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Chapter 30 China: The World's Most Populous Country
Chapter 30 China: The World's Most Populous Country
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Review for Chapter 30 in Geography Alive! textbook from TCI
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1
When births equal deaths it is called
zero population growth
3% growth rate
equal population zone
Japan
2
Which of these answers is NOT a way the 3 Gorges Dam would benefit China?
more steel production
clean energy
flood control
safe river shipping
3
What is the Human Development Index?
it measures the well-being of a people
it measures how fast humans develop
it shows what climate people live in
it shows how long people live
4
Mao Zedong
all of the above
brought Communism to power in China
had policies that might have caused millions of deaths
started The Great Leap Forward
5
Big cities are usually NOT
in the middle of a desert
by the coast
on top of a mountain
in Asia
6
What is a Special Economic Zone?
an area where trade is allowed
a region of the country with different laws for businesses
a place where wealth is spread evenly
a region where only high-paying jobs are available
7
According to this graph, when did China's population reach 1 billion?
in the 1970s
in the 1980s
in the 1990s
in the 2000s
8
The rate of natural increase is
babies = dead people
babies + dead people
babies x dead people
babies - dead people
9
Which statement is true based on this graph? (you'll have 60 seconds to answer)
more people over 70 than under 20
more boys under age 5 than girls
more children under 14 than adults
more retired people than working people
10
When women have fewer children they tend to
work outside the home
all of the above
be healthier and have healthier children
get more education
11
What policy has been most successful in increasing China's gross domestic product?
the Great Leap Forward
the Cultural Revolution
zero population growth
special economic zones
12
Countries with slow/low rates of natural increase tend to be
wealthier
all of the above
developed
in Europe
13
A large and growing population can
all of the above
stress resources
out strip jobs available
cause famine
14
Which statement is true about China's population based on this graph? (60 seconds to answer)
it will continue to grow until 2050
it doubled between 1950 and 1990
population peaked between 1990 and 2000
it will begin to decline after 2010
15
Countries with high rates of natural increase tend to be
in Africa
poor
developing
all of the above
16
What is rate of natural increase?
how fast a population grows in a year
how many businesses start in a country each year
how much energy a country uses in a year
how many babies live past 1 year old
