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Question 1 of 20

1. Question
Which of the following measures an area’s ability to support life?
- Agrarian rate
- Carrying capacity
- Dependency ratio
- Fertility rate
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Question 2 of 20

2. Question
When one divides a country’s population by its area, one arrives at the country’s
- Agricultural density
- Arithmetic density
- Physiological density
- Population density
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3. Question
When one divides a country’s population by its arable land, one arrives at the country’s
- Agricultural density
- Arithmetic density
- Physiological density
- Population density
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Question 4 of 20

4. Question
When one divides the total number of people engaged in farming in country by that county’s area, one arrives at the country’s
- Agricultural density
- Arithmetic density
- Physiological density
- Population density
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Question 5 of 20

5. Question
Which of the following climates has historically been the best for supporting human life?
- Arid
- Semi-arid
- Temperate
- Tropical
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Question 6 of 20

6. Question
Ancient river valley civilizations, such as those on the Tigris and Euphrates or the Nile, originally depended on rivers for
- Floods
- Irrigation
- Protection from nomads
- Trade
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Question 7 of 20

7. Question
A country’s crude birth rate is
- The number of live births in one year divided by 100
- The number of live births in one year divided by 1,000
- The average number of live births across ten years divided by 100
- The average number of live births across ten years divided by 1,000
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Question 8 of 20

8. Question
In order to maintain the current population, a country needs a total fertility rate of
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.5
- 3.0
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Question 9 of 20

9. Question
The number of infants who die before reaching age 1 is used to calculate a country’s
- Crude death rate
- Infant mortality rate
- Life expectancy
- Terminal population rate
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Question 10 of 20

10. Question
The natural increase rate is
- A synonym for crude birth rate
- A synonym for total fertility rate
- Crude birth rate minus crude death rate
- Crude birth rate minus crude death rate minus net migration
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Question 11 of 20

11. Question
A country with a high standard of living will also have a high
- Crude birth rate
- Infant mortality rate
- Percentage of people in farming
- Rate of female employment
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Question 12 of 20

12. Question
Which of the following would account for a low ratio of men to women?
- Gender discrimination
- Plague
- Starvation
- War
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Question 13 of 20

13. Question
According to Thomas Malthus, population increases ____________, food increases _______________, and a food _______________ will result.
- Arithmetically, exponentially, shortage
- Exponentially, arithmetically, shortage
- Arithmetically, exponentially, surplus
- Exponentially, arithmetically, surplus
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Question 14 of 20

14. Question
Malthus did not anticipate
- An increase in the food supply
- Later stages of the demographic transition
- A voluntary decrease in the birth rate
- Any of these
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Question 15 of 20

15. Question
Which of the following stages of the demographic transition has both a high crude birth rate and a high crude death rate?
- Stage 1
- Stage 2
- Stage 3
- Stage 4
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Question 16 of 20

16. Question
Which of the following stages of the demographic transition has zero population growth?
- Stage 1
- Stage 2
- Stage 3
- Stage 4
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Question 17 of 20

17. Question
Which of the following stages of the demographic transition would have problems with eldercare?
- Stage 2
- Stage 3
- Stage 4
- Stage 5
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Question 18 of 20

18. Question
A country at stage 2 of the demographic transition
- Has a relatively young age structure
- Has a relatively middle-aged age structure
- Has a relatively old age structure
- Has a relatively high level of technology
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Question 19 of 20

19. Question
The United States spent most of the twentieth century in which stage of the demographic transition?
- Stage 2
- Stage 3
- Stage 4
- Stage 5
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Question 20 of 20

20. Question
If you are asked to identify a population pyramid of a current country when you take the AP exam, it will not be
- Stage 1
- Stage 2
- Stage 3
- Stage 4
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1. Question

Which of the following measures an area’s ability to support life?

2. Question

When one divides a country’s population by its area, one arrives at the country’s

3. Question

When one divides a country’s population by its arable land, one arrives at the country’s

4. Question

When one divides the total number of people engaged in farming in country by that county’s area, one arrives at the country’s

5. Question

Which of the following climates has historically been the best for supporting human life?

6. Question

Ancient river valley civilizations, such as those on the Tigris and Euphrates or the Nile, originally depended on rivers for

7. Question

A country’s crude birth rate is

8. Question

In order to maintain the current population, a country needs a total fertility rate of

9. Question

The number of infants who die before reaching age 1 is used to calculate a country’s

10. Question

The natural increase rate is

11. Question

A country with a high standard of living will also have a high

12. Question

Which of the following would account for a low ratio of men to women?

13. Question

According to Thomas Malthus, population increases ____________, food increases _______________, and a food _______________ will result.

14. Question

Malthus did not anticipate

15. Question

Which of the following stages of the demographic transition has both a high crude birth rate and a high crude death rate?

16. Question

Which of the following stages of the demographic transition has zero population growth?

17. Question

Which of the following stages of the demographic transition would have problems with eldercare?

18. Question

A country at stage 2 of the demographic transition

19. Question

The United States spent most of the twentieth century in which stage of the demographic transition?

20. Question

If you are asked to identify a population pyramid of a current country when you take the AP exam, it will not be

According to Thomas Malthus, population increases ____, food increases _, and a food _________ will result.