Human Population

10/13

Today we will:

1. Complete Socratic Seminar pages 121-130

Wednesday: 131-140
Thursday: 141-150

2. Pick up new pages.

3. Start the notes for Chapter 7

4. DOL Quiz first 5

Cornell Notes Questions

1. What role does education play in the number of children a family has?

 

2. How do the following key factors influence population size: immigration policy, family planning, economic rewards and penalties, and empowering women?

3. A country has a birth rate of 48 per 1,000 and a death rate of 16 deaths per

1,000. Would you say this is a developing country or a developed country?
Explain.

 

 

4. What is the correlation between annual income and life expectancy?

 

5. What is infant mortality rate? Why it is considered a good indicator of quality of life?

 

6. What are the four stages of demographic transition? Do birth/death rates increase, decrease or stay the same in each stage? Why do the birth/death rates change as they do?

Practice Questions

  

Multiple Choice:

Directions for questions 1-5: The lettered choices below correspond to the

descriptions given in questions 1-5. Select the one lettered choice that best fits each statement. Each choice may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

(A) total fertility rate

(B) crude death rate
(C) crude birth rate
(D) IPAT
(E) natural increase

1. the number of births per 1000 persons

2. the average number of children born to a woman during her reproductive lifetime
3. the number of deaths per 1000 persons
4. crude birth rate – crude death rate
5. highest among women in developing countries

Directions: For each of the following questions, select the one lettered choice that

best answers the question.

6. This country’s population pyramid would have a wide bottom and a very narrow top.

(A) Kenya

(B) United States
(C) Great Britain
(D) Italy
(E) Japan

7. In the year 2000, a country has a population of 100,000 people. The growth

rate is 3.5%. In what year will the population be 400,000?

(A) 2010
(B) 2020

(C) 2030
(D) 2040
(E) 2050

8. Which of the following is/are true of demographic transition?

I. during stage one, birth rates drop continuouslyII. during the post-industrial phase both birth and death rates remain low
III. demographic transition is currently occurring in every country

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) II and III
(E) I, II and III

9. Of the following reasons, which one accounts for the largest drop in total

fertility rate?

(A) Women’s education and empowerment

(B) Cultural beliefs
(C) Religion
(D) Societal views
(E) High infant mortality rate

10. The first dramatic increase in population took place during the following time

period.

(A) the Industrial Revolution

(B) the Green Revolution
(C) the Second Agricultural Revolution
(D) the First Agricultural Revolution
(E) during the twentieth century 

 

Free-Response Question:
 
Directions: Answer all parts of the following question. Where explanation or discussion is required, support your answers with relevant information and/or specific examples. When a calculation is required, be sure to show how you arrived at your answer.




 1. Use the following diagram to answer the following questions.

　
   (a) Approximately how many people are under the age of 3
(b) This is an age structure diagram for a developing country. What type of growth does this country demonstrate? Name a country that this graph
could represent.

(c) Identify and describe TWO factors that account for this type of growth
[must match your answer in part (b)].

(d) Explain TWO practices a government could implement to slow population growth.