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Contents
1 POPULATION GEOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 POPULATION GEOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. POPULATION GEOGRAPHY
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1.1 POPULATION GEOGRAPHY
1. The distribution of 6.2 bilion people is ex- D. Factors that result in zero population
tremely equal. growth
4. The belief in many gods is
A. False
A. Animistic
B. True
B. Polytheistic
2. a diagram that shows the distribution of a
C. Monotheistic
population by age and gender
D. none of above
A. population pyramid
B. population distribution 5. When a country provides generous mater-
C. population density nity leave policy, this can be considered an
example of
D. population doubling
A. Anti-natalist policy
3. What are push factors of migration?
B. Anti-immigration policy
A. Factors that attract people to a place
C. Pronatalist policy
B. Factors that push people out of their
D. Pro-immigration policy
home countries
C. Factors that result in negative popula- 6. The average number of people living in a
tion growth square kilometer is called
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C
1.1 POPULATION GEOGRAPHY 3
D. island
11. All of the following are characteristics of

a developed country EXCEPT
A. a large rural population
A. urbanization. B. access to education

B. internal migration. C. a large urban population
C. population density. D. advanced technology
D. pull factors. 12. What is Diffusion?
7. What is the way of life for a group of peo-
ple who share similar ways of thinking, be-
lieving, and living called?
A. migration
B. Culture
8. All of the following are reasons why peo- A. the control over ideas, inventions, pat-
ple migrate to megacities on the coast, EX- terns of behavior. Television and the In-
CEPT ternet are major diffusers.
A. because, like other cities, coastal B. the limitations of ideas, inventions,
cities have jobs and other opportunities patterns of behavior. Television and the
that many rural areas do NOT have Internet are major diffusers.
B. coastal cities have many jobs in C. the removal of ideas, inventions, pat-
tourism, because people like to visit the terns of behavior. Television and the In-
ocean ternet are major diffusers.
C. coastal cities are the best places to D. the spread of ideas, inventions, pat-
escape natural disasters, especially hur- terns of behavior. Television and the In-
ricanes ternet are major diffusers.
D. there are fishing jobs in coastal cities
13. Communication, disease, and culture are
9. The movement of people from place to examples of:
place
A. physical factor of population density
A. Migration
B. human factor of population density
B. Immigration
C. Emigration 14. Given a scenario where a country imple-
ments policies to promote family planning
D. Hybernation and control population growth, synthesize
10. A site where two or more rivers join is the potential effects on demographic tran-
called a site. sition, labor force, and social welfare pro-
grams.
A. confluence
A. Influence on demographic transition;
B. meeting place impact on labor force; changes in social
C. harbor welfare programs
6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. A 11. A 12. D 13. B 14. A

B. No effect on demographic transition; 19. Number of births per year for every 1,
potential labor force improvements; no 000 people
change in social welfare programs A. birth rate
C. Decreased labor force participation; B. death rate
potential demographic shift; no impact on
C. natural increase
social welfare programs
D. migration
D. Enhanced demographic transition; re-
duced labor force participation; increased 20. One reason the world is growing so
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government support for social welfare quickly is because
A. The world has infinite resources for ev-
15. Distribution of population refers to
eryone
A. the total number of people divided by
B. Birth rate is higher than death rate
total land area.
C. There are more and more places for
B. the size of population. people to live
C. the arrangement of locations on the D. Death rate is higher than birth rate
earth’s surface where people live.
21. Considering a country with a high pop-
D. an area that can support on a sus-
ulation density in urban areas, what in-
tained basis
frastructure challenge might policymakers
16. The enslavement of Africans who were need to address?
then shipped to the Americas is an ex- A. Insufficient housing availability
ample of cultural change being caused by B. Decreased demand for transportation
forced
C. Low demand for public services
A. assimilation
D. Abundant green spaces
B. migration
22. Which of the following is NOT a stage of
C. labor demographic transition theory?
D. diffusion A. Pre-industrial stage
17. The legal process for obtaining citizenship B. Transitional stage

C. Post-industrial stage
A. Citizenship
D. Agricultural stage
B. Naturalization
C. Testing 23. In which situation is a country most likely
to adopt a “pronatalist” policy?
D. Pay-to-Play
A. A country with many children under ten
18. Which of the following is NOT an impact and few elderly people over 50.
migration has had on regions? B. A country with many elderly people
A. Climate over 50 and few children under ten.
C. A country with a similar number of peo-
B. Tradtions
ple in all age groups.
C. Language D. A country with low death rates and
D. Cultural landscape high birth rates.
15. C 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. A 20. B 21. A 22. D 23. B

24. Which state has the greatest population B. Life Expectancy

density? C. Capital Resources

D. Education
29. Choose all examples that are PUSH factors

for human migration.
A. conflict
B. religious persecution
C. freedom of religion
D. overpopulation
E. job opportunities
A. New Jersey
30. Afro-Asiatic, Dravidian, and Indo-
B. Rhode Island European are examples of
C. Connecticut A. geographic associations
D. Vermont B. language families
25. If a country experiences a sustained pe- C. ethnic groups

riod of negative population growth, what D. climate regions
might be a potential consequence for the
economy? 31. The demographic transition model was
first used to show how falling birth rates
A. Increased demand for goods and ser-
death rates relate to the industrialization
vices
of Europe.
B. Labor shortages
A. true
C. Inflation
B. false
D. Higher productivity levels
32. Families in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
26. Most of the world’s population lives in traditionally large because of cultural be-
A. North America liefs about marriage and family.
B. Europe A. true
C. Africa B. false
D. Asia 33. What is population growth?
27. Trade, migration, and war are all factors A. Decrease in the number of individuals
that encourage cultural change. in a population over time.
A. true B. The average number of individuals in a
population.
B. false
C. Increase in the number of individuals
28. Which of the following is NOT a character- in a population over time.
istic of human population? D. The movement of individuals from one
A. Male/Female Distribution population to another.
24. A 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. A 29. B 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. A 33. C 34. A
34. What are the factors that have led to pop- A. Urb
ulation growth in the last 200 years? B. Air travel
A. Food production, discoveries in medi- C. Monuments
cal science, and improvements in sanita-
tion D. Roads
B. Decrease in birth rate, increase in 39. What is population density?
death rate, and decrease in migration
A. The number of people in a location di-
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C. Decrease in food production, decrease vided by the amount of space available
in medical advancements, and increase in
B. The number of births per 1, 000 per
pollution
year
D. Increase in birth rate, decrease in
C. The number of deaths per 1, 000 per
death rate, and increase in migration
year
35. What is population? D. The number of people who have moved
A. The total number of people who live in into an area
a specified area
40. The BEST definition of Ecumene is:
B. The number of births per 1, 000 per
A. the exact location of something, shown
year
through an address or map coordinates
C. The number of deaths per 1, 000 per
B. land that is high, such as hills, moun-
year
tains, and plateaus
D. The number of people who have moved
C. amount of earth’s surface (land) that
into an area
is filled with permanent human settlement
36. The period in the 1700s and 1800s during (towns and cities)
which many countries experienced rapid D. none of above
cultural change as they developed power-
driven machines and fcatories to mass- 41. The number of people on the planet contin-
produced goods is known as the ues increasing.
A. Communist Revolution
B. Information Revolution
C. Industrial Revolution
D. Agricultural Revolution
37. number of deaths per year for every 1,

000 people
A. birth rate
B. death rate
C. natural increase A. True
D. migration B. False
38. Which example can promote feelings of na- 42. New York City is an important site.
tional pride? A. harbor
35. A 36. C 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. C 41. A 42. A 43. A

B. island 48. a general movement

C. confluence A. trend

D. river narrow B. community
43. 40% of the world’s population live C. sparing
A. within 100km of the coast D. movement
B. live in Asia 49. Which European mountain chain lies south

C. live in the Americas of the Alps and run along the Italian Penin-
sula?
D. in the northern hemisphere
A. Carpathian
44. All five of the early culture hearths, or cen- B. Apennines
ters where cultures developed and from
which ideas and traditions spread out- C. Balkan
ward, were located near a major river or D. Ural
source of water.
A. true 50. Most of the world’s industrialized and
technologically developed countries today
B. false have reached , in which the birth rates
and death rates are equal.
45. The difference between an area’s birthrate
and its death rate A. natural increases
A. culture B. doubling time
B. population density C. zero population growth
C. natural increase D. negative population growth
D. population pyramid
51. Habitable Lands
46. In population distribution, what is the op-
posite of sparse?
A. Thick
B. Dense
C. uneven
D. even A. Three-fourths or 3/4th of the world’s
population live in the Northern hemi-
47. The United States, the US Census Bureau sphere
A. keeps elaborate population statistics B. Two-thirds or 2/3rd of the world’s pop-
based on race and ethnicity. ulation live in the Northern hemisphere
B. registers responses from citizens ev- C. Two-thirds or 2/3rd of the world’s pop-
ery ten years. ulation live in the Southern hemisphere
C. identifies people and categorize them.
D. One-half or 1/2 of the world’s popula-
D. all are correct. tion live in the Northern hemisphere
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52. Which is [likely to be] more densely popu- 57. What is the primary focus of population
lated? distribution studies in geography?
A. desert A. Tracking population migration patterns
B. coast B. Analyzing age and gender distribution
53. In a densely populated urban area, what C. Examining population growth rates
is a likely consequence for the population D. Mapping the spatial arrangement of
distribution within that region? people
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A. Dispersed settlement patterns
58. What is it called when people permanently
B. High population density move from one place to another?
C. Low birth rates A. Population Density
D. Rural migration B. Migration
54. In a region experiencing a demographic 59. What if the following terms refers to early
shift towards an older population, what centers of civilization whose ideas and
impact might this have on healthcare and practices spread to surrounding areas?
social services?
A. language family
A. Decreased demand for healthcare ser-
vices B. ethnic enclave
B. Increased demand for healthcare and C. urban core
social services D. culture hearth
C. No impact on healthcare services
60. Land suited for agriculture is called
D. Decreased need for social services
A. population density.
55. People who have been forced to leave the
B. agricultural density
country they were living in to escape war,
persecution, or natural disaster. C. physiological land.
A. Migrant D. arable land.
B. Immigrant
61. When examining a region with a high pop-
C. Guest Worker ulation growth rate, analyze the potential
D. Refugee challenges it may face in terms of sustain-
ability and resource management.
56. “Push factors”-such as religious persecu- A. Potential resource depletion; strain on
tion or a lack of economic opportunity-are infrastructure
reasons people might decide to from
native country. B. Decreased demand for resources; effi-
cient resource allocation
A. emmigrate
C. No impact on resource management;
B. doubling time abundance of resources
C. zero population growth D. Increased demand for resources; sus-
D. negative population growth tainable resource utilization

62. In the context of population geography, A. emigration, decreased birth rate, nat-
what does the term “population growth” ural disasters
refer to?

B. birth rate, immigration, improved
A. An increase in population density in ru- healthcare
ral areas
67. The model that uses birth rates and death
B. A rise in the average age of a popula- rates to show how a population changes
tion over time
C. An overall increase in the number of A. Demographic Transition Model
people in a region
B. Bell Curve
D. A decline in birth rates
C. Birth Rate
63. What age groups does the bottom of a pop- D. Death Rate
ulation pyramid represent?
68. What is urban population?
A. Number of people living in rural areas.
B. Number of people living in suburban ar-
eas.
C. Number of people living in remote ar-
eas.
D. Number of people living in urban ar-
eas.
A. The elderly
69. Europe is an example of a , a body of
B. The working adults land surrounded by on three sides.
C. The children A. isthmus
D. Males B. continent
64. Which of the following is NOT a character- C. peninsula
istic of human population? D. gulf
A. Occupation
70. What is the rate of natural increase?
B. Ethnicity A. The number of births per 1, 000 per
C. GDP year
D. Language B. The number of deaths per 1, 000 per
year
65. The crude birth rate is the number of live
C. The difference between birth rate and
births for every 10, 000 people alive in a
death rate
place in a given year.
D. The difference between death rate and
A. TRUE
birth rate
B. FALSE
71. Which country famously enacted a “One
66. What factors contribute to population Child Policy” in an effort to control its pop-
growth? ulation growth?

A. United States D. Demographic transition stage un-

changed; urbanization’s influence on pop-
B. Denmark
ulation distribution; no impact on birth
C. China and death rates
D. Japan
76. When examining a region with a high per-
72. A country with slow or negative growth is centage of youth in the population, ana-
usually lyze the potential implications for educa-
tion systems and workforce development.
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A. developed
A. Increased demand for education; po-
B. developing tential challenges in workforce integra-
tion
73. What term refers to the spatial arrange-
ment of people across a particular area? B. Decreased demand for education; effi-
cient workforce development
A. Population Distribution
C. No impact on education systems;
B. Population Dynamics seamless workforce integration
C. Demographic Transition D. Decreased demand for workforce de-
D. None of the above velopment; increased focus on education
74. Humans are most likely to heavily popu- 77. Which factor is NOT typically considered in
late a area. the study of population dynamics?
A. mountaintop A. Birth rates
B. desert B. Death rates
C. river delta C. Economic factors
D. tundra D. Migration patterns
75. Given a scenario where a country’s pop- 78. Which is NOT one of the push factors that
ulation is rapidly urbanizing, synthesize have caused migration?
the potential implications for both popu- A. Lack of job opportunities
lation distribution and demographic transi-
tion within that nation. B. Agricultural decline
A. Affect on population distribution; de- C. Arable land

mographic transition stage influenced; ur- D. Conflict
banization’s impact on birth and death
rates 79. Physiological density is the number of
B. No impact on population distribution; A. acres of farmland per the total area of
urbanization’s influence on demographic a country.
transition; changes in migration patterns
B. farmers per area of farmland.
C. Changes in migration patterns; urban-
C. people per area suitable for agricul-
ization’s influence on population distribu-
ture.
tion; demographic transition’s effect on
urbanization D. people per area of flatland.

80. Which is the positive factor affecting pop- 85. An example of an oasis site would be
ulation density

A. A harsh climate
B. Dense vegetation
C. Thin infertile soils
D. A local supply of coal
81. Which land region of Europe feature hills,
mountains, and plateaus that lie at the cen-
ter of the continent? A. Alexandria, Egypt
A. Northern European Plain B. Damascus, Syria
B. Central Uplands C. Baghdad, Iraq
C. Alpine Region
D. New York, New York
D. Western Uplands
82. The displacement of the population from 86. This picture was taken at a Cinco de Mayo
their places of origin to other places for a celebration held in the United States. This
long period of time is is an example of what cultural interaction?
A. the emigration
B. immigration
C. migratory movements
D. none of above
83. On which side are males in a population
pyramid?
A. Left
B. Right
84. In a country experiencing a demographic
shift towards an aging population, ana-
lyze the potential implications for health-
care and pension systems.
A. Increased demand for healthcare and
pension services; potential strain on pub-
lic finances
B. Decreased demand for healthcare and
pension services; reduced government ex- A. Cultural tolerance
penditure
B. Diffusion of Japanese culture to other
C. No impact on healthcare and pension regions
systems; stable economic conditions
C. Popularization of other cultures’ tradi-
D. Decreased need for healthcare and
tions in the United States
pension services; increased savings for
the government D. Religious tolerance

87. Richmond is an example of what type of

site?
A. Job Opportunities
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B. Religious Persecution
A. Harbor Site
C. Political Corruption
B. Hilltop Site
D. Warfare
C. Fall Line
D. Oasis 92. Which of the following is NOT an impact
migration has had on regions?
88. Define population density and distribution. A. cultural landscape
A. The average number of people in a B. traditions
given unit area and how a population is
C. climate
spread over an area.
D. language
B. The number of houses per square kilo-
metre and urbanisation rates. 93. What is the primary concern of population
C. Where people live on the surface of the geographers when studying population dy-
earth. namics?
D. The number of a people in a country A. Tracking population distribution

and where they are situated. B. Analyzing demographic trends
C. Evaluating urbanization rates
89. The branch of geography that studies pop-
ulation is D. Exploring cultural factors
A. demography 94. An oasis is an area in a dry, desert region
B. geopopulation that has
C. anthropology A. snow
B. water
D. none of above
C. conflict
90. Sparsely populated areas such as the coun-
D. monsoons
try side
A. Urban areas 95. The number of deaths compared to the to-
tal number of people in a population
B. Rural areas
A. death rate
C. Suburbs
B. doubling time
D. Urbanization
C. population decline
91. Which of the following is a PULL factor? D. birth rate

96. Geographers divide the world into , B. The number of births per year for ev-
which are areas in which people share simi- ery 1, 000 people
lar way of life, including language, religion,

C. The growth rate of a population
economic systems, and values.
D. The movement of people from place to
A. ethnicity place
B. nationalities
100. What percentage of the Earth is surface
C. culture hearths is made up of land?
D. culture regions A. 75%
B. 65%
97. Evaluate the potential consequences of a
country with a declining population for C. 30%
its pension systems and the overall well- D. 25%
being of the elderly population.
101. The movement of people from rural areas
A. Strain on pension systems; potential
into cities is called
hardships for the elderly; increased gov-
ernment support A. colonization
B. Efficient pension systems; improved B. globalization
well-being for the elderly; reduced gov- C. industrialization
ernment support D. urbanization
C. No impact on pension systems; stable
102. What is NOT a function of a town or city?
well-being for the elderly; no change in
government support
D. Decreased need for pension systems;
potential well-being challenges for the el-
derly; decreased government support
98. This map represents which of the follow-

ing?Hint:Population is shown by country A. Manufacturing
so we are able to understand how many B. Trade
people (per square kilometer) live around C. Service Center
the world.
D. Farming Center
103. Population growth has been increasing
since 1963 year a year.
B. Population Density
99. What is the birthrate?

A. The number of deaths per year for ev- A. True
ery 1, 000 people B. False

104. Evaluate the role of cultural factors in in- 108. What are the advantages and disadvan-
fluencing population dynamics, considering tages of living in urban areas?
how cultural norms and practices may im- A. Limited job opportunities, lack of
pact birth rates, death rates, and migra- amenities and services, lack of cultural di-
tion patterns. versity and entertainment options
A. Cultural norms impact birth rates and B. Advantages:better job opportunities,
death rates; potential effects on migra- access to amenities and services, cultural
tion patterns; cultural diversity diversity, and entertainment options. Dis-
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B. No impact of cultural factors on pop- advantages:higher cost of living, pollution,
ulation dynamics; stable birth and death overcrowding, and increased stress lev-
rates; uniform migration patterns els.
C. Cultural practices impact migration C. Less access to job opportunities, lim-
patterns; no effect on birth and death ited amenities and services, lack of cul-
rates; cultural assimilation tural diversity and entertainment options
D. Cultural diversity influences migration D. Lower cost of living, cleaner environ-
patterns; potential effects on birth and ment, less crowded, and lower stress lev-
death rates; cultural norms els
105. Oil, arable land (land good for farming), 109. How are people spread out on the earth’s
and water are considered: surface?
A. Economic A. evenly
B. Political resources B. unevenly
C. Physical resources 110. What would the population pyramid of a

college town look like?
D. Natural resources
A. A high number of children under ten
106. Which definition best matches the term
B. Fewer males and female in the age
population density?
range of 18-25
A. human beings in general C. A large number of males and females
B. number of people in a particular area in the age range of 18-25
C. A measurement of people for a spe- D. Fewer men than women in the age
cific area range of 15-40
D. All the inhabitants of a particular area 111. The number of deaths per year for every
1000 people
107. A population pyramid which has a bee-
hive shape suggests what level of eco- A. Birth Rate
nomic development? B. Death Rate
A. Low C. Natural Increase
B. Medium D. Doubling Time
C. High
112. Which of the following is an example of
D. none of above a PULL factor?

A. Somalia is continuing to experience A. Cultural diversity

high rates of deaths due to famine. B. Economic inequality

B. The United States has one of the high- C. Spatial patterns
est average incomes in the world.
D. Political stability
C. Southern Africa has experienced long-
term drought conditions. 117. Choose the correct option
D. Cuba has been ruled by a military dic-
tator since 1959.
113. Why are temperate climates often

densely populated?
A. Temperature never drops below 0◦ C
B. Distinct wet and dry season
C. No extremes of temperature/rainfall A. The pyramid demonstrates a rapidly
D. Consistent rain every month growing population
114. Damascus, Syria developed into a city be- B. The pyramid demonstrates a decreas-
cause of its location ing population
A. in an oasis C. The pyramid demonstrates a slow,
steady population growth
B. on a fall line
D. The pyramid demonstrates no growth
C. on a hill in population size
D. on an island
118. The information revolution has slowed
115. What is Monotheistic? cultural change because people around the
world are exposed to ideas and traditions
from around the world.
A. true
B. false
119. The most populated continent is

A. America
B. Europa
C. Asia
A. belief in one God
D. none of above
B. Belief in many gods
120. These are reasons why people choose to
C. belief in divine forces in nature.
move to a specific place
D. none of above
A. Push Factors
116. When examining a region with a high B. Pull Factors
population density, which factor should be
considered to better understand the distri- C. X Factors
bution of resources and infrastructure? D. Human Factors

121. How does a population pyramid help gov- 126. By when will the population stop grow-
ernments? ing?
A. They can decide which people are A. 9 Billion people 2050
more important. B. 7 Billion people 2040
B. They can guess how many people C. 11 Billion people 2065
there will be in their country
D. 9 Billion people 2040
C. They can monitor everyone in their
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country 127. What are the challenges of rapid popula-
tion growth?
D. They can make policies which can bet-
ter prepare the country for the way the A. Increased access to resources
country will look in the future. B. Decreased food production
C. Decreased population density
122. Which of the following is a pull factor?
D. Decreased urbanization
A. A cold and wet climate
B. Few job opportunities 128. Population growth and the number of
population on the earth means the same
C. Good lifestyle (both are synonyms)
D. Poor food
123. Population density is

A. Total population of a country
B. Number of adults per 1000 people
A. False
C. Number of people who live in cities di- B. True
vided by the number in rural areas
C. Some times
D. Average number of people in an area
D. It depends where
124. The number of years it takes for a pop-
129. Which definition best matches the term
ulation to double in size is called what?
population?
Developed countries take longer. Undevel-
oped countries take much less time. A. A measurement of people for a specific
area
A. Doubling Time
B. All the inhabitants of a particular area
B. 365 years
C. human beings in general
125. Even a country in which the birthrate and D. the increase in the number of people
death rate are equal can experience popu- in a particular area
lation growth if it also has
130. Choose the correct option
A. immigration
B. emigration
C. a high standard of living
D. long life expectancy

A. Functions of rural areas 135. What is the natural increase?

B. Examples of cooperation A. The number of deaths per year for ev-
ery 1, 000 people

C. Influences of urban areas
B. The number of births per year for ev-
D. Probems with urban areas ery 1, 000 people
131. In the late twentieth century, some Eu-
ropean countries reached , in which D. The movement of people from place to
the annual death rate exceeds the annual place
birthrate. 136. In a country experiencing a declining
A. natural increases population, what demographic trend is
likely occurring, and what potential conse-
B. doubling time
quences might it have on the economy?
C. zero population growth A. Decreasing birth rates; potential labor
D. negative population growth shortages
B. Increasing birth rates; potential infla-
132. Consider a country experiencing rapid tion
population decline. Analyze the poten-
C. Increasing death rates; potential eco-
tial consequences for the labor market and
nomic growth
pension systems.
D. Decreasing death rates; potential un-
A. Labor shortages; strain on pension employment
systems
137. The average number of people living in a
B. Labor surplus; increased pension ben- specific geographic area is called what?
efits
A. Population Density
C. No impact on labor market; improved
B. Urban Sprawl
pension systems
138. Considering a region with a high popula-
D. Increased demand for labor; reduced
tion density and limited natural resources,
strain on pension systems
synthesize the challenges this poses for
133. Which environment is difficult to live in sustainable development, urban planning,
due to water scarcity? and resource management.
A. Sustainable development challenges;
A. Tropical rainforests
resource management issues; urban plan-
B. Mountain ranges ning considerations
C. Deserts B. No impact on sustainable develop-
ment; efficient resource management; ur-
D. Permanently frozen ground ban planning solutions
134. What shape will a country with a high C. Limited urban planning challenges;
birth rate have on their population pyra- sustainable resource allocation; no need
mid? for sustainable development initiatives
D. Urban planning challenges; decreased
A. Wide at the bottom
demand for resources; no impact on re-
B. Thin at the bottom source management

139. The count of the number of inhabitants of 144. Which land region of Europe stretches
a country at a given time is a from the Scandinavian Peninsula to the
A. Municipal Register countries of Spain and Portugal & is made
up of hills, plateaus, and mountains?
B. civil registration
A. Alpine region
C. general population census
D. none of above B. Central Uplands
C. Northern European Plain
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D. Western Uplands
145. What is an illustration that depicts the

distribution of a population by age and
gender called?
A. Population Pyramid
B. Cultural Diffusion
A. 40 146. What are the characteristics of urban pop-

ulation?
B. 10
A. Higher population density, limited eco-
C. 50
nomic activities, poor infrastructure, lack
D. 85+ of amenities and services, lower standard
141. Population pyramids of Afghanistan and of living
France demonstrates that Afghanistan has B. Higher population density, diverse eco-
A. has many more young people. nomic activities, better infrastructure, ac-
cess to amenities and services, higher
B. is a developed country.
standard of living
C. a older population.
C. Lower population density, diverse eco-
D. has high levels heart disease and can- nomic activities, better infrastructure, ac-
cer. cess to amenities and services, lower
142. Why are there food shortages in Africa? standard of living
A. warfare D. Lower population density, limited eco-
B. poor access to rural areas nomic activities, poor infrastructure, lack
of amenities and services, lower standard
C. weather and pests of living
D. all of the above
147. developed into a city along the Trans-
143. What does sparse distribution mean Siberian railroad.
A. A large number of people in an area
A. London
B. Lots of people in one part, and not
many in another part of an area B. New York City
C. Few people in an area C. Novosibirsk

D. Empty D. Hong Kong

148. Hatred of foreigners is known as C. Historical factors

A. But phobia D. Physical factors

B. xenophobia 154. The rate of is the growth rate of a
C. homophobia population, or the difference between an
area’s birthrate and its death rate.
D. none of above
A. doubling time
149. What does zero population mean? B. zero population growth
A. the birth rates and death rates are C. natural increases
equal
D. negative population growth
B. the birth rates are higher than death
rates 155. What is the death rate?
C. the death rates are higher than birth A. The number of births per 1, 000 per
rates year
D. the birth rates are not equal to death B. The number of deaths per 1, 000 per
rates year
C. The number of people who have moved
150. Which of the following is NOT a function
into an area
of a town or city?
A. Trade centers away from an area
B. Manufacturing centers
156. Based on the principles of population ge-
C. Service centers ography, synthesize the potential impacts
D. Farming centers of rapid urbanization on a country’s social,
economic, and environmental systems.
151. What is a geographical theory that seeks
A. Increased demand for services, poten-
to explain the number, size, and location
tial strain on infrastructure, and environ-
of human settlements in an urban system?
mental challenges
A. Concentric Zone Theory
B. Decreased demand for services, en-
B. Central Place Theory hanced infrastructure, and improved envi-
ronmental sustainability
152. A model that shows how the size of a
country changes as the country’s economy C. No significant impact on social, eco-
develops nomic, and environmental systems
A. Demographic Transition Model D. Decreased demand for services, po-

tential strain on infrastructure, and in-
B. Population Density Model creased environmental sustainability
C. Money-population model
157. What is rural population?
D. none of above
A. Number of people living in rural areas
153. Migrations occur because of social, politi- B. Number of people living in urban areas
cal, and C. Number of people living in suburban
A. Emotional factors areas
B. Environmental factors D. Number of people living in cities

158. This population pyramid shows 162. A drought begins in India. The drought
(HINT:Think about the age of the most peo- causes a famine and people go hungry.
ple in the country and what that tells us Thousands of people begin to leave the
about the birth rate.) country to find a better life. In this ex-
ample, drought is a
A. Pull factor
B. Push factor
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C. Proimmigration policy
D. Anti-immigration policy
163. Doubling Time

A. rapid population growth A. The number of years it takes for a pop-
B. slow population growth ulation to double in size
C. negative population growth B. The number of years it takes for a pop-
ulation to triple in size
D. none of above
C. The number of years it takes for the
159. Which of the following is an example of population to decrease by half
an anti-immigration policy?
D. The number of years it takes for the
A. Amnesty for illegal immigrants population to stay the same
B. Literacy tests 164. Population distribution can be described
C. Increased access to governmental ser- according to location and-
vices
D. Resettlement programs that provide
housing
160. Which is [likely to be] more densely pop-

ulated?
A. temperate climate (where we live)
A. Economic Status
B. polar climate (Antarctica)
B. Political Participation
161. What is the doubling time? C. Density
A. The number of years it takes for a pop- D. Occupation
ulation to double in size
165. Assess the implications of a high popula-
B. The growth rate of a population
tion growth rate on a nation’s environmen-
C. The model that uses birthrates and tal sustainability and resource manage-
death rates to show how populations in ment, taking into account factors like re-
countries or regions change over time source depletion and infrastructure strain.
D. The average number of people living A. Potential resource scarcity; strain on
on a square mile or square kilometer of infrastructure; increased environmental
land degradation

B. Abundant resources; efficient infras- 170. Which land region of Europe consists of
tructure; improved environmental sus- several mountain ranges, including the
tainability Alps?

C. No impact on resource management; A. Alpine region
sustainable infrastructure; reduced envi- B. Northern European Plain
ronmental impact
C. Western Uplands
D. Reduced resource consumption; po-
tential infrastructure improvements; en- D. Central Uplands
hanced environmental sustainability 171. Given a scenario where a country’s pop-
166. What are the two most densely popu- ulation is concentrated in urban areas, an-
lated continents today? alyze the potential effects on transporta-
tion systems and urban planning.
A. Asia and South America
A. Increased demand for public trans-
B. Europe and North America portation; need for efficient urban plan-
C. Asia and Europe ning
D. Europe and South America B. Decreased need for transportation; fo-
cus on rural planning
167. Which describes the birth and death rate
C. No impact on transportation systems;
of Stage 3 of the DTM?
no need for urban planning
A. The death rate is decreasing and birth
D. Increased demand for private trans-
rate remains high
portation; focus on suburban planning
B. Both the death and birth rate are high
172. What is a means of tracking population
C. The death rate is low but the birth rate change over time based on birthrates and
is high death rates called?
D. Both the birth rate and death rate are A. Demographic Transition Model
decreasing
B. Central Place Theory
168. Which European mountain chain lies east
of the Alps and extend through Poland, Ro- 173. Population density
mania, and Ukraine?
A. Pyrenees
B. Apennines
C. Carpathian
D. Balkan A. is the average number of animals who
live in a measurable area.
169. Which environment is difficult to farm
due to the relief? B. is the average number of cities who
live in a measurable area.
A. Tropical rainforests
C. is the average number of people who
B. Mountain ranges live in a measurable area.
C. Deserts D. is the average number of only women
D. Permanently frozen ground who live in a measurable area.

174. Lower birth rate 180. Australia’s population distribution is best

A. More developed described as:
A. Dense and even
B. Less developed
B. Dense and uneven
175. The main causes of migratory movements C. sparse and even
are
D. Sparse and uneven
A. natural, political and social causes
181. Which European mountain chain is located
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B. natural, political and economic causes west of the Alps & separate the countries
C. natural, political and personal causes of Spain and France?
D. none of above A. Balkan
B. Caucasus
176. Which of the following statements best
defines population? C. Pyrenees
D. Apennines
A. The total number of people living in an
area 182. Which city is built at a site where rivers
B. Where people are living and how narrow?
spread out or close together they are A. Sacramento
C. The average number of people living in B. Quebec
a certain area C. Athens
D. none of above D. Hong Kong
177. Negative population growth causes a 183. If a person arrives in a country and asks
shortage in for safety, what are they called?
A. workers A. Refugee
B. food B. Asylum seeker
C. Immigrant
C. energy
D. Migrant
D. technology
184. developed into a city because of its
178. What is a separator of countries or states role as a supply station for ships.
defined along physical geographic features
A. Jerusalem
such as mountains and rivers called?
B. Samarkand
A. Natural Boundary
C. Cape Town
B. Demographic Transition Model
D. Varanasi
179. The tool to graphically represent the pop-
185. These are reasons why someone leaves
ulation structure is
a place they were living
A. the bar diagram A. Push Factors
B. the population pyramid B. Pull Factors
C. the population map C. X Factors
D. none of above D. Human Factors

186. Population distribution is described ac- C. Asia and Africa

cording to location and D. Asia and Australia

A. Political Position
192. Geographers might characterize as over-
B. Density populated a country where
C. Occupation (job) A. there are too many people accord-
D. Placement ing to a standard economic measure of
poverty.
of Stage 2 of the DTM? B. the population numbers less than one
million, but there is concern that the coun-
A. The death rate is decreasing and birth try’s natural resources are adequate for
rate remains high only half that number.
B. Both the death and birth rate are high C. the population numbers more than 100
C. The death rate is low but the birth rate million and there is concern about the
is high finite limitation of natural resources, al-
D. Both the birth rate and death rate are though the resources available in the
decreasing country seem adequate to that population.
D. the population numbers more than one
188. The actual location of a city is called million, and the average distribution of
A. Situation population to resources.
B. New York 193. Analyze the role of urbanization in shap-
C. Site ing a region’s population distribution, in-
D. Pittsburgh cluding its effects on settlement patterns,
infrastructure development, and resource
189. What is the ultimate goal of demographic allocation.
transition theory with regard to popula- A. Increased urbanization challenges; po-
tion growth? tential resource misallocation; strain on
A. To maintain high birth and death rates infrastructure
B. To achieve a stable population size B. Decreased urbanization challenges;
C. To encourage rapid urbanization efficient resource allocation; improved in-
frastructure development
D. To promote immigration
C. No impact on urbanization challenges;
190. What does DTM stand for? sustainable resource allocation; reduced
A. Demographic Transnational Modelling infrastructure strain
B. Demographic Transition Model D. Increased dispersion of settlements;

potential resource abundance; efficient in-
C. Decreasing Thermal Medicines frastructure development
D. Developing Transition Model
194. The Demographic Transition Model
191. The city of Istanbul, Turkey acts as a land demonstrates
bridge for what two continents? A. Where people live in a country
A. Europe and Africa B. How a population changes as it devel-
B. Europe and Asia ops

C. How the population is divided into 199. Technology & transportation are consid-
male and female ered what type of resources?
D. What percentage of the population is A. Movement
in each age cohort
B. Industrial
195. Where do the majority of people on Earth C. Capital
live?
D. Cultural
A. Asia
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B. Africa 200. the movement of people from place to
place
C. Europe
A. birth rate
D. North America
B. death rate
196. Which area is most likely to have the
LOWEST population density? C. natural increase
A. A city with many jobs and access to D. migration

trade
201. the number of years it takes for a popu-
B. A small town with access to a railroad lation to double in size
line
A. birth rate time
C. A farming community with many types
of farms B. death rate time
D. A suburb in Canada with access to ma- C. doubling time

jor highways D. double migration
197. The majority of the population are lo- 202. Choose the correct option
cated in:
A. Problems of urban areas

A. North Temperate Zone B. Functions of rural areas
B. South Temperate Zone C. Influences of urban areas
C. East Temperate Zone D. Examples of sites
D. West Temperate Zone
203. The image above show the , or top of
198. Current population of India the Alpine Mountains located in Europe.
A. 139 of which A. mountain peak
B. 119 caroor B. apex
C. 110 caroor C. vertical limit
D. 150 carror D. none of the above

204. Demography is: C. Growth (the population will definitely

A. The study of democracy. grow)

B. The study of human populations. D. Fast Growth (the population will ex-
plode)
C. The study of graphs.
D. The study of ecosystems. 208. A is a 2-D or flat representation of
the Earth.
A. map
B. globe
209. The image here is an example of a , a

type of tree that does NOT shed its leaves
in the winter.
A. Popularization of other cultures’ tradi- A. pine tree
tions in Japan.
B. evergreen tree
B. Diffusion of American culture to other
regions. C. money tree
C. Transportation D. apple tree
D. Immigration 210. A is a spherical or 3-D representation
of the Earth.
206. Dot maps represent
A. map
A. the arrangement of locations on the
earth’s surface where people live. B. globe
B. the number of people that live in a 211. The world’s population is currently at 6
given area of land. billion and will reach 15 billion by 1950
C. a certain number of people. A. True
D. focuses on the number, composition B. False
and distribution of human beings on
earth’s surfaces. 212. More than half the world’s population is
located in 90% of the Earth’s land mass.
207. Predict the future population growth of
this country. A. True
B. False
213. The following are all physical factors af-

fecting population density?
A. The local climate and stable governe-
ment
B. The local relief, climate and soils
A. Negative Growth (the population will C. The vegetation, trading links, and lo-
shrink) cally available natural resources
B. Slow/No Growth (the population will D. The accessibility and availability of
stay about the same) markets for trade

214. Which of the scenarios below might cause C. space travel, crop improvements and
the total population of a country to de- the emergence of the working class
crease? D. none of above
A. Drought leading to a lack of food
218. Analyze the effectiveness of demo-
B. Better nutrition and healthcare graphic transition theory as a framework
C. Pronatal policies for understanding population changes in
D. An increase in immigration to the coun- both developed and developing countries,
considering its applicability and limita-
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try
tions.
215. Assess the effectiveness of policies A. Effective in developed countries; lim-
aimed at promoting population control and ited applicability in developing countries;
family planning in addressing overpopula- shortcomings in addressing specific de-
tion issues, considering their social, eco- mographics
nomic, and ethical implications.
B. Applicable in both developed and de-
A. Effective in controlling population veloping countries; comprehensive in ad-
growth; potential social and economic dressing demographic shifts
benefits; ethical concerns
C. Limited applicability in developed coun-
B. Ineffective in controlling population tries; effective in addressing specific
growth; potential social and economic demographics; applicable in developing
drawbacks; no ethical concerns countries
C. Limited effectiveness in controlling D. Effective in developed countries; lim-
population growth; potential social bene- ited applicability in developing countries;
fits; no ethical concerns shortcomings in addressing overall popu-
D. Effective in promoting population lation trends
growth; potential social and economic
219. Relatively few people live at , but
benefits; no ethical concerns
there are significant examples of people
216. This is a law that was created in the 70s living near coast and rivers.
to reduce the number of children born in A. high elevations (highlands)
the country It no longer exists.
B. desert
A. China’s One-Child Policy
C. wet
B. India’s One-Child Policy
D. polar regions
C. America’s Have-Fewer-Kids Policy
E. all are correct
D. United Kingdom’s One-Child Policy
220. Predict the future population growth of
217. Three causes of the Industrial Revolution this country.
were
A. technological development, the devel-
opment of means of transportation and
the development of the internet
B. the development of means of trans-
portation, the increase in agricultural pro-
duction and the increase in population

A. Negative Growth (the population will 224. Considering a country with a predom-
shrink) inantly young population, what demo-
graphic challenge might this pose for poli-

B. Slow/No Growth (the population will
cymakers in terms of workforce planning?
stay about the same)
A. Labor shortages
C. Growth (the population will definitely
grow) B. Aging workforce
C. High dependency ratio
D. Fast Growth (the population will ex-
plode) D. Declining birth rates
225. Suppose a country’s population under-
221. What is population density? goes rapid urbanization. What effect
A. The number of people living on a might this have on traditional settlement
square mile or square kilometer of land patterns?
B. The variations in population that occur A. Increased dispersion of settlements
across a country, a continent, or the world B. Concentration of population in urban
areas
C. No impact on settlement patterns
D. The movement of people from place to
place D. Decreased population density
226. Which is an example of an “evacuee”?
222. Which land region of Europe consists of
lowlands that reach across the northern A. Someone who moves to a new country
part of Europe? to escape a war.
B. Someone who temporarily leaves their
A. Western Uplands home because of a natural disaster
B. Central Uplands C. Someone who permanently moves to
C. Northern European Plain another country for a new job
D. Someone who moves to a new country
D. Alpine Region
to go to school
223. This map represents which of the follow- 227. The is the number of years it takes
ing concepts?Hint:Population is shown us- for a population to double in size.
ing small dots so we are able to under-
A. natural increases
stand where people live and how spread
out or close together they are. B. doubling time
C. zero population growth
D. negative population growth
228. The number of births per year for every
1000 people
A. Birth Rate
B. Death Rate
A. Population Distribution C. doubling time
B. Population Density D. natural increase

229. All of the following are facts about where 234. Which of the following is NOT a hilltop
most humans on earth live, EXCEPT site?
A. Almost 90% of all people live north of A. Athens
the equator.
B. Jerusalem
B. Most people live in areas near or on
mountains C. Rome
C. About two-thirds of world population
D. Paris
lives within 300 miles of the ocean.
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D. Most people live in areas close to sea 235. Considering the principles of population
level. dynamics, synthesize the potential conse-
230. Which phrase best completes the title of quences of a country with high birth and
this list? death rates compared to a country with
low birth and death rates.
A. High dependency ratio, potential
strain on healthcare, and slower eco-
nomic growth vs. lower dependency ra-
tio, potential aging population, and stable
A. Free trade regions
economic growth
B. Urban areas
B. Rapid urbanization, increased infras-
C. Integrated neighborhoods
tructure development, and potential en-
D. Regional conservation areas vironmental challenges vs. slow urban-
231. When a person moves OUT of a country, ization, decreased infrastructure develop-
this is considered ment, and environmental sustainability
A. Emigration C. No significant differences in demo-

graphic trends and their consequences be-
B. Increased birth rate
tween the two countries
C. Expanding policy
D. Increased migration patterns, poten-
D. Immigration
tial strain on education systems, and
232. What is the spreading of urban areas higher cultural diversity vs. decreased mi-
onto undeveloped land near cities called? gration patterns, efficient education sys-
A. Urban Sprawl tems, and lower cultural diversity
B. Culture
236. In a society where birth rates remain high
233. Which concept in population geography and death rates decline, what stage of de-
explains the transition from high birth and mographic transition theory is this indica-
death rates to low birth and death rates tive of?
in a society?
A. Pre-industrial stage
B. Transitional stage
B. Population Dynamics
C. Demographic Transition C. Post-industrial stage
D. None of the above D. Agricultural stage

237. ? , a group that shares a lan- B. Decreased demand for healthcare; ef-
guage, customs, and common heritage. ficient labor force; enhanced social ser-
vices

C. No impact on healthcare; stable labor
force; reduced need for social services
D. Decreased demand for healthcare; po-
tential labor surpluses; strain on social
services
241. What are the characteristics of rural pop-

A. Culture ulation?
B. Societies A. Lower population density, industrial-
C. Ethnic Group based economy, limited access to ser-
vices and infrastructure, diverse commu-
D. Innovation nities, and traditional lifestyles.
238. The most populous country in the South- B. Lower population density, agricultural-
east Asia region is based economy, limited access to ser-
vices and infrastructure, close-knit com-
A. Bangladesh munities, and traditional lifestyles.
B. China C. Higher population density, agricultural-
C. Indonesia based economy, abundant access to ser-
vices and infrastructure, diverse commu-
D. Thailand nities, and modern lifestyles.
239. Consider a region with a high rate of in- D. Higher population density, industrial-
ternal migration from rural to urban areas. based economy, abundant access to ser-
Analyze the potential effects on rural com- vices and infrastructure, diverse commu-
munities and urban centers. nities, and modern lifestyles.
A. Decreased population in rural areas; 242. Demography is the scientific study of
increased urbanization challenges
A. landforms
B. Increased agricultural productivity; re- B. population
duced demand for urban services
C. democracy
C. No impact on rural communities; im-
proved urban infrastructure D. climates
D. Increased population in rural areas; 243. What is a system for describing city
decreased urbanization challenges growth in terms of distinctive zones that
develop from the central city outward in
240. Evaluate the potential societal impacts of circles?
a country with a rapidly aging population, A. Demographic Transition Model
considering factors such as healthcare, la-
bor force, and social services. B. Concentric Zone Model
A. Increased demand for healthcare; po- 244. the model that uses birthrates and death
tential labor shortages; strain on social rates to show how populations in coun-
services tries or regions change over time.

A. demographic transition model 249. The reasons why people migrate are col-
lectively called
B. demographic terrain model
A. Push/Pull factors
C. doubling time model
B. Immigration
D. population transition model
C. Emigration
245. Government actions that are designed to D. Nomadic
reduce the number of people that have chil-
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dren. 250. What is the term for a group of people
who share common ancestry, language, re-
A. Anti-Natal Policies ligion, customs, or places of origin?
B. Anti-baby policies A. ethnic group
C. Pro-natal Policies B. language family
D. Pro-child policies C. culture region
D. ethnic enclave
246. The place where cultures first devel-
oped and from which ideas and traditions 251. Geographers and historians study cul-
spread outward is called what? ture hearths because they are the centers
where the world’s first civilizations arose.
A. Cultural Diffusion
A. true
B. Culture Hearth
B. false
247. What is the demographic transition
252. In a region experiencing a decline in both
model?
birth and death rates, what is a potential
A. A diagram that shows the distribution implication for the age structure of the pop-
of a population by age and gender ulation?
B. The model that uses birthrates and A. A higher proportion of elderly individu-
death rates to show how populations in als
countries or regions change over time B. A higher proportion of youth
C. The average number of people living C. A balanced age distribution
on a square mile or square kilometer of
D. No significant change in age structure
land
D. The variations in population that occur 253. Which of the follwoing does NOT influ-
across a country, a continent, or the world ence growth rates?
A. Hygiene
248. All of the European mountain chains pro-
B. Climate
vide natural resources for industries and
mineral resources, such as C. Education
A. copper D. Urbanization
B. iron ore 254. The picture above was taken at a Cinco de

Mayo celebration held in the United States.
C. zinc
This is an example of what cultural inter-
D. gold action?


of Stage 4 of the DTM?

A. The death rate is decreasing and birth
rate remains high
B. Both the death and birth rate are high
C. Both the death and birth rate are low
and fluctuating
A. cultural tolerance
D. Both the birth rate and death rate are
B. religious tolerance
decreasing
C. diffusion of American culture to other
regions 259. The mortality rate, due to the Industrial
Revolution
D. popularization of other cultures’ tradi-
tions in the United States A. increase
255. Which of the following is NOT an impact B. remained

migration has had on regions? C. decreased
D. none of above
260. What is population distribution?

A. The number of people living on a
square mile or square kilometer of land
B. The variations in population that occur
A. Climate across a country, a continent, or the world
B. Language C. The growth rate of a population
C. Traditions D. The movement of people from place to
D. Cultural Landscape place
256. What is population distribution? 261. The data of people who are born and die
are collected in
A. The number of males and females in a
given area or region A. general population censuses
B. The average age of people in a given B. the statistical institutes
area or region C. civil records
C. The number of people in a given area D. none of above
or region
D. Pattern of where people live within a 262. Given a scenario where a country expe-
given area or region riences a significant increase in birth rates
and a decrease in death rates due to im-
257. The spread of information, material, and proved healthcare, which phase of demo-
non-material characteristics from one cul- graphic transition theory does this repre-
ture to another is called what? sent?
A. Cultural Diffusion A. Pre-industrial stage
B. Urban Sprawl B. Transitional stage

C. Post-industrial stage D. Fueling the economy and supporting

D. Agricultural stage the housing market
263. A(n) is a person who has left his or 268. Evaluate the economic consequences of a
her home country due to crisis, such as war country with a high dependency ratio, ex-
or famine. amining its potential effects on productiv-
ity, government expenditure, and social
A. refugee welfare programs.
B. emigrant A. Potential strain on social welfare pro-
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C. immigrant grams; decreased economic productivity;
D. resident alien increased government expenditure
B. Increased economic productivity; effi-
264. Which is a pilgrimage site for Muslims? cient government expenditure; enhanced
A. Jerusalem social welfare programs
B. Xi’an C. No impact on economic productivity;
C. Mecca stable government expenditure; reduced
demand for social welfare programs
D. Varanasi
D. Decreased social welfare programs;
265. How does the demographic transition increased economic productivity; reduced
model explain change over time in the pop- government expenditure
ulation of a country or region?
269. What has MOST helped humans live far-
A. by tracking life expectancy ther from natural resources?
B. by measuring the annual number of
live births per 1, 000 people
C. by tracking birthrates and death rates
D. by measuring the immigration rate
266. Which aspect of population geography
involves the study of birth rates, death
rates, and migration patterns?
A. Population Distribution A. Migration
B. Population Dynamics B. Industrialization
C. Demographic Transition C. Weather Patterns
D. None of the above D. Cultural Diffusion
267. One way that immigration can negatively 270. Industrialization changes where humans
impact a host country is live by:
A. Requiring support from government A. Stopping people from living in different
services, like welfare climate regions
B. Providing a larger workforce and fuel- B. Causing the decline of cities
ing the economy. C. Allowing people to live farther from
C. “Brain drain” (losing people with natural resources
higher education) D. Allowing migration to rural areas

271. In this population pyramid which side are

girls on?

A. are things that cause people to stay
their homeland.
B. are things that cause people to buy
new homes their homeland.
C. are things that cause people to invest
their homeland.
A. Left D. are things that cause people to leave
their homeland.
B. Right
276. Which of the following is the CORRECT
C. Bottom Half
formula for determining Natural Increase
D. Top Half Rate?
A. CBR + CDR multiplied by 10
272. Deserts are usually
B. CDR-CBR divided by 20
A. densely populated.
C. CBR-CDR divided by 10
B. sparsely populated.
D. CBR-CDR multiplied by 10
C. evenly populated.
277. The natural increase of a population is cal-
D. None of the above
culated by
273. Which of the following is NOT a challenge A. The difference between the country’s
to a growing population? population density and the death rate
A. Overcrowding B. The difference between the country’s
population density and the birth rate
B. Housing shortages
C. The difference between the country’s
C. Overuse of resources population density and the migration rate
D. Increased food supplies D. The difference between the country’s
birth rate and the death rate
274. Population growth rates are influenced
by human, environmental, economic, and 278. Choose the correct option
A. Physiological factors
B. Emotional
C. Political factors
D. Physical factors
A. Cultural distribution
275. Push Factors B. Physical distribution

C. Population distribution
D. Economic distribution
279. Which is [likely to be] more densely pop-

ulated?
A. mountain range A. 9-11 billion
B. island B. 13-15 billion
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C. 20-25 billion
280. Given a scenario where a country expe- D. never
riences a significant influx of international
migrants, analyze the potential impacts on 284. People migrate within a country or re-
cultural diversity and social integration. gion. These factors are called “push” and
“pull” factors. What is “Pull Factor”
A. Increased cultural diversity; potential
challenges in social integration
B. Decreased cultural diversity; en-
hanced social cohesion
C. No impact on cultural diversity; seam-
less social integration
D. Decreased social integration; poten- A. *things that draw or attract people to
tial cultural assimilation another place.
B. Lack of Job Opportunities
281. The crude death rate is the total number
C. * things that cause people to leave
of deaths for every 1, 000 people alive in
their homeland.
a place in a given year.
D. Good job Opportunities
A. TRUE
B. FALSE 285. What is the birth rate?
A. The number of births per 1, 000 per
282. What is population distribution? year
A. Pattern of where people live within a B. The number of deaths per 1, 000 per
given area or region. year
B. The number of males and females in a C. The number of people who have moved
given area or region. into an area
C. The average age of people in a given
away from an area
area or region.
D. The number of people in a given area 286. In a region with a high dependency ra-
or region. tio, analyze the potential challenges it may
face in terms of economic productivity and
283. According to the United Nations, at what social welfare programs.
number is world population expected to A. Potential strain on social welfare pro-
plateau? grams; decreased economic productivity

B. Increased economic productivity; en- B. The process of converting rural areas

hanced social welfare programs into urban areas.

C. No impact on economic productivity; C. Uncontrolled expansion of urban ar-
efficient social welfare programs eas into surrounding rural areas. It also
D. Decreased social welfare programs; makes Mr. Writt irrationally upset.
increased economic productivity D. The controlled expansion of urban ar-
eas into surrounding rural areas.
287. What is the current estimated world pop-
ulation? 291. Areas close to rivers tend to be
A. 7.9 billion A. Densely populated
B. 10 billion B. Sparsely populated
C. 6.2 billion C. Fairly populated.
D. 8.5 billion D. None of the above
288. Assess the impact of international migra- 292. the variations in population that occur
tion on the cultural diversity and social fab- across a country, a continent, or the world
ric of a receiving country, considering both A. population pyramid
positive and negative aspects of cultural
B. population distribution
integration.
C. population density
A. Increased cultural diversity; potential
challenges in social integration; enhanced D. population doubling time
cultural exchange
293. What is the natural increase in demogra-
B. Decreased cultural diversity; seam- phy?
less social integration; reduced cultural
A. its the decrease of a population
exchange
B. its the increase in natural bureaucra-
C. No impact on cultural diversity; ef-
cies
ficient social integration; increased cul-
tural assimilation C. its the growth of a population
D. Decreased social integration; poten- D. its the natural way people increase in
tial cultural assimilation; reduced cultural wealth
exchange
294. the growth of a population; the differ-
289. Most humans live of the equator, in ence between birthrates and death rate
the hemisphere. A. birth rate
A. south, northern B. death rate
B. south, southern C. natural increase
C. north, northern D. migration
D. north, eastern
295. What is it called when a person moves
290. What is urban sprawl? within a country?
A. Planned expansion of urban areas into A. Migration

surrounding rural areas. B. Refugee

C. Asylum seeker B. Increased dependency ratio

D. Internal Migration C. Higher retirement costs
296. A population pyramid can be used to D. Decreased productivity levels

show 301. Which of the following is a PUSH factor?
A. How populations change over time
B. Show population distribution between
age cohorts (groups)
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C. Areas of high and low population den-
sity in a country
D. Where people live
297. A person forced to flee their country due

to war, violence, or natural disaster is
called a
A. Political Freedom
A. immigrant
B. Lack of Education
B. runner
C. Job Opportunities
C. illegal alien
D. Religious Freedom
D. refugee
302. refers to the movement of people
298. In the context of population geography,
from rural areas to cities.
what does the term “Demographic Transi-
tion” specifically refer to? A. sub urbanization
A. A change in population density over B. modernization
time C. destabilization
B. A shift from rural to urban living D. urbanization
C. A shift from high to low birth and death
303. the average number of people living on a
rates
D. A change in immigration patterns
A. population density
299. Two-thirds of the world’s population is B. population distribution
concentrated in four regions EXCEPT:
C. population pyramid
A. Europe
D. population doubling time
B. South Asia
C. Southeast Asia 304. High birthrate and high death rate means
the total population is low
D. North America
A. stage 1
300. Given a scenario where a country has a B. stage 2
high percentage of working-age individu-
als, what economic opportunity might this C. stage 3
represent for the nation? D. stage 4
A. Potential for increased innovation E. stage 5

305. Which of the following is likely to be af- C. South America

fected by a population of 7 billion? D. Antarctica

309. The industrial Revolution is considered
an era of rapid because new technol-
ogy enable cultures traits to spread more
quickly from one culture to another.
A. cultural diffusion
B. cultural dispersion
A. amount of land for agriculture
C. cultural assimilation
B. amount of clean water
D. cultural dissonance
C. number of people who are unemployed
D. all of the above 310. Istanbul is an important city because it
commands the to Europe
306. True or False:Most people in the world
live along coast lines
A. Straits
A. True B. Money
B. False C. Oil
D. Religion
307. What is urbanization?
A. The number of people living on a 311. Religion is not considered part of culture
square mile or square kilometer of land because beliefs vary in different parts of
the world.
B. The variations in population that occur
across a country, a continent, or the world A. true
C. The growth rate of a population B. false
D. The movement of people from rural vil- 312. These are programs designed to help peo-
lages to cities ple with children with the costs of child
care.
308. Europe forms the western peninusla of
Eurasia, the landmass that includes Europe A. Child Subsidies
and what other continent? B. Child Assistance
A. North America C. Child Endangerment
B. Asia D. none of above

313. A policy to make it easier for people to 318. Evaluate the potential consequences of a
move into a country is called country with a predominantly young popu-
lation for its education systems and future
A. Anti-natal policy
workforce development.
B. Pronatal policy A. Increased demand for education; po-
C. Anti-immigration policy tential challenges in workforce integra-
tion; potential economic benefits
D. Pro-immigration policy
B. Decreased demand for education; ef-
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314. What is zero population growth? ficient workforce development; potential
economic drawbacks
A. The number of years it takes for a pop-
ulation to double in size C. No impact on education systems;
seamless workforce integration; poten-
B. The growth rate of a population tial economic stability
C. The model that uses birthrates and D. Decreased demand for workforce de-
death rates to show how populations in velopment; increased focus on education;
countries or regions change over time potential economic growth
D. The birthrate and death rate are equal, 319. Much of the earth’s landscape is inhos-
resulting in no population growth pitable.
315. What is an example of how a high human
population density can affect that popula-
tion’s health?
A. Diseases are likely to disappear
B. Diseases are likely to travel very
quickly throughout the population
C. Diseases are likely to travel less A. True
quickly throughout the population B. False
D. none of above 320. Does this population growth chart most
likely show a developed or a developing
316. The average number of people living in an country?
area
A. population distribution
B. population density
C. urbanization
D. population rate
317. An excess of water in an area would re-

sult in what level of population density?
A. higher
B. lower

A. developed 324. What helps improve soil and helps grow

more crops?
B. developing

A. over cultivation of crops
321. Which of the following is NOT a charac- B. fertilizers
teristic of human population?
C. flooding
A. Ethnicity
D. less agriculture
B. GDP
325. This population pyramid shows
C. Language
D. Occupation
322. people with common interests living on a

A. community
B. trend
C. birthrate A. a country with an old population
D. death rate B. a country with an uneven male/female
distribution
323. The relative location of a city, with re- C. a country with a young population
spect to other geographic features, re-
gions, resources, and transport routes is D. none of above
called 326. The population of the world is:
A. Situation A. 7 billion people
B. New York B. 71 billion people
C. Site C. 7.1 million people
D. Pittsburgh D. 71 million people

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