Chapter 6

Front 1

A country with ________ is not expected to grow quickly in the near future.

Back 1

high female employment and literacy

Front 2

A population in the post-industrial stage would be expected to have ________.

Back 2

birth and death rates at low stable levels

Front 3

A population which is not growing will have a TFR of ________.

Back 3

2.1

Front 4

According to the IPAT model, technology that enhances our acquisition of minerals, fossil fuels, timber, and ocean fish ________.

Back 4

increases environmental impact

Front 5

Areas with the least dense human populations are in ________.

Back 5

desert, tundra and rainforest

Front 6

Declining death rates due to increased food production and improved medical care while birth rates remain high is characteristic of the ________ stage.

Back 6

transitional

Front 7

During which time period did the world's population more than double?

Back 7

1950—2000

Front 8

If a population roughly doubles in the course of 50 years, its growth rate would be close to ________%.

Back 8

1.5

Front 9

If global fertility rates remain at 2008 levels, the United Nations predicts that world population will be approximately ________ billion in 2050.

Back 9

11

Front 10

In a country where there are increasingly more households, ________.

Back 10

consumption should increase

Front 11

Increasing levels of literacy among women is shown to ________.

Back 11

lower TFR

Front 12

Madagascar's age‑structure diagram (found on page 120) ________.

Back 12

reflects a population with a high growth rate

Front 13

Malthus was responsible for ________.

Back 13

the idea that without social strictures increasing human population would lead to famine and war

Front 14

Not surprisingly, the nation with the highest rate of contraceptive use (86%) is ________.

Back 14

China

Front 15

Replacement fertility ________.

Back 15

is equal to 2.1 in stable populations

Front 16

The "sensitivity factor" in the model used to represent human environmental impact denotes ________.

Back 16

the sensitivity of an environment to human pressures

Front 17

The 1994 Cairo, Egypt, conference was organized ________.

Back 17

to urge governments to better address social issues such as poverty and disease as potential sources of population problems

Front 18

The Matlab project in Bangladesh was successful in reducing TFR because ________.

Back 18

local women participated in an extensive outreach program about family planning

Front 19

The annual global growth rate of the human population peaked in the ________ and has been declining ever since.

Back 19

1960s

Front 20

The human population is approximately ________.

Back 20

7 billion (7,000,000,000)

Front 21

The most accurate terms describing the trend over the past 50 years for human use of natural resources are ________.

Back 21

increasing and unsustainable

Front 22

The richest one-fifth of the world's population possess approximately ________ times the income of the poorest one-fifth, and the richest one-fifth use over 86% of the world's resources.

Back 22

80

Front 23

The world population growth rate is currently close to ________%.

Back 23

1.2

Front 24

Looking at the figure, you are able to determine ________.

Back 24

that the population in the part (b) is growing rapidly

Front 25

The population in part (a) suggests that its Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is ________.

Back 25

less than replacement rate

Front 26

What is the population in part (b) likely to experience soon?

Back 26

resource depletion and decreased quality of life

Front 27

What is the population in part (a) likely to experience soon?

Back 27

more senior citizens

Front 28

Which of the following factors drives TFR down?

Back 28

social and economic security

Front 29

________ is the world's most populous nation, home to ________ of the people living on Earth.

Back 29

China; one-fifth

Front 30

What percentage of the next 1 billion people added to the worldwide population will be in the developing (nonindustrialized) world?

Back 30

99%

Front 31

Wealth and access to resources are unevenly distributed across countries. Which statement about the imbalance between the affluent and the poor in the world today is true?

Back 31

The riches 20% of the world uses 86% of its resources.

Front 32

NICE JOB

Back 32

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