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Survivorship, or length of life, has increased due to many
factors. Which of the following does not contribute to the increase? |
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Better overall health care |
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Improved medical technology |
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A decrease in longetivity. |
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The United Nations increased effort in medical awareness. |
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The improved help received by the starving. |
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| 2. |
As of 2000, the United States was the third largest in
population. What percent of the world's total population is the
United States? |
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38% |
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b) |
4.5% |
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21.2% |
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d) |
1.5% |
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e) |
17% |
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| 3. |
Pakistan's birth rate is 39, and their death rate is 11. What
is the natural increase of Pakistan? |
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28 |
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50 |
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c) |
5.0 |
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d) |
2.8 |
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e) |
100 |
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| 4. |
4. Which of the following would NOT be considered one of the
world's four largest population concentrations? |
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South Asia |
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Europe |
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Eastern Africa |
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d) |
Eastern North America |
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e) |
East Asia |
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| 5. |
5. China and India are the two largest nations in population
as of 2000. What are their respective percentages of the world's
population? |
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52.2%,21% |
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52.2%,11% |
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c) |
11%,8.8% |
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21%,4.5% |
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21%,17% |
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| 6. |
India has a population that is continuing to increase. The US
is more developed and its population has a slower growth rate. How
would you compare their population pyramids? |
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US is 'straighter', while India is 'pyramid like' |
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b) |
India is 'straighter', while US is 'pyramid like' |
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c) |
US is 'pyramid like' while India is 'pyramid like' |
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d) |
US is 'straighter', while India is 'straighter' |
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All of the above |
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| 7. |
Kenya, a very poor country, can be found in what stage of the
demographic transition model? |
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Early expanding |
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Late expanding |
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High stationary |
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Low stationary |
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None of the above |
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| 8. |
Which of the following best describes the Malthusian Theory |
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a) |
Human population will eventually outgrow its food source and
become extinct |
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Human population would be controlled by the planet's ability to
produce the food to feed it |
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Human population will never run out of food since food is
unlimited |
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The population will be wiped clean with 50 million years |
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e) |
All of the above |
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| 9. |
The total population of an area is the result of the interplay
of two sets of forces. These two forces are what? |
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Immigration and natural increase |
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b) |
Migration and immigration |
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c) |
Migration and natural increase |
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d) |
Immigration and the Malthusian Theory |
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e) |
Malthusian Theory and natural increase |
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| 10. |
As of 2000 the natural increase of the world was 1.4 and a
population of 6.067 billion. What is the expected population in 2025
using the e^((RATE)*(TIME)) population projection? |
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14.2 billion |
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12.2 billion |
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c) |
8.6 billion |
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d) |
200.9 billion |
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e) |
7.0 billion |
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