Deck 2: History and Future of World Population

Question 1

The rate of population growth peaked around

A) 1970
B) 1960
C) 1990
D) 2000

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What was the approximate size of the global population in the Roman Period, 1 CE?

A) 1 billion
B) 2 billion
C) 500,000
D) 200,000,000

Answer 2

D

Question 3

With a 1.1% growth rate, about how many people are added to the world's population annually?

A) 78 million
B) 58 million
C) 28 million
D) 278 million

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The United States

A) Has achieved zero population growth.
B) Is the fifth most populous nation in the world.
C) Has 14% of the world's population.
D) Subsidizes highways more than public transportation.

Question 5

What the primary factor that explains the explosion in human population since 1750?

A) Women were more fecund after the Industrial Revolution.
B) Death rates declined dramatically.
C) Couples were marrying earlier and starting families at earlier ages.
D) The introduction of modern medicine.

Question 6

Approximately when did Europe reach its agricultural carrying capacity?

A) 1500
B) 1200
C) 1700
D) 1950

Question 7

Which of the following was not a major factor in postponing deaths in human populations during the 19^th century?

A) Antibiotics
B) Clean water
C) Small pox vaccinations
D) Improved nutrition

Question 8

In 1900, the world's population was

A) Six billion
B) Two billion
C) Less than one billion
D) Less than two billion

Question 9

In 1975, the world's population was approximately

A) Six billion
B) Three billion
C) Four billion
D) Five billion

Question 10

Which of the following was not discussed in Chapter 2 as a solution to the "silver tsunami?'

A) Trying to increase the birth rate
B) Trying to increase the death rate
C) Trying to increase labor force participation among the elderly.
D) Trying to increase immigration

Question 11

Which country is projected to be the most important source of population increase between now and 2050?

A) Brazil
B) China
C) Mexico
D) India

Question 12

The United Nations Population Division projects that world population will reach 8 billion by

A) 2050
B) 2085
C) 2015
D) 2025

Question 13

Migration streams generally flow from poorer to richer economies.

Question 14

For most of human history the population was growing very slowly.

Question 15

In 1500, sub-Saharan Africa had about as many people as did Europe.

Question 16

In 2010, were there were 16 countries that had fewer people than in 2000. All 16 of these were in Eastern Europe.

Question 17

From 1750 to 1950, the rich countries are where populations grew most quickly.

Question 18

About 65 percent of the current global population lives in rural areas.

Question 19

The twenty most populous countries in the world account for nearly three-fourths of the world's population, but less than 40 percent of the world's land surface.

Question 20

About a quarter of the Japanese population is 65 years of age and older.

Question 21

Recent surveys indicate that immigration is strongly supported by most Europeans.

Question 22

Countries with the lowest fertility rates are those in which the most accommodations have been made to permit women to simultaneously have jobs and families.

Question 23

Because of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Africa's population is expected to decline during the twenty-first century

Question 24

Today, the populations of poorer countries are growing faster than those of richer countries.

Question 25

China is expected to halt its population growth in the near future.

Question 26

Over time, what kinds of social and religious practices have human beings created in order to maintain the species?

Question 27

If the U.S. reaches 400 million by 2050, that growth will "have been fueled almost entirely by immigrants and their children." What ramifications would this have for the country? How does this example illustrate issues in international migration?

Question 28

Why was population growth so slow for much of human history?

Question 29

When did the European migration expansion begin and end? What were the factors that led to its inception and cessation?