Chapter 2 Review. The largest concentration of people in the world is located in which region?

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