chapter 2 review. the largest concentration of people in the world is located in which region?
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Chapter 2 Review
The largest concentration of
people in the world is located in which
region?
Which region is the most urbanized?
Name the 4 areas where people tend
NOT to settle.
What caused the world population
to increase approximately
10,000 years ago?
Define total fertility rate
Time
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
Naturalincrease
Birth rate
Death rate
The highest NIR is found in stage ___.
At what percent is the world’s NIR?
Which continent would have the
lowest life expectancy?
The shape of a country’s population
pyramid is determined by what statistic?
The United States has a crude birth rate
of 14/1000. What stage of the demographic
transition does this number place the
U.S. ?
Rapidly declining death rates would be a characteristic of a
country in what stage of the demographic
transition?
A population pyramid with a large base and
a classic pyramid shape would indicate a large percentage of
______.
Name the Chinese policy that resulted
in a lowering of CBR’s, TFR’s, and the
NIR.
The low status of women in some parts
of the world has resulted in ____ rates of contraceptive use.
Too many people compared to
resources defines this term.
Why did Malthus believe that
overpopulation would eventually occur?
According to the graph, Malthus’s
predictions were wrong because…
.
The most populous county in the world
_____________ density = number of people per
arable land
This population pyramid
illustrates a place with a
large percentage of _____ people
What event, approximately 200 years ago, led to an
increase in world population?
Slovakia & Albania have the same arithmetic
density (110).This means each has the same number of ________
per sq. km.
What statistic is most often used by
demographers to study fertility?
A country in what region would most likely have a population
graph similar to
this?
The percentage of people who are too young or too old to work in a society.
Time
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
Naturalincrease
Birth rate
Death rate
The highest crude birth/death rates are found in stage ___.
The main reason natural increase rates are declining in LDCs
is _______________.
High NIRs would be found in _DCs while
low crude birth rates would be found in
_DCs.
Time
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
Naturalincrease
Birth rate
Death rate
The lowest crude birth/death rates are found in stage ___.
Which would have a larger spread…the
highest/lowest crude death rates OR the
highest/lowest crude birth rates?
Why would a LCD like Panama have a lower
crude death than a MDC like Norway?
2/3 of the world’s population is clustered
in what 4 areas?
The most populous country in Southeast
Asia
The fastest population growth (NIR) is taking
place in _DCs.
Egypt’s physiographic density is 3,503 people/sq. km
Egypt’s arithmetic density is
73 people/sq. km
Egypt has a ________% of land available for
farming.
The United States has a low agricultural density because it has a ________ amount of arable land
AND a _______ number of farmers.
Define crude birth rate