APHG Rubenstein Ch. 2: Population & Health

Total number of objects in an area:

In which region of the world are there currently more men than women?

The world's most populous country today is:

A country in stage five of the demographic transition model would likely need to:

Generally, if a country has a lower agricultural density, the country is probably:

Generally speaking, human populations tend to locate near:

Treatable diseases are more prevalent:

The population of these 2 countries adds up to more than 1/3 of the world's total population:

Which region of the world has the highest life expectancy?

In which country is the sex ratio about equal?

A process of change in a society's population from high CBR & CDR to low CBR & CDR:

High agricultural density is typically associated with:

Due to lack of proper documentation and/or fear,homeless people,ethnic minorities&non-citizens:

More than 50% of Chinese people live in:

Comparing arithmetic to physiological density helps geographers determine:

Birth rates rapidly decline, death rates continue to decline, NIR moderates.

True or False: Globalization has increased the diffusion of global pandemics.

The scientific study of population characteristics.

"Too wet, too dry, too low, too high."  This helps us remember:

Which of the following has not been an antinatal strategy employed by the Chinese government?

Stage 2 of the ETM is characterized by:

Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area & affects high proportion of the population:

In which part of the world is use of family planning highest?

Malthus's critics argue that:

AIDS arrived to the United States primarily via:

Which stage of the DTM is characterized by very high NIR due to improvements in human health?

Which country has the highest population density?

More than 75% of Japanese and Korean citizens live in:

If a country's population pyramid has a thick base and skinny top, what can you infer?

Which of the following is not a major population cluster in the world today?

Which country has the highest population density?

Nearly _________ of Earth's people live in East Asia.

Stage 4 of the DTM is associated with:

China's population is clustered along/near:

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing

A complete enumeration of a population:

Argued that the world's rate of population increase was outstripping available food supply.

The DTM does not include:

Number of working-age people divided by number of persons aged 65 and older:

The largest population cluster in the Western Hemisphere is located:

Which of the regions listed is most sparsely populated?

Computed by subtracting CDR from CBR:

Rate of Natural Increase (NIR) does not include:

The population of South Asia is clustered primarily along:

# of males per 100 females in the population of a country:

The portion of the Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settled is called the:

Less than ________ % of Europe's population are farmers.

Stage 1 of the epidemiological transition model:

China adopted its One Child Policy in:

Crude birth rate (CBR) is the:

Throughout most of human history, the rate of natural increase (NIR) was typically:

Stage of DTM characterized by population decline:

China's One Child Policy is an example of:

# of people too old or too young to work; must be supported by working age population:

Some people who disagree with Malthus argue that:

Why do all but about 5% of Egyptians live in the Nile River valley?

Which region has the lowest agricultural density?

Which country has the lowest population density?

Stage 1 of the DTM is characterized by:

About what percentage of Europeans live in cities?

Current projections predict India will overtake China in terms of population by:

Very low birth & death rates produce virtually no long-term natural increase in population.

One major criticism of the Demographic Transition Model is that:

Stage 2 of the DTM is characterized by:

The % a population grows in one year's time is known as:

Which of the following countries is most densely populated (4th largest pop. in world)?

Focuses on distinctive health threats in each stage of the DTM:

True or False: Canada's life expectancy is higher than that of the US.

Life expectancy means:

Natural increase rate approaches zero is known as:

Which stage of the DTM is characterized by rapidly declining CDRs & high CBR (very high NIR)?

Which is associated with Stage 3 of the Epidemiological Transition Model?

Most people in South Asia (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka):

Which region has the highest agricultural density?

All of the following are examples of government population control measures in India except:

The population of an area is affected by:

Which country has the highest population density?

All of the following are indicators of health except:

Birth rates tend to decrease if:

Which country has the highest population per square kilometer of arable land (physiological)?

Medical tech invented in Europe & N. America, diffused to poorer countries & lessened disease:

The only stage of the DTM associated with a negative NIR:

Stage 4 of the ETM is characterized by:

One population problem created by China's One Child Policy has been:

The ratio of the number of farmers working the arable land in a country/area:

Which two regions of the world have the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS?

Which stage of the DTM is characterized by high CBR, high CDR, and low NIR?

Which region of the world has the largest proportion of its population under age 15?

The world's largest country in terms of land area is:

Which country is arguably in or approaching Stage 5 of the DTM?

True or False:There is a statistical correlation between government spending on health & health

In which country are there currently more women than men?

Which of the following countries is most densely populated?

Most of the population of Southeast Asia (e.g. Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia) lives/works:

Which country has the highest physiological density?

Land suited for agricultural use:

All of the following are ideas about why former Soviet countries have negative NIR's except:

Developed theory of overpopulation of humans:

Infant mortality rate refers to:

Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) is controversial/questionable?

Stage 3 of the DTM is characterized by:

Too many people for the available resources:

Which is a part of the ecumene?

The ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land.

If a country has a thick middle on its population pyramid, what is the best inference?

The fact that most Egyptians live along the Nile River is an example of:

A country's unique population structure (age/gender) displayed on a bar graph:

Branch of medical science concerned with diseases in human populations:

In the DTM, what causes the sudden drop in death rate in Stage 2?

In a region, the number of people supported by a unit area of arable land: