Deck 1: Population and Reproductive Health

Question 1

The Earth first had 1 billion human inhabitants in approximately

A) 1930.
B) 1800.
C) 1870.
D) 1730.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In 1900, the world's population was

A) Six billion
B) Two billion
C) Less than 1 billion
D) Less than 2 billion

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What was the size of the human population in 1960?

A) 2 billion
B) 3 billion
C) 4 billion
D) 5 billion

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In any geographic location, human population size is determined by three demographic factors. Which of these is not one of the three primary demographic factors?

A) Morbidity
B) Migration
C) Mortality
D) Fertility

Question 5

For every one person in the developed world, there are approximately how many people in the developing world?

A) .5
B) 2
C) 4.5
D) 6

Question 6

Population momentum

A) Refers to the tendency of a population to continue to grow after replacement level fertility has been achieved.
B) Refers to the second stage in the Demographic Transition.
C) Refers to the migration of citizens of developing countries to developed countries where they will add more people to the work force.
D) Refers to the situation where the population growth rate is 2% per year or higher.

Question 7

The proximate determinants of fertility do not include

A) The proportion of women who cannot conceive a pregnancy.
B) The level of abortion.
C) The number of women using contraception.
D) The number of women working full-time.

Question 8

The TFR is highest in which of the following?

A) Africa
B) Asia
C) Latin America
D) Oceania

Question 9

An estimated ______ million sexually active women, who report they would like to avoid or postpone another pregnancy, lack access to modern contraceptive methods.

A) 25
B) 222
C) 52
D) 152

Question 10

From 1360 to 1700, at least __________ persons were executed in Europe for being witches.

A) 20,000
B) 100,000
C) 500,000
D) 1,000,000

Question 11

Half of the world's forest loss is occurring here:

A) Southeast Asia
B) The states of the former Soviet Union
C) Sub Saharan Africa
D) Latin America

Question 12

Which country now emits the most carbon dioxide?

A) China
B) United States
C) India
D) Germany

Question 13

Under the Administration of George W. Bush, the Mexico City policy for U.S. population assistance

A) Was not in effect.
B) Allowed foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who receive these funds to provide post-abortion care.
C) Allowed foreign non-governmental organizations who receive these funds to refer for abortions in countries where abortion is legal (e.g., some Eastern European countries).
D) Allowed foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who receive these funds to purchase manual vacuum aspirators for post abortion care.

Question 14

Which of the following did not equate induced abortion with homicide?

A) Pope Innocent IV
B) Pope Pius IX
C) Pope Gregory XIV
D) Both a and c.
E) None of the above.

Question 15

The so-called "population explosion" occurred

A) About the time of Christ
B) After World War I
C) After World War II
D) After the American Civil War

Question 16

Africans and Asians currently comprise 75 percent of the world's population

Question 17

Thomas Malthus was important during his lifetime, but his ideas have been largely forgotten.

Question 18

The Catholic Church has always considered abortion the moral equivalent of murder.

Question 19

More than a third of pregnancies worldwide are not intended.

Question 20

Throughout the world, low income women have higher fertility than their wealthier counterparts.

Question 21

President Barack Obama is likely to reinstate the Mexico City policy during his second term.

Question 22

Over the next 25 years, continued and sustained population growth can be expected in every developing region.

Question 23

President George W. Bush de-funded UNFPA during his Presidency.

Question 24

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the birth control pill in 1980.

Question 25

The 1873 Comstock law initiated federal funding for contraceptive development.

Question 26

Thomas Malthus was a great proponent of the use of contraception to control the poor population in England.

Question 27

Europe and Japan, which are expected to have fewer people in 2050 than they do now.

Question 28

Most of the Earth's inhabitants knew when world population reached 7 billion.

Question 29

The demographic gap between rich and poor nations is widening.