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__________ refers to a process whereby a population shifts from an original equilibrium in which a high birthrate is more or less cancelled out by a high death rate, through a stage in which the birthrate remains high but the death rate declines, to a final equilibrium in which the birth and death rates are lower but the population is much larger
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Demographic transition
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The __________ rate refers to the number of children born per 1000 population.
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crude birth
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The text points out the current trends in the U.S. population may be summarized by three striking features. Which of the following is NOT one of these features?
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a changing sex ratio
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According to the text, efforts to control population growth can take any of three basic approaches. Which of the following is NOT one of these approaches
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Encourage conflict to precipitate wars.
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In the United States, the family planning movement owes much to the energy and dedication of a nurse named
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Margaret Sanger
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By 1965, some __________ percent of married women in the United States had used some form of birth control
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85
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In 1968, in response to widespread concern about population growth, an organization known as __________ was founded; its goal was to promote an end to population growth as soon as possible through lowered birthrates.
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ZPG - Zero Population Growth
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With a population of more than 1 billion people, __________ has adopted a policy of one child per family for urban dwellers with the goal of a 40 percent reduction in population size by 2050.
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China
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The first major period of immigration to the United States was the __________ period
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Early Colonial
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Which of the following cities is NOT one of the preferred destinations of almost half of the nation's immigrants
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Dallas
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The differential between the (crude) birthrate and the death rate is called the rate of
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population growth (natural increase).
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The first major period of this group's immigration to the United States took place during the end of the eighteenth century
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British
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Between 2000 and 2004, approximately __________ million new immigrants arrived in the United States
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4.6
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__________ migration refers to the tendency of immigrants to migrate to areas where they have kin and others from their home communities.
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Chain
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Which one of the following states would rank the lowest in terms of illegal immigration?
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Missouri
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