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Explain the controversy about spatial analysis and the census, in your own words.

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If you were the leader of a populous country with very limited resources, and the citizens were concerned about the growth of the population, would you institute birth control policies more similar to those of India or China? Why? Contrast some details of each country's policies while preparing your answer.

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Question 3

Dr. John Snow found that cholera cases in London were

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A)   spatially associated with certain public wells.
B)   being punished for their sins.
C)   being transmitted almost exclusively by French and Irish immigrants.
D)   transmitted through the air in contagious diffusion.
E)   spread through the main seatrading routes by infected rats.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15. In what stage of the demographic transition is this country?

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A)   Stage 1
B)   Stage 2
C)   Stage 3
D)   Stage 4
E)   Stage 5F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

The physiological density of Egypt is approximately 2,600 persons per square kilometer, while the arithmetic density is approximately 80. This means that most of the country's land is unsuitable for intensive agriculture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The fertility rate based on the number of live births per 1,000 residents is the

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A)   crude birth rate.
B)   crude fertility rate.
C)   infant birth rate.
D)   natural increase rate.
E)   life expectancy at birth.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition?

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A)   Stage 1
B)   Stage 2
C)   Stage 3
D)   Stage 4
E)   Stage 5F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

A European country's population pyramid would drastically change shape if it began to resemble

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A)   the population pyramid of Japan.
B)   the age-sex diagram of the United States.
C)   the population pyramid of Nigeria.
D)   the age-sex diagram of Australia.
E)   the population pyramid of Canada.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

Physiological density is the number of

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A)   acres of farmland per the total area of a country.
B)   farmers per area of farmland.
C)   people per area of flat land.
D)   people per area suitable for agriculture.
E)   farm animals per area suitable for agriculture.F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 10

The stages of the epidemiologic transition are based on

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A)   causes of death at varying stages of the demographic transition.
B)   the means through which disease is transmitted spatially.
C)   non-contagious diseases such as heart disease, obesity, or diabetes.
D)   new food sources which produced population explosions.
E)   pandemics like the bubonic plague, influenza, or AIDS.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 11

The most lethal epidemic in recent years has been

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A)   avian flu.
B)   AIDS.
C)   malaria.
D)   cholera.
E)   SARS.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

The most populous country in the Southeast Asia region is

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A)   Bangladesh.
B)   China.
C)   India.
D)   Indonesia.
E)   Thailand.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 13

In comparing Malthus's theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past half-century, the principal difference is that

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A)   actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted.
B)   Malthus's theory predicted much higher food production than has actually occurred.
C)   actual population growth has been much higher than Malthus predicted.
D)   Malthus's theory predicted much higher population growth than has actually occurred.
E)   population increased geometrically while food production increased exponentially.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

Explain why today's less developed societies moved from Stage 1 to Stage 2 of the demographic transition.

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Question 15

If your community or home town were an independent country and you were its leader, what programs might you institute to change (increase or decrease) its rate of natural increase, and why? What specific changes would you imagine occuring among people that you know, as a result of your programs? Use data, terminology, and examples from the textbook to support your ideas.

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Question 16

A homeless person living in a small town would be ________ to be counted in the U.S. Census than a homeless person living in a large city.

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A)   less likely
B)   equally (neither more nor less)  likely
C)   more likely
D)   nearly as likelyE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

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A)   Stage 1
B)   Stage 2
C)   Stage 3
D)   Stage 4
E)   none of these stagesF) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 18

Given the data in this chapter about urban and rural population concentrations, we might expect to find a lower proportion of farmers living in which of these areas?

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A)   East Asia
B)   South Asia
C)   Southeast Asia
D)   Southeastern Europe
E)   Sub-Saharan AfricaF) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 19

A possible stage five epidemiological transition is the stage of

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A)   pestilence and famine.
B)   receding pandemics, including possible zombie pandemics.
C)   degenerative and human-created diseases.
D)   delayed degenerative diseases.
E)   reemergence of infectious and parasitic diseases.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 20

A country of 30,000,000 people has a crude birth rate of 10. This means that in one year 30 babies were born.

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A) True 
 B)False

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