1) What kind of map shows the size of a country in proportion to some value, like population? a) a cartogram b) a choropleth map c) a pie chart 2) The number of people per unit of area is called a) physiologic density b) arithmetic density c) agricultural density 3) The statistical study of human populations is called a) population geography b) demography c) human geography 4) The number of people per unit of arable land is called a) arithmetic density b) physiologic density c) agricultural density 5) The number of births per 1000 people is called the a) crude birth rate b) crude death rate c) total fertility rate d) immigration rate 6) The number of children a woman will have in her lifetime is known as the a) total fertility rate b) crude birth rate c) crude death rate 7) In what stage of the demographic transition do you see the sharpest decline in death rates? a) I b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5 8) In what stage of the DTM do you see declining populations? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5 9) What stage of the DTM is associated with improvements in sanitation, increased urbanization and the industrial revolution?  a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5 10) The flu in 1918 and the Covid-19 outbreak over the last few years are both examples of  a) pandemics b) epidemics c) endemic diseases d) degenerative diseases e) genetic diseases 11) The impacts that populations have on their environment and how the environment affect people is called a) population ecology b) demography c) population geography d) human geography 12) Thomas Malthus: optimist or pessimist? a) optimist b) pessimist c) a 50-50 split 13) The total fertility rate needed to replace a population is widely accepted to be a) 2 b) 2.1 c) 2.5 d) 3 e) 3.1 14) Which of the following would say something like this: "More people = more opportunities to innovate and expand the food supply." a) Thomas Malthus b) neo-Malthusians c) A cornucopian 15) Shifts in disease and death that follow the stages of the Demographic Transition model are known as the ___________ transition. a) Endemic b) Pandemic c) Epidemiologic d) epidemic 16) Diseases that are spread from person to person are known as a) communicable diseases b) chronic diseases c) degenerative diseases 17) People who believe that the world is overpopulated today and that earth has a fixed carrying capacity are known as a) Malthusians b) Neo-Malthusians c) Cornucopians d) Social Critics

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