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Practice Quiz Chapter 02
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_________ is the most populous region in the world.
a) East Asia
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b) South-Central Asia
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c) Europe
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d) Africa
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e) South America
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Fertility is related to _________.
a) biological factors
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b) pro-natal policies
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c) cultural factors
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d) variations in mortality
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e) both A and C
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_________ refers to the maximum population that can be supported by a given set of resources and a given level of technology.
a) Population pyramid
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b) Replacement-level fertility
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c) Population momentum
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d) Carrying capacity
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e) Place utility
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The main causes of global population aging are _________.
a) declining fertility and mortality rates
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b) declining life expectancy and fertility rates
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c) increasing mortality rates
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d) AIDS pandemics
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e) all of the above
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Medical geography is closely aligned with the study of disease, whereas health geography is aligned with _________.
a) physical well-being
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b) mental well-being
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c) social well-being
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d) health
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e) all of the above
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_________ migration involves large numbers of people.
a) Primitive
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b) Forced
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c) Mass
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d) Illegal
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e) Free
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A key concern in a society with an aging population is _________.
a) the requirement for adjustments to health care for different patterns of disease and disability
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b) increased stress on social benefits
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c) the lack of a young labour force to support a growing elderly population
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d) both A and C
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e) all of the above
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_________ is the level of fertility at which a population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next.
a) Fecundity
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b) The AIDS pandemic
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c) Total fertility rate
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d) Replacement-level fertility
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e) Pro-natalist
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A sex ratio is _________.
a) the fertility rate compared to the mortality rate
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b) the number of males per 100 females in a population
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c) the number of children in a given population selling sex as a means to support themselves
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d) the number of females per 100 males in a population
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e) the mortality rate for females compared to males in a population
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The infant mortality rate measures _________.
a) the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births in a given year
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b) the number of births in a country in a given year
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c) the total number of deaths in infants under one year old in the world in a given year
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d) the total number of births in the world in a given year
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e) the mortality rate for infant females compared to infant males in a population
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