Name__________________       Population Growth Chapter 6

 

1.                  Why was the human population in dynamic balance prior to 1800?

 

 

 

2.                  List four factors that increased the recruitment rate after 1800.

 

3.                  The countries of the world fall into three major economic categories.  Identify those categories and provide examples of each.

 

 

4.                  What is relationship to earth population and control of wealth for developed and developing countries?

 

5.                  Which countries have the shortest and longest doubling times (table 6-3)?

 

6.                  Match the characteristic with a- developed or b-developing.

a.      high total fertility

b.      short doubling times

c.      poverty is intense

d.      environmental degradation is intense

e.   high energy demands

 

 

7.                  What three conditions must be met in order to achieve a sustainable population?

 

8.                  How are developing nations attempting to mitigate population growth and land useage?

 

 

9.                  Using Italy and Iraq as comparative countries indicate whether more or less of the following goods and services will be needed in the next 20 years.

Schools

Nursing care

Housing

Utilities/energy

 

10.              Calculate the annual rate of increase and doubling time for:

Kenya  BR-46  DR-7

Mexico BR-29  DR-6

US   BR-17 DR-9

Denmark BR -12   DR-12

 

11.              Using the demographic transition model indicate + high,  -  decline or 0 stable.

Phase         Birthrate          Death Rate         Population

I

II

III
IV

 

Developed nations are in phase ________ while developing nations are in phase ___________.  What has been the observed trend in economic development and fertility rates?

 

 

 

 

12.              Give an example of how population profiles can be used by demographers.