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Chapter 11 Review Questions
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Answer
1. What event occurred between 1750-1850 that
lead to an explosion in the human population?
2. What is the current world population?
3. What 4 factors can directly change the size of
a country’s population?
4. Which continent has the greatest percentage
population growth?
5. True or false: the population explosion is most
likely a result of lowering death rates.
6. True or false: birth rates have decreased over
the last 100 years
7. What is the replacement fertility rate in the
U.S.?
8. Why is it not just 2?
9. The average number of births a woman has in
a population is known as?
10. During what years did the “baby boom” take
place?
11. People aged 45 and up are known as this
age class?
12. In what year did the human population reach
1 billion?
13. List several factors that decrease fertility rates.
14. What are the 4 stages of demographic
transition (in order)?
15. In the “transitional stage” of the
Demographic Transition Model, which is higher:
birth rate or death rate?
16. In the “post-industrial stage” of the
Demographic Transition Model, what is
happening to the total population size?
17. What government program is threatened by
the “baby boomers” now reaching retirement
age?
18. What are 3 factors that pull people into
cities?
19. What are 3 factors that push/force people to
cities?
20. What is urban growth?
21. Describe 2 severe problems faced by people
who live in Mexico City.
22. Define urban sprawl.
23. Draw an age structure diagram showing
rapid growth.
24. How do you calculate population change?
25. Define crude birth rate.
26. Give 4 reasons why the death rates are
declining worldwide
27. Give the two indicators of overall health in a
population.
28. The rapid rise in fertility occurring in the Unites
States in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s is commonly
referred to as
29. Countries that have achieved zero
population growth (ZPG) have an age structure
that?
30. According to the video “China Revs Up”
what are the US and China in close competition
for?
31. According to the video “The People
Paradox” what is India’s current fertility rate?
32. According to the video “The People
Paradox” what is the fertility rate of Japan?
33. According to the video “The People
Paradox” what has caused the death rates in
Kenya to increase?
34. According to the video “China Revs Up”
what is urban haze made of?
35. According to the video “China Revs Up”
What is the fastest growing burden on the
atmosphere?
36. What are three reasons why Thailand was
able to sharply reduce its population is 15 years?
37. What did PCDA workers do to ensure that
reducing the population in Thailand was a
national goal?
38. What are some negatives still happening in
Thailand today?
39. What three countries allow large annual
increases in population from immigration?
40. What is a megacity?
Vocabulary:
Define at least 10 of the following terms. (Hint – choose the ones you are least familiar with!)
Age structure
diagram
Demographic
transition
Replacementlevel fertility
Infant mortality
rate
Megacity
Urban
Rural
Fecal snow
Baby boom
Birth rate
Death rate
Total fertility rated
Developed
country
Urban growth
Developing
country
Degree of
unbanization
Population
change
Life expectancy
Urban sprawl
Carrying capacity