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GHS-POPULATIONS EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -55 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: reason that wood is considered a limited resource in many developing countries

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People cut down trees faster than they can grow.Question 2: A shortage of this can decrease the food supply available to a growing population

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arable land Question 3: Because birth rates have begun to fall this will occur to the Earth's population

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stabilize somewhere around 9 billion by 2050.Question 4: Countries experiencing the greatest population growth are most likely to be those going through this

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industrial revolution

Question 5: The theory of demographic transition is based on the idea that industrial development causes this type of progress that affects population growth rates

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economic and social

Question 6: Characteristics that predict population sizes

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age structure, survivorship, fertility rate, and migration Question 7: Type I and Type III survivorship curves indicate populations that are growing in this manner

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slowly or not at all Question 8: China has implemented a campaign to reduce birth rates that includes this reward for single-child families

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economic rewards

Question 9: The distribution of ages in a population at a specific time

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a population pyramid

Question 10: region experiencing the biggest increase in population

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Asia Question 11: Local water supplies may be contaminated when they are also used for this type of disposal

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sewage

Question 12: Age structure of Countries with high growth rates

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more younger people than older people.

Question 13: a strategy that could increase population growth

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limiting education for women Question 14: Human population growth was most rapid during which period of human history

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Modern Age

Question 15: Factors which make it difficult to reduce population growth

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low literacy and limited healthcare Question 16: can result from increased birth rate, increased life expectancy or immigration

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increase in population Question 17: population growth slows because the birth rate decreases-even though the population is much larger it has stabilized

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third stage of demographic transition Question 18: When birth rates and death rates are both high this occurs to the population

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the population grows slowly, if at all Question 19: pre-industrial condition-birth rate and death rate are both at high levels and the population is stable

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stage one of demographic transition Question 20: adequate sewage treatment facilities for growing populations results in this

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decrease in waterborne diseases

Question 21: Most demographers predict a medium population growth rate and a world population reaching this in 2050

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• billion

Question 22: What countries are to be given priority for foreign aid

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least-developed

Question 23: The result of educating women to learn family-planning technique

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lowered birthrates

Question 24: the third stage of demographic transition characteristic

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social conditions that favor smaller families Question 25: Professionals who study and make predictions about human populations are called

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demographers

Question 26: combination of high birth rates and low death rates

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increased the human population from 1880-1930 Question 27: This helps demographers predict which age groups will experience the most growth

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population pyramid Question 28: A disease that is often spread through unsafe public water sources

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dysentery