QUESTION 93
In a population, if the birth rate is higher than the death rate, and immigration equals emigration, is the population shrinking?
A. Yes, it is shrinking.
B. No, it is in equilibrium.
C. No, it is growing.
D. It is shrinking, but it is about to grow exponentially.
E. There is not enough information here to predict.
QUESTION 94
What does the age pyramid of a developing country typically look like?
A. There isn't a typical pattern.
B. Wide at the top and narrowing sharply toward the bottom.
C. Widest in the middle and narrower top and bottom.
D. Reasonably vertical sides, equal in both directions.
E. Wide at the bottom and narrowing sharply toward the top.
QUESTION 95
What characterizes the population in a country in the transition phase of a demographic transition?
A. High birth and death rates, so limited growth with the population close to carrying capacity.
B. Low birth and death rates, women's status improves, population growth levels off and stops.
C. Low birth rates and low death rates as sanitation, technology, and medicine advances; slowing growth rate and population near carrying capacity.
D. High birth rates but lower death rates as sanitation, technology, and medicine advances; exponential growth rate.
E. High birth rates and low death rates, so the population is growing rapidly toward carrying capacity.
QUESTION 96
Which of the following seems to have the most profound impact on population growth rates?
A. Crowding.
B. Disease.
C. Educating women.
D. Access to family planning.
E. Infant mortality.
QUESTION 97
What group of people have the largest influence on a population's growth rate?
A. Young adult women.
B. Male children.
C. Young adult men.
D. Elderly.
E. Female children.
QUESTION 98
What characterizes the population in a country in the post-transition stage of a demographic transition?
A. High birth rates but lower death rates as sanitation, technology, and medicine advances; exponential growth rate.
B. High birth rates and low death rates so the population is growing rapidly toward carrying capacity.
C. High birth and death rates, so limited growth with the population close to carrying capacity.
D. Low birth and death rates, women's status improves, population growth levels off and stops.
E. Low birth rates and low death rates as sanitation, technology, and medicine advances; slowing growth rate and population near carrying capacity.
QUESTION 99
Are there any signs that the human population may be approaching the carrying capacity of the Earth?
A. We wouldn't be able to see the signs because you'd have to be looking in from the outside.
B. No, we are minimizing pollution and increasingly providing people with everywhere with access to water.
C. Yes, already 11% of the population lacks access to clean drinking water.
D. No, we have a surplus of food still.
E. Yes, growth rates are slowing worldwide.
QUESTION 100
Why are girls expected to get married so young—even before or just after puberty—in some countries?
A. Girls are perceived to be less helpful workers around the farm or house.
B. Girls typically mature much earlier than boys.
C. Girls are perceived as less able to care for themselves.
D. Girls are perceived as more likely to just obey their parents.
E. Parents may not live long enough to provide security or they may want one less child at home to feed.