Human Geography, Practice Quiz: Chapter 05

. Crude birth rate (CBR) is _______.

a) a predictive measure of the number of children a woman will have by a certain age

b) a factual measure of the number of children per 1,000 members of a population born

c) the number of children that women between the ages of 15 and 45 will give birth to within a specific country

d) the number of children that women between the ages of 18 and 85 will give birth to within a specific country

e) Both A and C

. Fertility is related to _______.

a) biological factors

b) pro-natal policies

c) cultural factors

d) variations in mortality

e) Both A and C

. ________ refers to the maximum population that can be supported by a given set of resources and a given level of technology.

a) Population pyramid

b) Replacement-level fertility

c) Population momentum

d) Carrying capacity

e) Place utility

. The main causes of global population aging are ________.

a) declining fertility and mortality rates

b) declining life expectancy and fertility rates

c) increasing mortality rates

d) AIDS pandemics

e) All of the above

. Throughout history, large increases in population have been due to _______.

a) decreases in agricultural production

b) technological advancements

c) a shift in age and sex structure

d) world wars

e) Both A and C

. Assuming a constant rate of natural increase (RNI) of 3.5 per cent, a population's doubling time is _______.

a) 58 years

b) 35 years

c) 20 years

d) 13 years

e) 5 years

. A key concern in a society with an aging population is _______.

a) the requirement of increased healthcare for a new spectrum of illness

b) the AIDS pandemic

c) the lack of a young labour force to support social benefits and pension plans

d) Both A and C

e) Both B and C

. ________ is the level of fertility at which a couple has only enough children to replace themselves.

a) Fecundity

b) the AIDS pandemic

c) Total fertility rate

d) Replacement-level fertility

e) Pro-natalist

. A sex ratio is _______.

a) the fertility rate compared to the mortality rate

b) the number of males per 100 females in a population

c) the number of children in a given population selling sex as a means to support themselves

d) the number of females per 100 males in a population

e) All of the above

. The infant mortality rate measures ________.

a) the number of deaths of infants under 1 year old per 1,000 live births in a given year

b) the number of births in a given year

c) the total number of deaths of infants under 1 year old in the world in a given year

d) the total number of births in the world in a given year

e) All of the above

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