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Chapter Three: Population Dynamics 1. The world's population is now increasing very rapidly by historical
standards. 2. The world's population began to accelerate sharply _________ (choose
the best answer). 3. The world now has a population of about _____ billion people. (Pick
the closest number to the real figure.) 4. Growth whose rate accelerates over time is termed _______. 5. Doubling times for the world’s population have gotten increasingly
shorter during the past 2,000 6. Plagues, in earlier times, were harshest to
the poor. 7. Among prehistoric peoples, the most frequent
causes of death were disease and malnourishment. 8. Beginning in _____________ in the Western world, rates of death began
a persistent, if intermittent, decline relative to births. 9. Current population projections suggest that in about 100 years, ___________
of the world's population will live in the southern half of the globe.
10. The doubling time for a quantity (such as a country's total population)
is approximately equal to 11. The "rule of 70" is concerned with ______. 12. Today, the doubling time for world population is about (select the
closest answer). 13. The world's current population growth rate is ___________. 14. Birth rates are not increasing in rapidly growing countries. 15. Life expectancies in the West haven't changed much since the Medieval
period. 16. The excess of births over deaths is termed ________. 17. For the population in a country to remain stable (assuming no immigration),
the average woman would need to have ____ children (rounded off to a whole
number). 18. In phase one of the demographic transition, _____________. 19. In phase two of the demographic transition, _________ 20. In phase three of the demographic transition, _________ 21. The U.S. is in phase _____ of the demographic transition. 22. The demographic transition has _____ phases. 23. Around the time of World War I, population growth rates began climbing
sharply in Asia, Africa and Latin America as death rates fell. These regions
had entered phase ____ of the 24. A hundred years ago, high birth rates characterized the advanced
countries, too. 25. This is an estimate of how many children the average woman will have. 26. A population pyramid graphically illustrates a population's age structure
according to the categories of ___ and ___. 27. Of these three population pyramid shapes, which one signifies that a country's population growth rate is likely to rapidly increase during the coming years? (If this question is asked, you'll need to choose among three choices that resemble the illlustrations in the textbook.) 28. Infant mortality in the Third World is now about the same as in the
First World. 29. China’s current family policy flies in the face of Chinese tradition. 30. What country adopted a "one child per family" preference,
as policy, in the late 1970s? 31. This term refers to people's moving out of a country. 32. When people move into a country from a different country, this process
is termed _____. 33. In the U.S., immigration currently accounts for 34. Which continent has the largest total population? 35. Which area, from the list below, has the most rapidly growing population
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