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A cohort is a population group unified by an identifying characteristic.

true

The continent with the lowest total fertility rates overall is

Europe

Which of the following characteristics of a national population is NOT evident from its population pyramid?

infant mortality rate

Consider the following data:

Country A
Crude birth rate 38 per 1,000
Crude death rate 18 per 1,000
Country B
Crude birth rate 19 per 1,000
Crude death rate 9 per 1,000
The data tell us that the annual rates of natural increase of Country A and Country B are

Country A has twice the rate as Country B.

When the average total fertility rate of a population drops to the replacement level,

population continues to grow for a generation or more.

The Malthusian theory is based on which of the following assumptions?

Population tends to increase more rapidly than do the food supplies to support that population.

Improved women's education in some developing countries like Bangladesh has helped in reducing total fertility rate.

True

The crude death rate for wealthy Western Europe is much higher than that for Central America because

Western Europe has a higher proportion of old people.

Collectively, less developed countries contained over two-thirds of the world's urban population at the start of the 21st century.

True

The portions of the earth's surface permanently inhabited by humans make up the

ecumene

Mathus' predictions of overpopulation were rejected in the 19th Century and did not influence population policy in the 20th Century.

False

A wide bottom on a population pyramid suggests a country is in the___________ stage of the demographic transition.

second

A total fertility rate of 1.7 is necessary just to replace present population.

False

Which of the following is not one of the world's four major population clusters?

Mexico and Central America

Which of the following does NOT describe a characteristic of world population distribution?

The majority of the world's population resides in developing countries of the Southern Hemisphere.

After 2008, the world's urban population outnumbered the world's rural population.

True

The systematic study of human population is

demography

The second stage of the demographic transition is marked by

high birth rates, and declining death rates.

The continent with the highest total fertility rates overall is

Africa.

Carrying capacity is

the maximum number of people that can be supported by available resources and technology.

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