Question.282 - A measure of the economic impact of the young and old on the more economically active and productive members of a population is known as the Select one: a. dependency ratio. b. infant mortality rate. c. crude death rate. d. youth-elderly cohort e. expectancy ratio Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: dependency ratio. Question?2 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Demography is the study of population Select one: a. distribution. b. characteristics. c. attitudes. d. pressures. e. politics Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: characteristics. Question?3 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The most widely known tool to assess the size, distribution, and characteristics of a population are Select one: a. geographic information systems. b. keeping vital records c. censuses. d. geodemographic analyses e. demographic transitions. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: censuses. Question?4 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text A population density map of the world shows that the distribution of people is most obviously affected by Select one: a. preferences for places with tropical landscapes. b. cultural factors such as language, cuisine and religion. c. ?political factors, types of government, and laws. d. environmental factors such as natural resources, climate, water availability, topography. e. economic factors such as development and trade history. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: environmental factors such as natural resources, climate, water availability, topography. Question?5 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Age-sex pyramids are a graphical representation of a. a hierarchy of core-periphery relationships b. the birth rates and death rates of a country c. the structure of a population at a moment in time. d. the rankings of countries around the world e. the distribution of a population over space. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: the structure of a population at a moment in time. Question?6 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following best explains a population pyramid (age-sex pyramid) that looks like an umbrella, with very narrow cohorts at the bottom that widen broadly near the top? Select one: a. The population pyramid is upside down. b. Migrants are dominant in the community c. The population is a college town d. The population has an open-door migration policy. e. The population is a retirement village. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: The population is a retirement village. Question?7 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Of the following, a typical example of a push factor of migration would be Select one: a. good schools. b. close family ties. c. social conflict. d. beautiful weather. e. abundant job opportunities Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: social conflict. Question?8 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text In the United States, there have been numerous waves of internal voluntary migration. These include all of the following?except Select one: a. the Snowbelt to Sunbelt migration. b. the Trail of Tears. c. rural-to-urban migration of agricultural workers. d. the great northward migration of African-Americans. e. the westward expansion of the frontier Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: the Trail of Tears. Question?9 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Alaska has warmed twice as fast as the global average over the past 50 years. This has resulted in? Select one: a. forced migration out of Alaska. b. amenity migration into Alaska. c. increased life expectancy. d. increased spatial equality. e. increased infant mortality. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: forced migration out of Alaska. Question?10 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The world region that experienced the greatest increase of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2012to almost six millionis Select one: a. Africa. b. North America. c. Latin America d. the Middle East. e. Asia. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: the Middle East. Question?11 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text In which of the following countries does one expect the fastest population growth? Select one: a. ?Guatemala b. New Zealand c. Russia d. Germany e. Denmark Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: ?Guatemala Question?12 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Inaccuracies in U.S. censuses a. are no big deal, they are just a count of the population anyway. b. are a big deal, they affect the distribution of federal revenues and congressional seats c. do no occur with any degree of significance. d. are a big deal, they affect the distribution of professional sports franchises around the country. e. are the result of government mismanagement Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: are a big deal, they affect the distribution of federal revenues and congressional seats Question?13 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The number of people per unit of area (such as people per square kilometer) is a measure of a. crude density b. health density c. agricultural density d. natural density e. nutritional density Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: crude density Question?14 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The international forced migration of Palestinians from their homeland since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 is a response to a. discrimination b. ongoing violence c. land disposession d. ongoing violence, displacement, and land disposession. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: ongoing violence, displacement, and land disposession. Question?15 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text To a demographer, a group of people that share a common temporal demographic experience is known as a a. a baby boom b. a dependency ratio c. a transnational migrant d. a team e. a cohort
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