates of more than 30 per 1,000 is on the high side. Approximately what fraction of the world’s population lives where that rate exists?
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| | A) | one-third
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| | B) | one-fourth
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| | C) | one-fifth
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| | D) | one-sixth
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Research seems to demonstrate that the primary reason that fertility falls when women decide they want smaller families.
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| | A) | Yes
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| | B) | No
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In the developing world the major deterrent to lowering birth rates is _________________.
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| | A) | contraception
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| | B) | education
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| | C) | coercion
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| | D) | economic consequences
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Total fertility rate (TFR) is the same as crude birth rate (CBR).
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| | A) | Yes
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| | B) | No
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The minimum total fertility rate (TFR) to produce replacement population is _______________.
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| | A) | 1.1 percent
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| | B) | 1.6 percent
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| | C) | 2.1 percent
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| | D) | 2.6 percent
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If world total fertility rate (TFR) were to drop below replacement population level, the population would ________________.
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| | A) | immediately decline
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| | B) | stabilize
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| | C) | continue increasing
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| | D) | slowly decline
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Total fertility rate (TFR) in a population can and does generally vary within that population’s sub-groups.
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| | A) | Yes
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| | B) | No
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The United States has a total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.1. Which group within the United States has the highest TFR among the groups represented?
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| | A) | Asian/Pacific Islander
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| | B) | White/Non-Hispanic
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| | C) | African-Americans
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| | D) | Hispanics
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Infant mortality rates are calculated in part using the statistics of death of children ________________.
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| | A) | at birth
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| | B) | 1 year or less
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| | C) | 3 years or less
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| | D) | 5 years or less
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Maternal mortality rates in the developing world compared to the developed world are ______________.
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| | A) | higher
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| | B) | lower
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| | C) | substantially lower
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| | D) | the same
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A population pyramid with an extremely wide base, e.g., Kenya, is typical of an area with __________________.
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| | A) | extremely slow growth
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| | B) | slow growth
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| | C) | stable growth
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| | D) | rapid growth
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A population pyramid with nearly equally divided cohorts has almost vertical sides, e.g., Sweden. This is typical of an area with __________________.
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| | A) | extremely slow growth
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| | B) | slow growth
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| | C) | stable growth
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| | D) | rapid growth
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A major impact upon population growth is HIV/Aids. The most devastated region of the world with respect to HIV/Aids is _________________.
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| | A) | Asia
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| | B) | North America
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| | C) | India
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| | D) | Africa
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The two most crucial factors in population issue of "100 million missing women" are ________________.
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| | A) | poverty and underdevelopment
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| | B) | poverty and cultural practices
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| | C) | cultural norms and underdevelopment
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| | D) | cultural practices and cultural norms
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When using the dependency ratio, the age group considered to be the least dependent is _______________.
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| | A) | under 15 years
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| | B) | 15-64 years
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| | C) | over 64 years
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| | D) | "A" and "C"
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A doubling time of 1.0 percent results in twice as much population in how many years?
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| | A) | 24
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| | B) | 35
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| | C) | 70
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| | D) | 140
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A doubling time of 2.0 percent results in twice as much population in how many years?
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| | A) | 24
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| | B) | 35
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| | C) | 70
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| | D) | 140
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The premise of the demographic transition is that a population is shifting into _______________.
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| | A) | agriculture and rural settlement
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| | B) | rural settlement and industrialization
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| | C) | agriculture and urbanization
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| | D) | industrialization and urbanization
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The demographic transition was created initially to describe the population change of what region?
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| | A) | Southeast Asia
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| | B) | Eastern Europe
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| | C) | North America
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| | D) | Western Europe
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The first and fourth stages of the demographic transition are characterized by low rates of natural increase.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education