Unit 2 Test Population and Migration

Unit 2 Test Population and Migration 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 a 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 choices are correct 2. A homeless person living in a small town would be to be counted in the U.S. Census than a homeless person living in a large city. a. Less likely b. Equally (neither more nor less) likely c. More likely d. Nearly as likely 3. The Earth area of permanent settlement is called the a. Hot zone b. Civilized world c. Geophenom d. Ecumene e. Subpolar region 4. The countries depicted as smaller, or more limited in size, on a 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 5. Physiological density is the number of a. Acres of farmland per the total area of a country b. Farmers per area of farmland c. People per area of flat land d. People per area suitable for agriculture e. Farm animals per area suitable for agriculture 6. Land suited for agriculture is called a. Population density b. Agricultural density c. Physiological land d. Arid land e. Arable land 7. We can calculate that a country would lower its arithmetic density by a. Increasing the amount of agricultural land b. Limiting the number of farmers c. Increasing the areas of its urban centers d. Limiting the size of its population e. Increasing the size of its population

8. A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a a. High physiological density b. Low physiological density c. High agricultural density d. Low agricultural density e. Low arithmetic density 9. 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 is plenty of space to live in d. Too many people for the available resources, particularly in regards to agricultural land e. Too few farmers for the lager area of land suitable for agriculture 10. 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 11. The fertility rate based on the number of live births per 1,000 residents is the a. Infant Birth Rate b. Crude Fertility Rate c. Life expectancy at birth d. Natural Increase Rate e. Crude Birth Rate 12. 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 13. 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. Crude Birth Rate (CBR) b. Life Expectancy Rate (LER) c. Natural Increase Rate (NIR) d. Life Increase Rate (LIR) e. Natural Expectancy Rate (NER) 14. Life expectancy is lowest on average in a. Europe b. East Asia c. North America d. Africa e. Southeast Asia

15. 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 16. 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 17. Country A has a Crude Birth Rate of 60 and a Crude Death Rate of 15, while Country B has a Crude Birth Rate of 27 and a Crude Death Rate 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 18. The shape of a country s population pyramid a. Is determined primarily by its Crude Birth Rate b. Has no correlation to its Crude Death Rate c. Cannot be used to estimate the country s dependency rate d. Cannot be used to estimate the country s sex ratio e. Is determined primarily by the combination of its Crude Birth Rate and its Crude Growth Rate 19. A European country s population pyramid would drastically change a shape if it began to resemble a. The population pyramid of Japan b. The age-sex diagram of the United States c. The population pyramid of Nigeria d. The age-sex diagram of Australia e. The population pyramid of Canada 20. The highest Natural Increase Rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? e. Stage 5 21. The lowest Crude Birth Rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? e. None of these stages

22. The highest Crude Death Rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? e. Stages 2 and 3 23. Leading approaches to reducing birth rates emphasize the long-term benefits of a. Teaching people to become more active consumers b. School programs that ignore contraceptive techniques and teach abstinence only c. Improving men s educational attainment in conjunction with small loans to businesses owned by men in small communities d. Improving local economic conditions in conjunction with improving women s educational attainment e. Informational about sexually transmitted diseases 24. Country X has a Crude Birth Rate of 40 and a Crude Death Rate of 15. In what stage of the demographic transition is this country? e. Stage 5 25. 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 26. Thomas Malthus concluded that a. Population increased arithmetically while food production increased linguistically b. The world s rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies c. So-called moral restraint was producing lower Crude Birth Rates d. Population growth was outpacing available resources in every country, according to algebraic calculations e. Crude Birth Rates must balance Crude Death Rates 27. 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 28. The term refers to the control of diseases. a. Transition b. Medicology c. Pandemiology d. Epidemiology e. Infectionical

29. The most lethal epidemic in recent years has been a. Avian flu b. AIDS c. Malaria d. Cholera e. SARS 30. The ability to move from one location to another, either temporarily or permanently, is a. Migration b. Mobility c. Net Migration d. Voluntary Migration e. Forced Migration 31. A permanent move to a new location is a. Migration b. Mobility c. Net Migration d. Voluntary Migration e. Forced Migration 32. A country has net in-migration if immigration emigration. a. Equals b. Exceeds c. Is closer to net migration than d. Is less than e. Varies more than 33. 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 34. Wilber Zelinsky s model of migration predicted a. Women are more likely to migrate than men b. Long migration distances are more likely than short c. Migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition d. Intraregional migration is more important than interregional migration in terms of political and economic resources e. Migrants move most frequently for economic reasons 35. The migration transition model predicts that international migration reaches a peak at of the demographic transition. e. Stage 5

36. 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 county 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. 37. Several million Irish migrated in the 1840 s primarily because a. The British military forced them to become refugees b. Poor economic conditions, worsened 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 38. Most migrant 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 39. A principle pull factor in California in the 1840 s was a. A gold rush b. A war with Mexico c. A nitrate rush d. A dust bowl e. The Great Plains 40. 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 Europeans 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 1800 s 41. Recent immigrants to the United States a. Are nearly evenly distributed among all states b. Are distributed evenly along the southern U.S. boarder 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

42. The U.S. center of population has moved steadily to the a. East b. North c. South d. West e. Center 43. 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 Expansion 44. 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 45. Counterurbanization is a. Moving from an urban core to suburban areas b. Due to expanding suburbs c. Migration to rural areas and small towns from central cities or suburbs d. The trend of the elderly retiring to communities in southern states such as Arizona or Florida e. The decline of the inner-city infrastructure 46. Which of the following events would be considered a migration pull factor? a. Revolutionary takeover of a government b. Flailed harvest c. Flooding of a river d. Opening of a new factory e. Civil war 47. 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 48. 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

49. 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 50. Judge which of the following is the strongest example of a state government attempting to limit migration a. Requiring police to stop cars that are driven by people who may be immigrants b. Requiring police to ask for citizenship documents after they have arrested someone c. Requiring immigrants to pay higher college tuition d. Allowing politicians to make anti-immigrant statements to the news media e. Allowing thousands of people to march either to support or oppose reforms to immigration legislation FRQ #1 Imagine that a deadly pandemic will afflict the Americas (North America and Latin America) in the distant future, and that it will spread by ingestion (eating) or by contact with the surfaces of infected red meat. Given the large herds of cattle in several countries, as well as current consumption habits, what immediate changes would you predict for food consumption and international trade? If red meat were no longer trusted, what products would replace it? What would the environmental and demographic impacts be in the short term, and the long term? Key: 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. E 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. C The End 11. E 12. A 13. C 14. D 15. A 16. B 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. B 21. D 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. E 28. D 29. B 30. B 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. C 35. B 36. E 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. A 41. E 42. D 43. B 44. E 45. C 46. D 47. A 48. C 49. A 50. A