stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Unit 2 Population & Migration APHG Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Unit 2 Population & Migration APHG
Unit 2 Population & Migration APHG
85 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
299 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
85 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
85
Answers
1
Many of the first Europeans in Australia migrated to serve jail sentences which is the combo of which push/pull factors
environmental push, cultural pull
economic push, environmental pull
cultural push, economic pull
economic push, cultural pull
2
Of the following countries, the highest natural increase rate is found in
Norway.
China.
Uganda.
Denmark.
3
Brain drain is
the large-scale emigration of talented people.
people forced to migrate for political reasons.
the process by which people are given reference for migration
a net decline in literacy.
4
A crude birth rate of approximately 10 per 1,000 is typical of a country in which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 1
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 2
5
The largest numbers of recent immigrants to the United States are
political refugees.
illegal immigrants.
guest workers.
relatives of U.S. residents
6
The shape of a country's population pyramid is determined primarily by its
dependency rate.
demographic ratio.
crude death rate.
crude birth rate.
7
The annual natural increase rate is currently approximately
120 million.
12 percent.
1.2 percent
12 billion.
8
Guest workers in Europe and the Middle East are
low-status foreigners.
technical specialists invited as consultants.
illegal immigrants.
southern Europeans.
9
Which factor was identified at the 2004 United Nations population conference as key to controlling population growth?
Health Care
Political Ideology
Farming Methods
The Status of Women
10
Which country is in the region with the highest concentration of people?
South Korea
United States
Nigeria
Brazil
11
Which of the following trends matches the urban migration pattern of the 1880s noted by Ernst Ravenstein
Most migrants are young children following their young parents
Rural dwellers tend to be less migratory than urban dwellers
Migrants who move long distances tend to move to large cities
Majority of migrants move long distances
12
Migration to the United States declined during the 1920s primarily because of
declining demand for industrial workers.
forced migration after World War I.
imposition of quota laws
economic depression in the United States.
13
The Brazilian government encouraged interregional migration by
dictating optimal locations for factories.
industrial development on the Atlantic coast.
moving the capital to Brasilia.
making Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo more attractive.
14
Which of the following was a new trend in western countries in the 1990s?
Urbanto urban migration
Urban to suburban migration
Rural to urban migration
Counterurbanization
15
Which of the following countries most likely has the highest agricultural density?
England
Brazil
Egypt
Germany
16
In contrast to the experience of more developed countries, less developed countries entered Stage 2 of the DMT
profound changes in their economic and social systems.
banking innovations.
creation of higher levels of wealth
diffusion of medical technology from othercountries
17
The ability to move from one location to another is
Mobility
Variable Migration
Migration
Net Migration
18
According to Malthus, a growing population will eventually
Be decimated by infectious diseases
Reach an infinite size
Go to war with neighboring countries
Outgrow its food supply
19
Why does the rate of natural increase (RNI) not accurately demonstrate population change for subglobal regions?
RNI data are not specific enough to focus on fertile women
Mortality is increasing because of decreased fertility rates in MDC's
RNI data do not include immigration and emigration.
HIV/AIDS has dramatically altered RNI data
20
Dependency ratios are highest in
North America
East Asia
South AMerica
Africa
21
Approximately 81 percent of the earth’s population lives in poorer, less-‐developed countries in which three regions?
North America, Europe, Africa
Latin America, Africa, and Asia
Africa, Australia and Asia
North American, Asia, South America
22
Life expectancy is lowest in
Southeast Asia.
North America.
East Asia
Africa.
23
The number of people a region can reasonably support, given its landscape, resources, and trading ability, is known as
Carrying Capacity
Overpopulation
Infrastructure
Age-Sex Pyramid
24
In 2007, which of the following countries had the greatest number of internal refugees?
Poland
Brazil
United States
Iraq
25
The largest source of international migrants is
Europe
South America
Africa
Asia
26
According to the U.S. Committee for Refugees, the two largest groups of international refugees are
Vietnamese and Indonesian.
Mexican and Colombian
Ethiopian and Somolian.
Palestinian and Afghan.
27
Pollero
or
coyote
is a term for
second generation Vietnamese immigrants.
someone who helps illegal Mexicans immigrate
a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
28
Millions of Europeans were forced to emigrate from their farms because of
expanding crop varieties.
forced consolidation of farms
poor economic prospects in the rapidly growing cities
a decline in food supplies
29
Suburbanization of more developed countries is due to
regional development.
global investment.
expanding urban territory.
desire to change lifestyle.
30
A possible stage five epidemiological transition is the stage of
delayed degenerative diseases.
pestilence and famine.
degenerative and human created diseases.
reemergence of infectious and parasitic diseases.
31
The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is
crude birth rate.
crude death rate
total fertility rate.
natural increase rate.
32
Population growth rates are lowest in _________ of the demographic transition
Stage 3
Stage 1
Stage 4
Stage 2
33
The principal reason for declining natural increase rates in less developed countries today is
increasing crude death rates.
increasing crude birth rates.
balanced natural increase rates.
declining crude birth rates.
34
The number of people per unit of arable land is the
Physiological Density
Agricultural Density
Land-Use Density
Arithmetic Density
35
The medical revolution has been characterized by
invention of new medicines.
diffusion of medical practices.
increase in the crude birth rate.
development of new inventions.
36
The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
37
Geographers define overpopulation as
too many people in the world.
too many people compared to resources
all of these
too many people in a region
38
Moving from San Francisco to Iowa would be considered
Intraregional Migration
Forced Migration
Interregional Migration
International Migration
39
The percentage of people who are too young or too old to work in a society is the
population pyramid.
life expectancy.
dependency rate.
demographic ratio.
40
Most people live in cities in which of these regions?
Europe
East Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
41
The largest interregional migration in the United States of African-Americans has been
from south to north.
from west to east.
from north to south.
from east to west.
42
The annual global population growth rate increased approximately ten thousand years ago because of the
increase in the crude birth rate.
agricultural revolution.
medical revolution.
demographic transition.
43
By 2050, which country is projected to have the highest population in the world
India
Russia
United States
China
44
Which of the following is the least significant factor affecting population growth rates?
Crude Birth Rate
Doubling Times
Crude Death Rate
Sex Ratio
45
If the physiological density is much larger than the arithmetic density, then a country has
inefficient farmers.
a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture.
too many people for the available resources.
a large number of farmers.
46
The greatest number of illegal immigrants in the United States come from
England
China
Mexico
Canada
47
The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 2
Stage 1
Stage 5
Stage 3
48
Which is a current intraregional migration trend in the United States?
urban to suburban
metropolitan to nonmetropolitan
net emigration from the northeast
rural to urban
49
Which country has been the largest source of immigrants from Asia to the United States over the last two decades?
Philippines
Japan
India
Vietnam
50
Population pyramids are used to show
the age of a country’s population.
disease rates.
the average income of a country’s population
51
Refugees
migrate primarily because of which type of push factor?
Circulation
Economic
Cultural
Environmental
52
Which of the following events would be considered a migration pull factor?
Flooding of a river
Failed Harvest
Civil War
Opening of a new factory
53
The most important pull factor for migrants to North America is
Economic
Environmental
Political
Forced
54
Relatively few people live at high elevations, but there are significant exceptions, especially in
North America
Asia
Latin America
Europe
55
Which of the following is the strongest push factor for international migration?
Family Disagreements
Political Instability
Severe Weather
Low Living Standards
56
More developed countries moved from Stage 1 to Stage 2 of the demographic transition 200 years ago in part because of
people moving to cities.
decreasing crude birth rates.
the agricultural revolution.
invention of new technology.
57
Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 & a crude death rate of 15. In what stage of the demographic transition is this
Stage 1
Stage 4
Stage 3
Stage 2
58
A physical feature, such as a body of water, which hinders migration is an example of
an intervening obstacle.
a political pull factor.
an environmental incentive
an environmental push factor.
59
Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 3
Stage 2
Stage 1
Stage 5
60
In which stage of demographic transition are birth rates stable and death rates declining?
Stage 4
Stage 3
Stage 1
Stage 2
61
Which of the following is most clearly a pronatalist policy
Awarding tax breaks to families with three or more children
Giving families cash rewards for NOT having more than 3 children
Forced sterilization programs
A law similar to China's one-child policy
62
Infant mortality rates are highest in
Africa
East Asia
South America
Central America
63
Most migrants to the United States during the peak of the1840s and 1850s came from which part of Europe?
central
South and East
South and west
North and West
64
The most likely destination of international migrants is
North America
Africa
Europe
South America
65
The annual global population growth rate increased approximately two hundred years ago because of the
Industrial Revolution.
agricultural revolution
demographic transition.
increase in the crude birth rate.
66
The population pyramid of Naples, Florida, is "upside down," because the city has a large percentage of
immigrants.
young people.
infants.
elderly people.
67
In Europe the marked decline of the birth rate was the result of
rapid emigration.
the effects of Industrialization, urbanization, and general modernization
stabilization of food supplies.
World Wars I and II.
68
Of the following countries, the lowest crude birth rate is found in
China
Colombia
Uganda
Denmark
69
Migration to the United States increased from Europe after 1800 in part because of
rapid increase in the crude death rate.
deteriorating public health, medicine, and food supply.
plague and famine.
higher natural increase rates.
70
The world's fourth largest concentration of people is located in
East Asia
South Asia
North America
Europe
71
Today, world population doubling time is
staying the same
increasing rapidly
decreasing rapidly
decreasing slowly
72
2/3 of the world's population is clustered in four regions. Which of the following is not one of these four regio
Sub-Saharan Africa
Europe
South Asia
East Asia
73
Large-scale migration occurred in Southeast Asia after 1975 primarily because of
failure of the monsoon rains.
communist victory.
shifts in global industrial development.
separation of religious groups.
74
In which stage of the demographic transition model does the medical revolution take place?
Stage 1
Stage 3
Stage 2
Stage 4
75
In the United States, which is likely to cause virtually all population growth in the next couple of decades?
natural increase rate
crude birth rate
urban expansions
net in-migration
76
Cuban emigrants to the United States
Typically supported Fidel Castro
Are usually turned back at sea
Are considered political refugees
Usually try to return to Cuba
77
In which of the following countries is life expectancy projected to drop the most due to pandemic disease
Luxembourg
Namibia
Mongolia
Russia
78
The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the
life expectancy rate.
natural increase rate
projected birth rate.
crude birth rate.
79
In which decade was immigration into the United States the lowest?
1930's
1880's
1900's
1980's
80
Many of the refugees from Vietnam became known as the
boat people.
communists.
Hindus.
segregationists.
81
The most lethal global epidemic disease in recent years has been
Tuberculosis
Malaria
Covid
AIDS
82
In India the greatest concentration of population is found on the
on the outskirts of the Thar Desert
west coast
plain of the Ganges River
central Deccan Plateau
83
Given a choice, people are most likely to live in a place that is
Cold
Warm
Dry
Hot
84
Several million Irish migrated in the 1840s primarily because
disastrous economic conditions pushed them out of the country
poor environmental conditions induced them to migrate
they were attracted to the United States.
the English forced them to become refugees.
85
Which of the following regions produced the largest migration stream into Germany in the period 1999–2005
Latin America
United States
North Africa
China