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1

Which of the following methods has been used in India to successfully reduce population growth? (p. 76)
A)the IUD
B)condoms
C)planned parenthood
D)sterilization
2

The human population grew slowly for the first 5000 years and began to grow rapidly after about AD 1600. (p. 77)
A)True
B)False
3

Using the rule of 70, what is the doubling time (in years) of a population growing at a 3 percent annual growth rate? (p. 78)
A)58 years
B)70 years
C)210 years
D)23.3 years
4

Neo-Malthusians contend that the earth has a carrying capacity for the human population and that birth control should be used to maintain carrying capacity. (p. 79)
A)True
B)False
5

Eighty percent of the world population lives in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. (p. 80)
A)True
B)False
6

Which of the following trends regarding world population demographics is correct? (p. 82)
A)The number of senior citizens is increasing rapidly.
B)The average life expectancy is 70 years for women and 65.5 for men.
C)Seventy percent of the poorest members of the population are women and children.
D)All of the above are correct.
E)Answers b and c are correct
7

Even if immigration were to stop, the population of the United States would still double within the next fifty years. (p. 82)
A)True
B)False
8

The number of births in a year per thousand persons is called _______. (p. 83)
A)total fertility rate
B)crude birth rate
C)zero population growth
D)fecundity
9

The zero population growth rate in highly developed countries is about _______. (p. 83)
A)2.1 children
B)5 children
C)0 children
D)1 child
10

A mortality rate of 30 per 1,000 means that out of every 1,000 deaths 30 of the deaths are of natural causes. (p. 84)
A)True
B)False
11

Which country has the highest life expectancy? (p. 84)
A)United States
B)Russia
C)India
D)Japan
12

Life expectancy is the number of deaths per thousand persons in any given year. (p. 84)
A)True
B)False
13

Alan Greenspan recommends that the United States increase immigration in order to decrease its dependency ratio. (p. 86)
A)True
B)False
14

Which of the following is NOT a pronatalist pressure? (p. 86)
A)Children provide support for elderly parents.
B)Male pride.
C)Children help with household and farm chores.
D)Highly educated women have control over their fertility.
15

The connection between economic development and decreased birth and death rates is referred to as _______. (p. 89)
A)demographic transition.
B)family planning.
C)pronatalist pressures.
D)demography.
16

The social justice view of demographic transition states that rapidly increasing populations will never modernize but will continue to grow until catastrophe intervenes. (p. 90)
A)True
B)False
17

Which of the following statements regarding birth control is true? (p. 92-93)
A)RU486 controls birth by causing uterine contraction and expulsion of the fetus.
B)The average world fertility rate is 2.7 births per woman.
C)Despite threats of venereal disease, condom use has declined in the past twenty years.
D)All of the above.
E)A and b are correct.





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