Deck 3: Population Geography

Question 1

For refugees,________ are the most influential set of forces behind the migration experience.

A) push factors
B) pull factors

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Since 1851,Canada has conducted a census every

A) 10 years.
B) 5 years.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following world regions has the lower crude death rate?

A) Latin America and the Caribbean
B) Europe

Answer 3

A

Question 4

For a given population,infant mortality rate is a more accurate indicator of which of the following?

A) access to health care
B) medical advancements

Question 5

Which of the following has no - or at least very little - impact on the doubling time?

A) size of the population
B) education levels of the population

Question 6

In 1980,the median age of the world's population was 23.By 2013,it had risen to 30,and by 2050 it is expected to increase to ________.

A) 38
B) 22

Question 7

In 1956,Canada introduced a shorter mid-decade census,which was added to keep up with the quickly changing ________ characteristics.

A) population
B) health

Question 8

As the Canadian population ages and its physical abilities change,our economy,society,and physical infrastructure will have to ________.

A) adjust
B) remain static

Question 9

When discussing why people have migrated from Norway,one is more precisely speaking of

A) emigration.
B) immigration.

Question 10

Nutritional density refers to the ratio of

A) total population to land being farmed.
B) unhealthy people to total population.

Question 11

By 2030,the entire baby boomer cohort will be between the ages of ________ and ________,the phase of life when health care costs are highest.

A) 64, 84
B) 55, 75

Question 12

The most widely known instrument for assessing the state of the population is the census,a survey originally developed to obtain information for ________.

A) health care
B) tax collection

Question 13

Geographers are more likely than other scientists to study

A) the biological basis of human longevity.
B) the spatial patterns of human populations.

Question 14

Canada is a nation made up entirely of successive waves of ________ immigrants,who have added their own contributions to the development of the country,progressively inhabited its spaces,and constructed their own places.

A) involuntary
B) voluntary

Question 15

________ are forced migrants.

A) IDPs
B) OCWs

Question 16

The demographic transition model was based on the experience of

A) core countries.
B) peripheral countries.

Question 17

World population was 2.5 billion in 1950.By 2050,world population is expected to reach about 10 billion; by 2150,it is projected to be about

A) 11.5 billion.
B) 15 billion.

Question 18

In Canada,the Hong Kong Chinese have established substantial investments and residences in ________ and ________ while maintaining their citizenship status in Hong Kong.

A) Toronto, Vancouver
B) Ottawa, Vancouver

Question 19

The baby bust refers to the cohort(s)immediately ________ the baby boomers.

A) before
B) after

Question 20

The better example of voluntary migrants are

A) overseas contract workers.
B) internally displaced persons.

Question 21

A measure of the economic impact of the young and old on the more economically active and productive members of a population is known as the

A) dependency ratio.
B) expectancy ratio.
C) youth-elderly cohort.
D) infant mortality rate.
E) crude death rate.

Question 22

As the widest cohorts of an age-sex pyramid move up the age groups,the average of the entire population is getting

A) older.
B) younger.

Question 23

Over 70 percent of Canada's total population is concentrated in urban areas situated within 150 kilometres of the U.S.border,mainly in the three provinces of

A) British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia.
B) Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario.
C) British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec.
D) Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec.
E) Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick.

Question 24

The most widely used tool to assess the size,distribution and characteristics of a population is

A) censuses.
B) geodemographic analyses.
C) geographic information systems.
D) demographic transitions.
E) keeping vital records.

Question 25

Demography is the study of population

A) characteristics.
B) politics.
C) attitudes.
D) pressures.
E) distribution.

Question 26

When the sizable baby boom cohort became parents themselves in the 1980s,they created the baby boom echo,also called the ________ because it was not nearly as pronounced as the original boom.

A) "boomlet"
B) "bloomers"

Question 27

The average number of children the women of a population will have in their childbearing years is known as the

A) total fertility rate.
B) crude birth rate.

Question 28

Over 90% of Egypt's population lives on less than 10% of the land.They are clustered along the Nile River and the

A) Mediterranean Sea coast.
B) Red Sea coast.

Question 29

Age-sex pyramids are graphical representations of

A) the structure of population at a moment in time.
B) the distribution of a population over space.
C) birth rates and death rates of a country.
D) the rankings of countries around the world.
E) a hierarchy of core-periphery relationships.

Question 30

If an age-sex pyramid is asymmetrical,lopsided from one side to the other,it means that

A) males experienced events differently than females of the same cohorts.
B) generation gaps are evident.
C) the rate of natural increase is declining.
D) the population is in the middle of the demographic transition.
E) the demographer needs to redo the pyramid - they should always be symmetrical.

Question 31

A population density map of the world shows that the distribution of people is most obviously affected by

A) environmental factors such as natural resources, climate, water availability, topography.
B) political and economic factors such as development, types of government, trade history.
C) cultural factors such as language, cuisine and religion.
D) preferences for places with tropical landscapes.
E) disease outbreaks.

Question 32

Of the following,which of the following generally has the highest population density?

A) core countries
B) peripheral countries
C) urban areas
D) rural areas
E) areas with high birth rates.

Question 33

The twentieth century's great growth in world population is due to a phenomenal

A) global baby boom.
B) rise in birth rates.
C) decline in death rates.
D) increase in migration rates.
E) crude birth rate.

Question 34

_________ communities record some of the lowest average life expectancies in Canada.

A) Prison
B) Aboriginal
C) Chinese
D) Drug-addicted
E) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)

Question 35

In 2000,39 countries in the periphery had rates of natural increase of 3.0 or more.This means that their populations are projected to double in about ________ or less.

A) 24 years
B) 90 years

Question 36

For countries of similar area and population,the one with the greatest amount of ________ is most likely to have the highest nutritional density.

A) forest land
B) farmland
C) desert lands
D) lakes, rivers and swamps
E) mountains

Question 37

For which of the following populations is total population change equal to the rate of natural increase?

A) Los Angeles
B) Egypt
C) North America
D) world
E) Europe

Question 38

Globally,the most significant factor in the creation of forced refugee migrants is

A) war.
B) natural disasters.

Question 39

Most demographers believe that the availability of ________ is critically important to the birth rate of a country or region.

A) wealthy men
B) birth-control methods
C) health subsidies
D) doctors
E) politicians

Question 40

The number of people per unit of area (such as people per square kilometer)is a measure of

A) nutritional density.
B) agricultural density.
C) health density.
D) crude density.
E) natural density.

Question 41

The combination of the CBR and the CDR is (the)

A) rate of natural increase.
B) infant mortality rate.
C) dependency ratio.
D) life expectancy.
E) net migration.

Question 42

Crude death rates refer to the annual ratio of

A) deaths to every 1000 live births.
B) deaths to every 1000 people.
C) accidental deaths to deaths from natural causes
D) deaths from preventable diseases to deaths from natural causes.
E) deaths to births.

Question 43

Whether or not a given population grows is a function of

A) birth rates.
B) death rates.
C) immigration.
D) emigration.
E) all of the above

Question 44

People who share Thomas Malthus' perspectives on population growth are known as

A) Proto-Malthusians.
B) Neo-Malthusians.
C) Neoliberals.
D) Thomasians.
E) Malcontent Malthusians.

Question 45

A European that moves to Canada ________ from Europe and ________ to Canada.

A) immigrates/immigrates
B) immigrates/emigrates
C) emigrates/immigrates
D) emigrates/emigrates
E) migrates/immigrates

Question 46

As the Baby Boom ages and the elderly cohorts get larger,the dependency ratio in Canada will

A) drop.
B) rise.
C) disappear.
D) stay the same.
E) fluctuate more and more.

Question 47

If 1500 people migrate to Winnipeg,Manitoba,and 1000 people move out,gross migration is

A) 2500.
B) 1500.
C) 1000.
D) 500.
E) negative 500.

Question 48

To a demographer,a group of people that begin something at the same time is known as

A) a cohort.
B) a team.
C) a dependency ratio.
D) a transnational migrant.
E) a baby boom.

Question 49

Moderate Neo-Malthusians believe that solutions to the global population issue are best found in

A) reducing the size of the periphery's population.
B) technological innovations.
C) neoliberalism and the ability of market forces to regulate population growth.
D) the redistribution of wealth and resources.
E) letting diseases thin out human populations.

Question 50

Writing on the eve of the Industrial Revolution,Thomas Malthus argued that population growth

A) would exceed the ability of people to feed themselves.
B) was insufficient to meet the needs of industry.
C) presented numerous opportunities for technological innovation.
D) was so low, and food so abundant, that people would become increasingly obese.
E) and procreation were fundamental rights of human beings.

Question 51

________ temporarily migrate to take jobs in other countries and send money (remittance payments)to their home communities.

A) Guest workers
B) Refugees
C) Voluntary migrants
D) International forced migrants
E) Transmigrants

Question 52

Which of the following best explains a population pyramid (age-sex pyramid)that looks like an umbrella,with very narrow cohorts at the bottom that widen broadly near the top?

A) The population pyramid is upside down.
B) The population is a retirement village.
C) The population is a college town.
D) Migrants are dominant in the community.
E) The population has an open-door migration policy.

Question 53

Canada has long had a migrant labour program,albeit a small and relatively unpublicized one.The program is known as the ________.

A) Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program
B) Workers in Season Program
C) Seasonal Agricultural Program
D) Working Through Seasons Program
E) Seasoned Workers Program

Question 54

The rate of natural increase is a useful indicator for examining

A) levels of economic development and growth.
B) population growth.
C) impacts of migration.
D) access to nutrition and health.
E) nutritional density.

Question 55

The demographic transition is a model of population change used to explain high population growth rates.According to the theory,

A) birth rates decline, eventually followed by a decline in death rates.
B) death rates decline, eventually followed by a decline in birth rates.
C) birth rates and death rates decline simultaneously.
D) birth rates rise, eventually followed by a rise in death rates.
E) death rates rise, eventually followed by a rise in birth rates.

Question 56

If 1500 people migrate to Winnipeg,Manitoba,and 1000 people move out,net migration is

A) 2500.
B) 1500.
C) 1000.
D) 500.
E) negative 500.

Question 57

In sub-Saharan African countries hit hard by HIV/AIDS,________ have dropped most sharply.

A) crude death rates
B) crude birth rates
C) life expectancies
D) migration rates
E) dependency ratios

Question 58

Hong Kong Chinese that maintain residences and businesses in Hong Kong and Vancouver,and Turks that work in Germany while maintaining close connections and property in Turkey,are specifically known as

A) voluntary migrants.
B) voluntary emigrants.
C) international emigrants.
D) transnational migrants.
E) guest workers.

Question 59

Of the following,a typical example of a push factor of migration would be

A) abundant job opportunities.
B) beautiful weather.
C) political conflict.
D) close family ties.
E) good schools.

Question 60

A population in which the total fertility rate is 2 means that

A) birth rates and death rates are roughly balanced.
B) the population is increasing.
C) the population will double in about 40 years.
D) the population will decline by half in 40 years.
E) the population is decreasing.

Question 61

Since 1851,a full census of the entire Canadian population has occurred every

A) year.
B) two years.
C) five years.
D) ten years.
E) twenty years.

Question 62

In Canada,First Nations reserves and the overwhelmingly Inuit population in Nunavut suffer infant mortality rates that are ________ than the national average of 4.9%.

A) two to three times lower
B) six to eight times higher
C) two to three times higher
D) four to five times lower
E) four to five times higher

Question 63

When crude birth rates are higher than crude death rates,the difference between them is known as the

A) infant mortality rate.
B) infant natality rate
C) total fertility rate.
D) natural decrease.
E) natural increase.

Question 64

The world region with the greatest number of internally displaced persons (IDPs)in 2011 was

A) North America.
B) Latin America.
C) Africa.
D) the Middle East.
E) Asia.

Question 65

In the 1950s,the outlook for the parents of baby boomers was generally positive because they

A) received educational support from the government, if they were veterans.
B) received housing support from the government, if they were veterans.
C) faced an expanding labor market.
D) were generally able to attain a better standard of living than their parents.
E) all of the above.

Question 66

The youth cohort

A) is not fully active in the labour force.
B) is between the ages of 16 and 30.
C) has little effect on the dependency ratio.
D) refers to the Net Generation.
E) is more likely to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT).

Question 67

In an age-sex pyramid for Canada (2001),the biggest cohorts in males and females is due to

A) the sexual revolution of the 1960s/70s.
B) large families between the two World Wars.
C) the baby boom.
D) the baby boom echo.
E) the baby boom bust.

Question 68

In general,a geographer would least expect to find population clusters

A) in areas with fertile soils.
B) in mountainous interiors.
C) along navigable rivers.
D) around seaports.
E) along international borders.

Question 69

Baby boomers

A) have less education than the previous generation.
B) get married younger than any previous generation.
C) are more likely to get divorced than any previous generation.
D) have a lower standard of living than any previous generation.
E) have extremely poor health and well-being habits.

Question 70

Businesses and marketers use Geographic Information Systems to

A) match demographic data with specific locations.
B) coordinate the shipment of goods around the world.
C) calculate exchange rates of currencies around the world.
D) forecast national population growth rates.
E) determine tax exemptions.

Question 71

Which continent has the greatest number of inhabitants?

A) North America
B) South America
C) Europe
D) Africa
E) Asia

Question 72

The 15-25 year period of low total fertility rates after the Canadian baby boom is known as the baby

A) bomb.
B) boom echo.
C) boomlet.
D) bust.
E) bear.

Question 73

Generally,internally displaced persons (IDPs)suffer more than international refugees because

A) their own governments are unable or unwilling to help.
B) foreign governments don't care.
C) foreign governments don't know about the IDPs.
D) their own governments do not have the military might to protect the IDPs.
E) the world community treats refugees so well.

Question 74

The crude death rate

A) is the sum total of infant mortality rate, youth mortality rate and the elderly mortality rate.
B) typically declines as overall levels of economic development go up.
C) is typically higher in core countries than in periphery countries.
D) is not considered a useful measure by most population geographers.
E) is the number of deaths in one year for every ten thousand people in the population.

Question 75

Most international population policies of the last three decades have emphasized

A) reduced birth rates.
B) economic development.
C) increased opportunities for women.
D) increased health care for children.
E) increase death rates.

Question 76

From an age-sex pyramid for Canada (2001),it is clear that the largest age group is ________ years old.

A) 0-15
B) 15-35
C) 35-55
D) 55-75
E) 40-44

Question 77

The value and power of geographic information systems come with linking demographic data to particular

A) populations.
B) cohorts.
C) locations.
D) censuses.
E) policies.

Question 78

Which of the following types of data is useful in Geographic Information Systems?

A) income level
B) age
C) size of household
D) maps
E) all of the above

Question 79

The diffusion of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa has been most prominent

A) among children and the elderly.
B) in jungles and other similarly remote areas.
C) in urban centers.
D) along transportation routes.
E) among homosexuals and drug users.

Question 80

The Canadian baby boom refers to people who were born between the years of

A) 1928 and 1945.
B) 1946 and 1966.
C) 1965 and 1990.
D) 1990 and the present.
E) 1945 and 1955.