True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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(5 points) The primary cause of most population growth in the last 300 years is declining
mortality.
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2.
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(5 points) “Guest Workers” often take high paying, white collar jobs from the
citizens of the country.
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(5 points) In the Demographic Transition Model, a Pre-Modern Society is one that has poor
living conditions that keep death rates low, thus birth rates are correspondingly
low.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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(5 points) Which formula is correct for Total Growth Rate?
a. | Crude Birth Rate - Crude Death
Rate | b. | Crude Birth Rate - Crude Death Rate -
Immigration | c. | Crude Birth Rate - Immigration | d. | Crude Birth Rate - Crude Death Rate + Immigration -
Emigration |
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(5 points) Higher education and personal freedom for women often results in decisions to
_______________ childbearing.
a. | limit | b. | increase | c. | stagnate |
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6.
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(5 points) When people leave our country and go to live in another country, they are said
to ______________.
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Numeric Response
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7.
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(5 points) The population density for North America is _______ people per square
mile.
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8.
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(5 points) Demographers predict that the world population will level off during the next
century. Projections on the low end are approximately 8 billion; projections on the high end are
approximately ______ billion.
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9.
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(5 points) What is the average worldwide life expectancy in years?
_____________
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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10.
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(5 points) The number of non-working compared to working individuals in a population is
known as the _______________ ratio.
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