APHG Rubenstein Ch. 2: Population & Health

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

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

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

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

China's One Child Policy is an example of:

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

Stage 4 of the ETM is characterized by:

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

One major criticism of the Demographic Transition Model is that:

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

China's population is clustered along/near:

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

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

Stage 2 of the ETM is characterized by:

Natural increase rate approaches zero is known as:

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

Infant mortality rate refers to:

Land suited for agricultural use:

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

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

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

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

About what percentage of Europeans live in cities?

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

Stage 1 of the DTM is characterized by:

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

Which is a part of the ecumene?

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

Which country has the highest population density?

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

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

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

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

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

China adopted its One Child Policy in:

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

Malthus's critics argue that:

AIDS arrived to the United States primarily via:

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

The DTM does not include:

The scientific study of population characteristics.

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

The population of an area is affected by:

Birth rates tend to decrease if:

Branch of medical science concerned with diseases in human populations:

Stage 1 of the epidemiological transition model:

Stage 2 of the DTM is characterized by:

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

Stage 4 of the DTM is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

More than 50% of Chinese people live in:

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

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

The world's most populous country today is:

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

Which region of the world has the highest life expectancy?

Crude birth rate (CBR) is the:

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

Which region has the highest agricultural density?

In which country are there currently more women than men?

Generally speaking, human populations tend to locate near:

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

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

Total number of objects in an area:

Which of the regions listed is most sparsely populated?

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

A complete enumeration of a population:

Treatable diseases are more prevalent:

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

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

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

Developed theory of overpopulation of humans:

All of the following are indicators of health except:

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

The population of South Asia is clustered primarily along:

Which country has the highest physiological density?

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

Stage 3 of the DTM is characterized by:

Too many people for the available resources:

Computed by subtracting CDR from CBR:

Comparing arithmetic to physiological density helps geographers determine:

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

Which region has the lowest agricultural density?

Which country has the highest population density?

High agricultural density is typically associated with:

Some people who disagree with Malthus argue that:

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

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

In which country is the sex ratio about equal?

Rate of Natural Increase (NIR) does not include:

Stage of DTM characterized by population decline:

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

Which of the following countries is most densely populated?

Which country has the highest population density?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which country has the lowest population density?

The largest population cluster in the Western Hemisphere is located:

Life expectancy means: