A. always relates to birthrates
B. is low in Japan
C. is low in Western Europe
D. is high in industrial areas
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 - 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 - It is true of the population of the United States that_________________?
A. it is getting older
B. there are more women than men
C. rural and sunbelt areas attract only the young
D. it is BOTH older and more female - Most population experts_______________?
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 - 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 real problem in population growth is________________?
A. sheer numbers
B. uneven density of population
C. population growth presents no problem
D. that most societies have a fertility rate - 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
