Chapter 4 Drill | AP Human Geography

All of the following may be reasons behind forced migration EXCEPT

a. war and terrorism

b. natural or environmental disasters

c. lack of employment opportunities

d. government orders to move

e. fear of government prosecution

c. lack of employment opportunities

zero population growth occurs when

a. the birth rate is greater than the death rate

b. a country has a negative rate of natural increase

c. the birth rate is equal to the death rate

d. a country has a positive rate of natural increase

e. the death rate is greater than the birth rate

during which stage of the demographic transition model does the diffusion of fertility control begin to play a significant role?

a. 1

b. 2

c. between stage 2 and stage 3

d. 3

e. 4

d. 3

societies in stage 2 of the demographic transition are often

a

all of the following are signs of negative RNI (rate of natural increase) EXCEPT

a. a highly urbanized population

b. the deterioration in the status of homemaker

c. an increased rate of divorce

d. an increased rate of immigration

e. an increase in DINK households

d. an increased rate of immigration

the main reason that the catastrophe predicted by Thomas Malthus hasn't occurred yet is

a. human population grew in an arithmetic manner not an exponential one

b. the j curve of population always exceeds the j curve of food production

c. soil erosion has limited food production capabilities in many parts of the world

d. changes occurred in the quantity and quality of food consumption in first world countries

e. the invention of agricultural technology boosted the value of food production

e. the invention of agricultural technology boosted the value of food production

push factors that result in migration away from rural agriculture include all the following EXCEPT

a. political rebellions in rural areas

b. use of agricultural chemicals

c. better opportunity for employment in urban areas

d. natural disasters such as drought and flooding

e. the increasing cost of renting arable land

c. better opportunity for employment in urban areas

REFER TO TEXTBOOK PG. 184 FOR PICTURE OF PYRAMID

according to the pyramid above, the primary difference between france and india is

a. their experience with a baby bust

b. their history of external war

c. their gender imbalance

d. their respective rates of growth

e. their economic development

d. their respective rates of growth

an optimal TFR for a society is 2.1. the TFR of many western European countries ranges from 1.4 to 1.8, in those countries. this subreplacement fertility rate has been largely offset by

a. longer lifespans

b. greater rate of childhood mortality

c. lack of antibiotics

d. increased immigration

e. higher rate of divorce

d. increased immigration

the dependency ratio describes

a. the # of ppl too young or old to work compared to the number of people in the work force

b. the population of a country with declining fertility rates compared with the population of a country with rising fertility rates

c. the decimal value by which a population with suboptimal fertility rates is beneath 2.1

d. the overall balance between imports and exports

e. the net emigration from a country versus the net immigration to a country

a. the # of ppl too young or old to work compared to the number of people in the work force

all the following are true about the geographic center and the population-weighted centroid of a country EXCEPT

a. one can change with time, while the other cannot

b. one measures a geometric center of a nation, whereas the other averages the spatial weight of the population

c. canada is the only country in which both occupy the same point

d. the population-weighted center of the united states has been slowly moving westward

e. the mean center and the median center are different

c. canada is the only country in which both occupy the same point