ENVSOCTY - MIDTERM 2 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | RATED A+
1. Demography-ANSWER- the study of human populations
2. Distribution-ANSWER- the spatial arrangement of geographic phenomenon
3. Uneven distribution-ANSWER- Areas of concentrated population and dispersed population
4. Continents of concentrated populations-ANSWER- South central Asia, Eastern Asia, Europe
5. Continents of dispersed populations-ANSWER- North Africa, North America, Northern
Eurasia, Australia
6. Global population (current)-ANSWER- approx. 800 million
7. Density-ANSWER- The measure of the relationship between the number of geographic
phenomena and a unit of area
8. 2 types of density-ANSWER- Arithmetic
physiological
9. Arithmetic density-ANSWER- The total number of people per unit of area
10. Physiological density-ANSWER- Population per unit of cultivable land
11. Population growth rate-ANSWER- 1.1%
12. Doubling time-ANSWER- The number of years required for the population of an area to
double its current size
54 years
13. Limits to population growth-ANSWER- Overpopulation
Carrying Capacity
14. Overpopulation-ANSWER- An area's population exceeds the capacity of the environment to
support the standard size
of living
15. Carrying Capacity-ANSWER- The maximum number population that can be supported by a
given set of resources
and a given level of technology
, 16. Two contrasting perspectives-ANSWER- Catastrophists
Cornucopians
17. Catastrophists-ANSWER- view that the population increases and continuing environmental
deterioration are leading
to a nightmarish future of environmental catastrophe
18. Cornucopians-ANSWER- view that advances in science and tech and cultural adaption will
continue to create resources
to support the growing world population
19. Population (two factors)-ANSWER- fertility
mortality
20. Fertility-ANSWER- The number of births produced by a women
21. Mortality-ANSWER- Deaths
22. Migration-ANSWER- The long term or permanent relocation of an individual or group of
people from one area to another
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23. Crude birth rate (CBR)-ANSWER- the number of births/year for every 1000 people already
living
CBR=B/P x 1000
24. True fertility-ANSWER- Measure the number of children being born relative to-ANSWER- the
# of women in the population and
the # of women of child bearing age
25. General fertility rate (Fecundity)-ANSWER- Potential capability of having children
26. TFR (Total fertility rate)-ANSWER- The average number of children a women will have in her
reproductive years
27. Replacement rate (TFR)-ANSWER- 2.1-1.5
The level of fertility at which a population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next
CORRECT ANSWERS | RATED A+
1. Demography-ANSWER- the study of human populations
2. Distribution-ANSWER- the spatial arrangement of geographic phenomenon
3. Uneven distribution-ANSWER- Areas of concentrated population and dispersed population
4. Continents of concentrated populations-ANSWER- South central Asia, Eastern Asia, Europe
5. Continents of dispersed populations-ANSWER- North Africa, North America, Northern
Eurasia, Australia
6. Global population (current)-ANSWER- approx. 800 million
7. Density-ANSWER- The measure of the relationship between the number of geographic
phenomena and a unit of area
8. 2 types of density-ANSWER- Arithmetic
physiological
9. Arithmetic density-ANSWER- The total number of people per unit of area
10. Physiological density-ANSWER- Population per unit of cultivable land
11. Population growth rate-ANSWER- 1.1%
12. Doubling time-ANSWER- The number of years required for the population of an area to
double its current size
54 years
13. Limits to population growth-ANSWER- Overpopulation
Carrying Capacity
14. Overpopulation-ANSWER- An area's population exceeds the capacity of the environment to
support the standard size
of living
15. Carrying Capacity-ANSWER- The maximum number population that can be supported by a
given set of resources
and a given level of technology
, 16. Two contrasting perspectives-ANSWER- Catastrophists
Cornucopians
17. Catastrophists-ANSWER- view that the population increases and continuing environmental
deterioration are leading
to a nightmarish future of environmental catastrophe
18. Cornucopians-ANSWER- view that advances in science and tech and cultural adaption will
continue to create resources
to support the growing world population
19. Population (two factors)-ANSWER- fertility
mortality
20. Fertility-ANSWER- The number of births produced by a women
21. Mortality-ANSWER- Deaths
22. Migration-ANSWER- The long term or permanent relocation of an individual or group of
people from one area to another
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23. Crude birth rate (CBR)-ANSWER- the number of births/year for every 1000 people already
living
CBR=B/P x 1000
24. True fertility-ANSWER- Measure the number of children being born relative to-ANSWER- the
# of women in the population and
the # of women of child bearing age
25. General fertility rate (Fecundity)-ANSWER- Potential capability of having children
26. TFR (Total fertility rate)-ANSWER- The average number of children a women will have in her
reproductive years
27. Replacement rate (TFR)-ANSWER- 2.1-1.5
The level of fertility at which a population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next
