Test Bank For Human Geography 1st Edition by Jon Malinowski

Test Bank For Human Geography 1st Edition by Jon Malinowski

Sample :cChapter 03 Population

Multiple Choice Questions

1. World population did not begin to rise rapidly until
A. The year 0 by the Christian calendar.
B. About the year 1,000, or the middle ages.
C. a logarithmic rise about 1970.
D. the beginning of the new millennium in 2000.

Bloom’s Level: Evaluate
Figure: 3A.01
Section: 3A
Topic: Population
Type: Multiple Choice

2. The first locations for widespread domestication of plants would have been
A. The Fertile Crescent.
B. What is today Iraq and Syria.
C. Mesopotamia (around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers).
D. All of the above are true regarding plant domestication.

Bloom’s Level: Apply
Section: 3A
Topic: Population
Type: Multiple Choice

3. According to the map, the Black Death (the Bubonic Plague) originated

A. in central Asia.
B. in the eastern Mediterranean Sea area.
C. in central Europe.
D. in the Baltic Sea area.

Bloom’s Level: Evaluate
Figure: 3A.02
Section: 3A
Topic: Population
Type: Multiple Choice

4. In the map of life expectancies, Japan exhibits

A. characteristics of a country with low expectancy.
B. traits in common with Western Europe.
C. a pattern that is not like that of the United States.
D. traits in common with central Africa.

Bloom’s Level: Analyze
Figure: 3A.03
Section: 3A
Topic: Population
Type: Multiple Choice

5. In the last couple of decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, life expectancies there
A. have risen like those of the rest of Europe.
B. have fallen.
C. have just about remained the same.
D. have risen even higher than those of western Europe.

Bloom’s Level: Evaluate
Figure: 3A.03
Section: 3A
Topic: Population
Type: Multiple Choice

6. Immediately after the industrial revolution which of the following applied to population dynamics first?
A. birth rates increased because people wanted more children in factory environments.
B. birth rates declined because agricultural pursuits were expanding.
C. death rates declined because of better water systems and health care.
D. death rates increased because of industrial accidents.

Bloom’s Level: Analyze
Figure: 3A.03
Section: 3A
Topic: Population
Type: Multiple Choice

7. Based on the figure, the population of Brazil today can be described as

A. equally spread throughout the country.
B. clustered mainly around the capital of Brasilia.
C. tightly arranged along the coasts in an ex-colonial pattern.
D. moving rapidly into the Amazon rainforest as it is cleared for soy farming.

Bloom’s Level: Evaluate
Figure: 3B.01
Section: 3B
Topic: Population
Type: Multiple Choice

8. Most of the population of the United States can be considered to be
A. located in the eastern regions along coasts and Great Lakes.
B. spread centrally in an area spreading out away from about Kansas City.
C. centered mostly in California and diminishing eastward.
D. focused mainly in Florida and diffusing northward along the coasts.

Bloom’s Level: Remember
Figure: 3B.01
Section: 3B
Topic: Population
Type: Multiple Choice

9. Mexico City is one of the largest cities on the planet. Its location is
A. mainly along the eastern coast, linked to the Caribbean Sea.
B. central in a valley in a mountainous region.
C. centered mostly with Acapulco on the western coast.
D. in industrial ‘maquiladora’ lands bordering the United States.

Bloom’s Level: Analyze
Figure: 3B.01
Section: 3B
Topic: Population
Type: Multiple Choice

10. The main difference between arithmetic and physiologic densities is
A. the difference between highland and lowland populations.
B. arithmetic is an actual head count while the other relates to industry.
C. arithmetic relates to total area, while physiologic only to arable cropland.
D. the first is people who cannot do math while physiologic relates to those who lean toward medical pursuits.

Bloom’s Level: Remember
Figure: 3B.02
Section: 3B
Topic: Population
Type: Multiple Choice