1. Chapter 2 Review

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

3. Which region is the most urbanized?

4. Name the 4 areas where people tend NOT to settle.

5. What caused the world population to increase approximately 10,000 years ago?

6. Define total fertility rate

7. Time Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4 Natural increase Birth rate Death rate The highest NIR is found in stage ___.

8. At what percent is the world’s NIR?

9. Which continent would have the lowest life expectancy?

10. The shape of a country’s population pyramid is determined by what statistic?

11. The United States has a crude birth rate of 14/1000. What stage of the demographic transition does this number place the U.S. ?

12. Rapidly declining death rates would be a characteristic of a country in what stage of the demographic transition?

13. A population pyramid with a large base and a classic pyramid shape would indicate a large percentage of ______.

14. Name the Chinese policy that resulted in a lowering of CBR’s, TFR’s, and the NIR.

15. The low status of women in some parts of the world has resulted in ____ rates of contraceptive use.

16. Too many people compared to resources defines this term.

17. Why did Malthus believe that overpopulation would eventually occur?

18. According to the graph, Malthus’s predictions were wrong because….

19. The most populous county in the world

20. _____________ density = number of people per arable land

21. This population pyramid illustrates a place with a large percentage of _____ people

22. What event, approximately 200 years ago, led to an increase in world population?

23. Slovakia & Albania have the same arithmetic density (110). This means each has the same number of ________ per sq. km.

24. What statistic is most often used by demographers to study fertility?

25. A country in what region would most likely have a population graph similar to this?

26. The percentage of people who are too young or too old to work in a society.

27. Time Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4 Natural increase Birth rate Death rate The highest crude birth/death rates are found in stage ___.

28. The main reason natural increase rates are declining in LDCs is _______________.

29. High NIRs would be found in _DCs while low crude birth rates would be found in _DCs.

30. Time Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4 Natural increase Birth rate Death rate The lowest crude birth/death rates are found in stage ___.

31. Which would have a larger spread…the highest/lowest crude death rates OR the highest/lowest crude birth rates?

32. Why would a LCD like Panama have a lower crude death than a MDC like Norway?

33. 2/3 of the world’s population is clustered in what 4 areas?

34. The most populous country in Southeast Asia

35. The fastest population growth (NIR) is taking place in _DCs.

36. 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.

37. The United States has a low agricultural density because it has a ________ amount of arable land AND a _______ number of farmers.

38. Define crude birth rate