Question 1

Age-specific death rates can be used to construct what demographers call a ________ table, a statistical model that estimates the number of years persons of a given age can expect to live.

Accepted Answer

life

Question 2

In Thomas Malthus' view, human nature is marked by two basic needs or drives: the need to eat, and what he termed "the passion between the sexes." As a result, he argued an increase in the supply of food can produce only a temporary improvement in the standard of living, because it also produces an increase in population size, which then eats up any increase in food. The growth of population can only be stopped by what he termed ________ checks to the population, e.g. war, famine, and disease.

Accepted Answer

Malthus referred to "positive checks" as factors like war, famine, and disease that increase mortality and thus control population growth.

Question 3

Marriage patterns, breastfeeding practices, contraceptive use, and abortion are four very important and measurable factors explaining variations in fertility across time and among societies. Demographers commonly refer to them as ________ determinants because they act directly on fertility.

Accepted Answer

proximate

Question 4

The ________ hypothesis contends that the difference between the married and unmarried may be a result not of what happens after marriage, but a result of differences in the characteristics of those who marry and stay married versus those who do not.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ________ hypothesis contends that the difference...

Question 5

The crude birth rate in the world today is approximately twenty-four per thousand, while the crude death rate is only nine per thousand. The fifteen persons per thousand difference between these two rates is a measure of how fast the population is growing per year, and is known as the rate of:

Accepted Answer

The rate of natural increase is the difference between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate, indicating how fast the population is growing.

Question 6

Demography is the study of ________; it examines how the size, structure, and rate of growth are affected by rates of fertility, mortality, and migration.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Demography is the study of ________; it...

Question 7

The ________ transition theory suggests that societies pass through a three-stage process of change.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ________ transition theory suggests that societies...

Question 8

Factors such as maternal level of education and income ________ affect the number of children families have.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Factors such as maternal level of education...

Question 9

Despite Canada's large territory, our population is largely urban and quite concentrated, and more than ________ percent of the population live in the Windsor-Quebec City corridor.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Despite Canada's large territory, our population is...

Question 10

The approach that tracks groups of individuals based upon the period or year in which a person was born is known as the ________ approach.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The approach that tracks groups of individuals...

Question 11

Thomas Malthus contended that human society could avoid the punishing effects (disease, famine) to population growth by taking steps to limit the number of births. He advised people to postpone marriage until they could provide for the children that would be born to them. For Malthus, this was an example of a:

Accepted Answer

Malthus referred to measures that limit births, such as postponing marriage, as "preventive checks" to control population growth and avoid the negative consequences of overpopulation.

Question 12

The crude birth rate, age-specific fertility rates, and the total fertility rate are all based on information gathered at one point in time. Such measures are referred to as ________ measures.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The crude birth rate, age-specific fertility rates,...

Question 13

Since the late 1990s, the Canadian fertility rate has hovered around 1.5 children per woman while the fertility rate has increased, and in 2008 stood at 2.1, one of the highest total fertility rates in the Western world.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Since the late 1990s, the Canadian fertility...

Question 14

The lowest levels of life expectancy tend to be found in the less developed societies of sub-Saharan Africa, where life expectancies below age ________ years are not uncommon. This is partially attributable to the AIDS epidemic.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The lowest levels of life expectancy tend...

Question 15

The term ________ refers to the biological potential to bear children.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The term ________ refers to the biological...

Question 16

The ________ rate describes average number of births that a woman will have in her lifetime if she experiences the current age-specific rates of fertility.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ________ rate describes average number of...

Question 17

Which of the following statements regarding demography is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

Demographic trends are influenced by and interact with social, cultural, and economic variables, making them not independent from these factors.

Question 18

The difference between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate is a measure of how fast the population is growing per year, and is known as the rate of ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The difference between the crude birth rate...

Question 19

The ________ rate is calculated by dividing the number of deaths occurring in a population in a given period of time (usually one year) by the total size of the population, and expressed per thousand population.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ________ rate is calculated by dividing...

Question 20

Two simple measures, the ________ and the ________, have been devised by demographers to help us understand the rate of population growth.

Accepted Answer

The crude birth rate and crude death rate are the two basic measures used by demographers to assess the rate of population growth.

Quiz 16: Demography and Urbanization