Unit 2 FRQ Practice 2013 - Question 2: Reasons for and consequences of aging populations in Developing Countries 2012 - Question 3: Muslim Population growth in Europe
2011 - Question 2: Malthusian Theory 2010 - Question 3: Population Pyramids/Demographic Transition Model 2005 - Question 2: Historical Immigration to the United States
2003 - Question 3: Historical Migrations to and from Europe/Demographic Transition Model 2008 - Question 2: Regional Migration Patterns in the United States
2006 - Question 1: International Migration Patterns Practice Multiple Choice Questions 1) Geographers might characterize as overpopulated a country where A) there are too many people according to a standard economic measure of poverty. B) the population numbers less than one million, but there is concern that the country's natural resources are adequate for only half that number. C) the population numbers more than 100 million and there is concern about the finite limits of natural resources, although the resources available in the country seem adequate to that population. D) the population numbers more than one million, and there is an average distribution of population to resources. E) All of these answer choices are correct. 2) The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the A) hot zone. B) civilized world. C) geophenom. D) ecumene. E) subpolar region. 3) The countries depicted as smaller, or more limited in size, on the population cartogram have A) higher levels of wealth and higher populations. B) lower levels of wealth and higher populations. C) lower populations. D) lower populations and lesser land areas. E) lower technical proficiency in cartography and geospatial reasoning. 4) Relatively few people live at, but there are significant exceptions, especially in Latin America. A) low elevations B) sea-level C) high elevations D) or near coastlines E) the poles 5) Among the following world regions, the least densely populated is A) East Asia. B) Southeast Asia. C) Sub-Saharan Africa. D) Europe. E) South Asia. 6) The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is A) total birth rate. B) crude birth rate.
C) total fertility rate. D) total increase rate. E) crude fertility rate. 7) The fertility rate based on the number of live births per 1,000 residents is the A) crude birth rate. B) crude fertility rate. C) infant birth rate. D) natural increase rate. E) life expectancy at birth. 8) The world's annual is currently approximately 1.2 percent, at which rate the world's population is projected to double in about 54 years. A) natural increase rate (NIR) B) life expectancy rate (LER) C) crude birth rate (CBR) D) life increase rate (LIR) E) natural expectancy rate (NER) 9) Life expectancy is lowest on average in A) Africa. B) East Asia. C) North America. D) Europe. E) Southeast Asia. 10) The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the A) crude birth rate. B) life data rate. C) natural increase rate. D) total fertility rate. E) new birth rate. 11) Analyzing the maps of fertility and mortality in this chapter, we see more countries with high birth rates and high rates of infant mortality in A) East Asia, excluding Japan. B) South Asia, excluding Bangladesh. C) Africa south of the Sahara. D) Southeast Asia. E) North America. 12) The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4 E) Stage 5 13) The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4 E) none of these stages 14) Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition? A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4 E) Stage 5 15) A crude birth rate of approximately 10 per 1,000 is typical of a country in which stage of the demographic transition? A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4 E) Stages 2 and 3. 16) The government of Bangladesh has helped reduce birth rates mainly by providing A) an economy as developed as any in Europe. B) access to and information about universities that women can attend. C) information about choosing sexual abstinence. D) access to and information about various methods of contraception. E) religious reasons for improving the quality of life on Earth. 17) The low rate of contraceptive use in Africa reflects the region's A) improving education of women. B) low status of women. C) rapid diffusion of contraceptives. D) low status of men. E) high rates of religious adherence. 18) The low rate of contraceptive use in Africa reflects the region's A) improving education of women. B) low status of women. C) rapid diffusion of contraceptives. D) low status of men. E) high rates of religious adherence. 19) Stages 1 and 4 of the Demographic Transition are similar in that A) both have low growth rates. B) both have high dependency ratios. C) both have low dependency ratios. D) both have low life expectancies. E) both have low death rates. 20) Judging by the demographic patterns of recent years, we can surmise that the principal reason for declining natural increase rates in less developed countries today is A) increasing crude birth rates. B) declining crude birth rates.
C) increasing crude death rates. D) declining crude death rates. E) balanced natural increase rates. 21) All other factors being equal, assess which of the following families would most likely contribute to slowing its country's birth rates. A) The sons are encouraged to complete as many years of formal education as possible before marrying and/or beginning to raise children themselves. B) The sons and daughters are encouraged to become active consumers. C) The daughters are encouraged to complete as many years of formal education as possible before marrying and/or beginning to bear children themselves. D) The daughters are provided with "abstinence only" sexeducation classes in school. E) The sons and daughters of a family are given classes on birth-control techniques, but they are also expected to get married during their teen years. 22) In comparing Malthus's theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past halfcentury, the principal difference is that A) actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted. B) Malthus's theory predicted much higher food production than has actually occurred. C) actual population growth has been much higher than Malthus predicted. D) Malthus's theory predicted much higher population growth than has actually occurred. E) population increased geometrically while food production increased exponentially. 23) The two most populous countries in the world are A) China and India. B) India and Bangladesh. C) Russia and the United States. D) Indonesia and China. E) the United States and China. 24) A possible stage five epidemiological transition is the stage of A) pestilence and famine. B) receding pandemics, including possible zombie pandemics. C) degenerative and human-created diseases. D) delayed degenerative diseases. E) reemergence of infectious and parasitic diseases. 25) Dr. John Snow found that cholera cases in London were A) spatially associated with certain public wells. B) being punished for their sins. C) being transmitted almost exclusively by French and Irish immigrants. D) transmitted through the air in contagious diffusion. E) spread through the main seatrading routes by infected rats. 26) The stages of the epidemiologic transition are based on A) causes of death at varying stages of the demographic transition. B) the means through which disease is transmitted spatially. C) non-contagious diseases such as heart disease, obesity, or diabetes. D) new food sources which produced population explosions. E) pandemics like the bubonic plague, influenza, or AIDS. 27) The that reached Europe from Central Asia in the 1300s was spread by fleas infecting rats, which were carried from port to port on most ships. A) Black Blight, or bubonic flu, B) Flea Plague, or bubonic pestilence, C) Bubonic Flea Plague D) Black Plague, or bubonic plague, E) Rat Plague 28) The term refers to the control of diseases. A) transition B) medicology C) pandemiology D) epidemiology E) infectionical 29) If the physiological density in a given country is very high and its arithmetic density is very low, then a country has A) inefficient farmers or farmers that are out of work. B) a large number of farmers, although the number of farmers is not as great as the number of people living in the cities. C) a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture, even if there seems to be plenty of space available to live in. D) too many people for the available resources, particularly in regards to agricultural land. E) too few farmers for the large area of land suitable for agriculture. 30) When the world's population reached 6 billion in 1995, it was forecast that at a steady rate of growth the population would reach 12 billion in approximately 45 years. That period of 45 years is known as A) doubling time. B) doubling life expectancy. C) double increase rate. D) double overpopulation. E) double demographic transition. 31) Approximately 500 babies were born in Country D in 2011, but 35 of them died before reaching their first birthday. These data can be used to report Country D's A) crude death rate. B) infant mortality rate. C) early life expectancy.
D) murder rate. E) terminal increase rate. 32) Country A has a crude birth rate of 60 and a crude death rate of 15, while Country B has a CBR of 27 and a CDR of 9. Which country has a higher natural increase rate? A) Country A B) Country B C) The NIR is the same in both countries. D) The rate depends on total population, so it can't be computed from this information. E) The CDR has no direct correlation to the CBR, so it cannot help determine the NIR. 33) A permanent move to a new location is A) migration. B) mobility. C) net migration. D) net in-migration. E) net out-migration. 34) Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor? A) economic B) environmental C) cultural D) circulation E) All of these answer choices are correct. 35) The migration transition model predicts that international migration reaches a peak at of the demographic transition. A) stage 1 B) stage 2 C) stage 3 D) stage 4 E) stage 5 36) Which one of the following would you judge to be the best example of circulation? A) Visiting a university in a distant state in order to determine whether it best suits your needs as a prospective college student. B) Taking your car to the mechanic because its transmission stopped functioning after six years of use. C) Going to the grocery store once every two or three weeks to stock up on food and supplies. D) Going to a grocery store to buy supplies for your friend's sixteenth birthday party. E) Visiting a famous national park for the first time in your life. 37) Which of the following people would you predict to be most likely to engage in voluntary migration in the near future? A) A teenaged girl whose family's home has just been destroyed by a volcanic eruption, which has also rendered the entire valley uninhabitable. B) A youth whose village has been identified by the central government as harboring and providing material support to an armed rebel group in the midst of a civil war. C) The dictator of a Southwest Asian country who has just 'won' another fraudulent election. D) A youth whose parents have just been murdered because they helped form a labor union in a traditionally exploited province of a developing country. E) A teenaged girl in China whose rural family has enough food to eat but lacks the money to expand the size of their house, and would like to plan to send a younger sibling to college in the future. 38) Several million Irish migrated in the 1840s primarily because A) the British military forced them to become refugees. B) disastrous economic conditions, exacerbated by British government policies, pushed them out of the country. C) poor environmental conditions, including volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, induced them to migrate. D) they were attracted by the separation of church and state (freedom of religion) in the United States. E) Spanish invasions threatened their homes. 39) The greatest total number of foreign-born residents can be found in A) China. B) Australia. C) Germany. D) the United Kingdom. E) the United States. 40) Most migrants to the United States during the peak of the late nineteenth century came from which parts of Europe? A) central B) south and east C) east and west D) north and west E) north and east 41) Most migrants to the United States during the early twentieth century came from which part of Europe? A) central B) north and west C) south and east D) south and west E) north and east 42) The largest number of legal, documented immigrants to the United States come from what country? A) Cuba B) Mexico C) the Philippines D) South Korea E) Dominican Republic 43) A principal pull factor in California in the 1840s was
A) a gold rush. B) a war with Mexico. C) a "nitrate rush." D) a "dust bowl." E) the Great Plains. 44) The largest numbers of Europeans migrated to the United States primarily because of A) decreased economic opportunities at the same time that European countries experienced rapid population growth. B) decreased political stability as European countries were wracked by revolutions. C) religious freedom in the United States, as European countries forbade their citizens to attend most kinds of religious services. D) the great reputation of schools and hospitals in the United States. E) discoveries of gold in California and Alaska in the 1800s. 45) Recent immigrants to the United States A) are nearly evenly distributed among all states. B) are distributed evenly along the southern U.S. border and the east and west coasts. C) are concentrated in Texas, California, and Illinois and are seldom in other areas. D) have not been attracted to rural and agricultural areas. E) are spread throughout several states according to economic prospects. 46) The U.S. center of population has moved steadily to the A) east. B) north. C) south. D) west. E) center. 47) In the United States, which is likely to cause virtually all population growth in the next few decades? A) natural increase rate B) net in-migration C) crude birth rate D) declining death rate E) urban expansions 48) Which is a current intraregional migration trend in the United States? A) rural to urban B) urban to suburban C) metropolitan to nonmetropolitan D) net emigration from the northeast E) all of the above 49) The most prominent type of intraregional migration in the world is A) north to south. B) region to region. C) urban to rural. D) city to city. E) rural to urban. 50) Which of the following events would be considered a migration pull factor? A) revolutionary takeover of a government B) failed harvest C) flooding of a river D) opening of a new factory E) civil war 51) The most important pull factor for migrants to North America today is A) economic. B) environmental. C) forced. D) political. E) geomagnetic. 52) Which factor most often causes voluntary migration? A) economic B) environmental C) international D) political E) a regional conflict 53) Most guest workers head for which parts of Europe? A) north and east B) north and west C) central D) south and west E) south and east 54) Brain drain is A) the large-scale emigration of talented people. B) the process by which people are given reference for migration. C) people forced to migrate for political reasons. D) a cultural feature that hinders migration. E) a net decline in literacy. 55) A physical feature, such as a body of water, might actually aid transportation and migration because ocean travel may be easier than overland travel. However, if that physical feature hinders migration it is an example of A) an environmental push factor. B) a forced migration. C) an intervening obstacle. D) a cultural pull factor. E) an environmental incentive. 56) Given the textbook's description of Asian migration to the United States, we might conclude that most Asians today are migrating to the U.S. through the process of A) expansion diffusion. B) brain drain. C) chain migration. D) undocumented immigration. E) global circulation.
57) From the discussions of migration in northern and southern Mexico, we can deduce that the destination for most undocumented immigrants entering Mexico from Guatemala is A) work in factories in northern Mexico. B) work on fruit plantations. C) Mexico City. D) work in Pacific coast resorts. E) the U.S. border. 58) According to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, undocumented immigrants were A) permitted to become legal residents by participating in an application process. B) automatically transformed into U.S. citizens in a blanket "amnesty." C) encouraged to remain in Mexico because of shortages of workers. D) no longer eligible for public services in the United States. E) established as guest workers following the German model. 59) Mexico's immigration policy A) is complicated because Mexico favors migration to the U.S. but opposes migration from its south. B) is opposed to Mexicans migrating to the U.S. because they otherwise would contribute to the economy at home. C) welcomes migrants from other countries. D) is flexible for most countries of origin but does not generally allow immigration from the United States. E) attempts to prevent any money from leaving the country.
Multiple Choice Key 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. A 11. C 12. B 13. D 14. B 15. D 16. D 17. B 18. B 19. A 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. A 24. E 25. A 26. A 27. D 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. B 32. A 33. A 34. C 35. B 36. C 37. E 38. B 39. E 40. D 41. C 42. B 43. A 44. A 45. E 46. D 47. B 48. B 49. E 50. D 51. A 52. A 53. B 54. A 55. C 56. C 57. E 58. A 59. A
Review Questions 1. Explain demography 2. Explain population distribution 3. Say, out loud, and explain Ecumene 4. Explain the three methods of population density analysis 5. Where are the 4 largest population clusters. Give an example of two countries located in each cluster. 6. Explain Crude Birth Rate 7. Explain Crude Death Rate 8. Explain the Natural Increase Rate 9. Using the concepts above, explain how population grows, shrinks, or stays constant 10. Where is life expectancy highest? 11. Where is life expectancy lowest? 12. What might attribute to the highs and lows? 13. Explain why population was able to grow so rapidly from 1750 2000. 14. Explain the doubling rate 15. Explain the purpose of the demographic transition model 16. List and describe the 5 stages of the demographic transition model 17. Explain the purpose of a population pyramid 18. Describe what can be inferred from the population pyramids below 19. Explain the epidemiologic transition model 20. Describe and give an example of the 5 stages of the epidemiologic transition model. 21. Explain overpopulation 22. Explain Thomas Malthus theory 23. Explain the arguments of the Neo Malthusians 24. Explain the arguments of Malthus critics 25. Explain who is correct 26. Identify and Explain 4 reasons for a declining birth rate 27. Explain an expansive population policy and identify two countries that use them 28. Explain a restrictive population policy and identify two countries that use them 29. Identify 3 ways a government could expand population 30. Identify 3 ways a government could restrict population 31. Explain a Cyclic movement and Identify two examples 32. Explain a periodic movement and identify two examples 33. Explain transhumance 34. Explain migration and contrast international (transnational) and Internal (domestic) 35. Use an example to explain the difference between Immigration and Emigration 36. Explain forced migration and give two real world examples 37. Explain who a refugee might be 38. Identify the two main reasons refugees emigrate and provide two specific examples of each 39. Identify Ravenstein s 11 laws 40. Explain step migration and give an example 41. Explain chain-migration and give an example
42. Explain an intervening obstacle/opportunity and give an example 43. Explain the concept of Push Factors 44. Explain the concept of Pull Factors 45. Identify and explain the 5 types of push and pull factors 46. Identify current world migration patterns 47. Identify the three different waves of American immigration 48. Identify 2 specific countries American immigrants emigrated from and explain the specific circumstances 49. Identify and explain the 5 American internal immigration periods 50. Explain the reasons for African American migration to urban areas in the North and West in the early twentieth century 51. Explain the movement of the center of US population from 1790 to 2000