A. expect the growth rate to remain constant
B. expect population to level off at between 8 and 15 billion people
C. have written off the Malthusian prophecy altogether
D. believe that a high fertility rate continues to be necessary in the developing nations
Related Mcqs:
- If population growth in the underdeveloped nations continues unabated in 2050 world population will be______________?
A. 6 billion
B. 8 billion
C. 10 billion
D. 30 billion - The study of traits that appear in specific population as adaptation to specific environments is called ?
A. physical anthropology
B. cultural anthropology
C. demography
D. psychology - Statistics that allow researchers to generalize to a population from a sample are called______________?
A. correlational
B. descriptive
C. inferential
D. longitudinal - Population began to increase steadily________________?
A. by around the middle of the 18th century
B. with improvements in agriculture technology and medicine
C. in the Bronze Age
D. in the 17th century when agriculture technology and medicine - Zero population growth_________________?
A. means that no more children are born
B. indicates that the fertility rate has dropped below the replacement level
C. must be achieved by all nations by the year 2005
D. is actively pursued by many of the underdeveloped nations - Which nation state has reached zero population growth ?
A. Iran
B. Zimbabwe
C. the United States
D. Turkey - If a broad spectrum of the population is surveyed at a given time the study is called______________?
A. longitudinal
B. inferential
C. descriptive
D. cross sectional - The majority of the human population lives in________________?
A. New York
B. Africa
C. Pacific Islands
D. Eurasia - Zero population growth______________?
A. means that the number of births equals the number of deaths in country in any given year
B. signifies that the deaths exceed the births
C. is the term used when there are no births in any given year in a specific county
D. means that population stop growing because of an epidemic such as the Black Death or AIDS - Metropolitan areas with a population of 1 million or more are called_______________?
A. CMSAs (Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas)
B. SMSAs (Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas)
C. CBSAs (Core Bases Statistical Areas)
D. MSAs (Micropolitan Statistical Areas)
