APHG Unit 2 Practice - Population Geography

The standard biological sex ratio at birth of 105 males to 100 females is NOT found in

A dependency ratio of 65 means that

Country X has a CBR of 40 and a CDR of 15. In what stage is this country?

By analyzing the map above, you could conclude that life expectancy is lowest on average in

A CBR that is rapidly declining is typical of a country in which stage of the dem. transition?

The Malthusian theory is based on which of the following assumptions?

The highest CDRs are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

An increase in a country's agricultural density would suggest a(n)

If physiological density is very high and arithmetic density very low, then a country has

The stages of the epidemiologic transition are based on

The percentage by which a population grows organically in a given year:

Exponential growth is graphed as a

The portions of the earth's surface permanently inhabited by humans make up the

Agricultural density is the number of

Which of the following is NOT an example of a pronatalist policy?

The systematic study of human population is called

The lowest CBRs are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

Which of the following is not a criticism of the demographic transition model?

The theory of the demographic transition holds that

A broad-based pop. pyramid suggests that a country is in what stage of the dem. transition?

A cohort is a population group unified by an identifying characteristic.

The shape of a country's population pyramid

Europe and North America entered stage 2 of the demographic transition as a result of

The most controversial national family planning program is closely associated with

The rate of world population increase began to slow notably after World War II.

A total fertility rate of 1.7 is sufficient to replace present population.

Arithmetic assumes equal distribution over all land area.

We can hypothesize that Costa Rica has a lower CDR than the United States because Costa Rica

The homeostatic plateau is reached when the fertility rate approaches zero.

There is invariably a close correlation between population density and levels of living.

Although China has the largest pop. in the world, what explains the country's declining NIR?