Pretest 2

Question 1

The earth area of permanent human settlement is called the

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Ecumene

Question 2

Relatively few people live at _____, but there are significant exceptions, especially in Latin America

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High elevations

Question 3

Physiological density is the number of

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People per area suitable for agriculture

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Land suited for agriculture is called

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Arable land

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We can calculate that a country would raise, or increase, it’s physiological density by

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Increasing the size of its population

Question 6

We can calculate that a country would raise, or increase, it’s agricultural density if it

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Decreased the amount of agricultural land

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We can calculate that a country would lower its arithmetic density by

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Limiting the size of its population

Question 8

The average number of births women bear in their lifetime is

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Total fertility rate (TFR)

Question 9

The fertility rate based on the number of live births per 1,000 residents is the

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Cruder birth rate (CBR)

Question 10

The worlds annual _____ is currently approximately 1.2 percent, at which rate the worlds population is projected to double in about 54 years

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Natural increase rate (NIR)

Question 11

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

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Infant mortality rate

Question 12

The shape of a country’s population pyramid

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Is determined primarily by its crude birth rate

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The population pyramid of a city in southern Florida, Arizona or even northern Japan may appear _____ because the city’s population is dominated by elderly people

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“Upside down”

Question 14

The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition

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Stage 2

Question 15

The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition

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Stage 4

Question 16

The highest crude death rates are found in counties in which stage of the demographic transition

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Stage 1

Question 17

Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition

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Stage 2

Question 18

A crude birth rate of approximately 10 per 1,000 is typical of a country in which stage of the demographic transition

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Stage 4

Question 19

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

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Stage 2

Question 20

Thomas Malthus concluded that

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The worlds rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies

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The comparing Malthus’s theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past half-century, the principal difference is that

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Actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted

Question 22

The two most populous countries in the world are

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China and India

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The term _____ refers to the control of diseases

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Epidemiology

Question 24

The stages of epidemiology transition are based on

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Causes of death at varying stages of the demographic transition

Question 25

The ability to move from one location to another, either temporarily or permanently, is

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Mobility

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A permanent move to a new location is

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Migration

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A country has net in-migration if immigration ______ emigration

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Is equal to

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Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor

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Cultural

Question 29

Wilbur zelinskys model of migration predicted

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Migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition

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The migration transition model predicts that international migration reaches a peak at ______ of the demographic transition

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Stage 2

Question 31

Most of the migrants in a country once moved from its esteem provinces to its western provinces, but after economic conditions changed, more people began migrating from rural to urban areas. This can be judged to be an example of a migration ______

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Transition

Question 32

A boy migrated from Honduras through Guatemala to Mexico, then entered the United States without having immigration documents, because meme bees of his ethnic grup were being targeted for torture of assassination in his home country. Although the US government does not grant the boy refugee status, his case is an example of international and _____ migration

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Forced

Question 33

If your ancestors migrated to the United States during the 1840s and 1850s, barring any other evidence, you might strongly suspected that the originated in

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Ireland or Germany

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The largest numbers of Europeans migrated to the United States primarily because of

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Decreased economic opportunities at the same time that European countries experienced rapid population growth

Question 35

Geographers might characterize as overpopulated a country where

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The population numbers less than one million, but there is a concern that the country’s natural resources are adequate for only half that number.

Question 36

Which statement most accurately describes the motivations of the historic European and current Latin American immigrants to the United States

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Both were and are motivated primarily by economic factors

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The US center of population has moved steadily to the

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West

Question 38

Which of the following current migration flows is the least significant in terms of total numbers of people

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From Africa to Europe

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Which is a current intraregional migration trend in the United States

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Urban to suburban

Question 40

The most prominent type of intraregional migration in the world is

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Rural to urban

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Counter urbanization is

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Migration to rural areas and small towns from central cities or suburbs

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Which of the following events would be considered a migration pull factor

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Opening a new factory

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Judge which of the following is an historical example of a culture push factor

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Many of the first europeans to settle in Australia migrated as prisoners after being sentenced to transportation in the United Kingdom and Ireland

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Most European guest workers come from which parts of Europe

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South and east

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Guest workers in Europe and the Middle East experience some discrimination and harsher work conditions then citizens in their host countries, so it we might judge that they live as

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Low-status foreigners

Question 46

A young man in Vietnam wishes to migrate to another country to help support his family. Judging by current trends, he would most likely migrate to

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China

Question 47

You might propose a(n) ________ program for your country if you wanted to hire a large number of manual labor is for neighboring countries to build a larger Dam or canal with the understanding that they would not be granted any other privileges or legal status in your country after the project is finished

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Guest worker

Question 48

Which of the following people would you deduce is most likely to engage in rural to urban migration in the near future

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The unmarried daughter of a large family In China whose main source of income is herding animals

Question 49

Brian drain is

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The large- scale emigration of talented people

Question 50

A physical features such as a body of water might actually aid transportation and migration because ocean travel maybe easier than overland travel however if that physical feature hinders migration it is an example of

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An intervening obstacle