Deck 12: World Population Change Over Time

Question 1

Explain what is meant by the Rule of 69.3. Why, when and how is it used? In your answer be sure and use the three concepts of "doubling time," "halving time," and the "natural log of 2."

Answer 1

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Question 2

What is a population projection? How do demographers make a population projection?

Answer 2

Not Answer

Question 3

Demographers define a population projection as:

A) The number of people who will comprise the population of an area at some future point in time according to mathematical equations based on current data.
B) The number of people who will comprise the population of an area at some future point in time according to the assumptions about the next stage of the 1^st demographic transition.
C) The number of people who will comprise the population of an area at some future point in time according to a set of assumptions about the demographic processes of fertility, mortality and migration.
D) The number of people who will comprise the population of an area at some future point in time according to the assumptions of the Malthusian checks.
E) The number of people who will comprise the population of an area at some future point in time according to the assumptions made by demographers and meteorologists.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In which stage of the 1^st Demographic Transition right now are most of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa?

A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
E) Fifth

Question 5

The second stage of the 1^st Demographic Transition is called _______

A) The transitional stage *
B) The incipient decline stage
C) The post-modern stage
D) The industrial stage
E) The pre-transitional stage

Question 6

Describe the 1^st Demographic Transition. How does it work? What are its different stages? How do the demographic processes behave in each of its four stages?

Question 7

In which stage of the 1^st Demographic Transition does mortality first begin to decline?

A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
E) Fifth

Question 8

The world's population grew from around 650 million people in _____ to around 1 billion people in______.

A) 1300 … 2000
B) 1650 … 1850
C) 1550 … 1950
D) 1700 … 1900
E) 1850 … 2010

Question 9

The fourth stage of the 1^st Demographic Transition is called ________

A) The transitional stage
B) The incipient decline stage
C) The post-modern stage
D) The industrial stage
E) The pre-transitional stage

Question 10

By about 8,000 BC the size of the population of the world was about _______ people.

A) 2 million
B) 3 million
C) 4 million
D) 6 million
E) 8 million

Question 11

In which stage of the 1^st Demographic Transition does fertility first begin to decline?

A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
E) Fifth

Question 12

What do demographers mean when they use the concept of "halving time" in their discussions of changes over time in the size of a population??

A) The number of years it would take for a population to double its size if its current birth rates and death rates are maintained.
B) The number of years it would take for a population to half its size if its current birth rates and death rates are maintained.
C) The number of months it would take for a population to double its size if its current birth rates and death rates are maintained.
D) The number of months it would take for a population to half its size if its current birth rates and death rates are maintained.
E) The number of years it would take for a population to become two times larger if its birth rates and death rates and immigration rates are maintained.

Question 13

According to our Population and Society textbook, how many stages are there in the 1st Demographic Transition?

A) 2
B) 4
C) 5
D) 3
E) 6

Question 14

What is the equation for doubling time? What does doubling time mean? How is doubling time different from halving time?

Question 15

What do demographers mean when they use the concept of "doubling time" in their discussions of changes over time in the size of a population?

A) The number of years it would take for a population to double its size if its current birth rates and death rates are maintained. *
B) The number of years it would take for a population to half its size if its current birth rates and death rates are maintained.
C) The number of months it would take for a population to double its size if its current birth rates and death rates are maintained.
D) The number of months it would take for a population to half its size if its current birth rates and death rates are maintained.
E) The number of years it would take for a population to become two times larger if its birth rates and death rates and immigration rates are maintained.

Question 16

The first stage of the 1^st Demographic Transition is called _______

A) The transitional stage
B) The incipient decline stage
C) The post-modern stage
D) The industrial stage
E) The pre-transitional stage