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Geography
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The two most populous countries in the world are? | China and India |
| What is true about China? | It's the world's most populous country |
| Which is the most densely populated region? | East Asia |
| What can we expect the elderly support ratio to do as the country moves through the demographic transition? | increase |
| Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition is characterized by what kind of high rate? | natural increase |
| What of a population pyramid is determined primarily by birth and death rates? | shape |
| Where would you find a population with a relatively old age structure? | highly developed countries |
| /the highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? | Stage 2 |
| What kind of popluation pyramid does Denmark have? | very narrow |
| Total fertility rate is? | the average number of births woman bear in their lifetime |
| A new stage, stage 5, is starting to occur showing | negative growth rates |
| The most rapid growth occuring in the less developed countries is? | one important feature of the world's population with the most significant future implications |
| Sub Saharan Africa has | high birth rates and high rates of infant mortality |
| Which stages in the Demographic Transition Model have low growth rates? | 1 and 4 |
| Which of the following is one of the world's largest population concentrations? | Southeast Asia |
| The most lethal epidemic in recent years has been | AIDS |
| What focuses on distinctive causes of death at different stages of the demographic transition? | epidemiological transition |
| The highest crude death rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition | stage 1 |
| Which stage of the demographic transition are the world's richest countries in? | stage 4 |
| China tried this method to decrease it's birthrate | the one child policy |
| Overpopulation is? | too many people compared to enviromental capacity |
| Thomas Mathius concluded that | the world's rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies |
| A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a | low agriculture density |
| What is arable land? | land suited for agriculture |
| Wealthier countries have higher values than poorer countries in which demographic measure? | life expectancy |
| Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition? | stage 2 |
| educating woman around the world may lead to | decreasing birth rates |
| what is the dependency ratio? | the number of people |
| what do infectious diseases develop to antibiotics when used improperly? | resistance |
| the lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? | stage 4 |