SOC 319 Population and Society Midterm

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1. According to the video “6 Billion and Beyond”, an important demographic consequence of very low fertility in Europe is that:

   	A.	taxes have risen sharply in order to pay benefits to the elderly.
   	B.	European countries have been actively recruiting immigrants to fill in the younger ages.
   	C.	European countries are aging.
   	D.	the status of women has risen dramatically.

QUESTION 3

1. There are 4 million people living in Country Y. Most are young, Hispanic Protestants. The vast majority live in small urban areas. In this example, “4 million people” describes the ______. “young, Hispanic Protestants” describes the _____________, and “vast majority live in small, urban areas” describes the ______________ of Country Y.

   	A.	Size, density, composition
   	B.	Size, composition, distribution
   	C.	Composition, distribution, desnity
   	D.	Distribution, composition, size

QUESTION 4

1. According to your textbook, demographers study people as aggregates. Which of the following groups would NOT be considered an example of an aggregate?

   	A.	Registered voters
   	B.	Baby boomers
   	C.	A teen mother named Islip with eight children living in Long Island.
   	D.	Migrants to New York City in 1999

QUESTION 5

1. If the global population had a crude death rate of 12 per 1000 and a crude birth rate of 15 per 1000, the global population growth rate would be[SUBTRCACT CDR FROM CBR AND DIVIDE ANSWER BY 10]

   	A.	30% per year
   	B.	0.3% per year
   	C.	Cannot determine with information provided. Need information about net migration rate.
   	D.	3.0% per year

QUESTION 6

1. In 2000 China had a census population count of about 1,273.30 million and a land area of about 9,596,961 square kilometers. What was the population density of China in 2000?[HINT: DIVIDE POPULATION BY AREA. REMEMBER THAT POPULATION IS IN MILLIONS]

   	A.	. About 1,273.30 people per square kilometer
   	B.	. About 9,593, 961 square kilometers
   	C.	. About 1.32 people per square kilometer
   	D.	. About 132 people per square kilometer

QUESTION 7

1. In country A, total increase in the population from Jan 1, 1999 to Dec 31st, 1999 was 50,000. The total number of births and deaths in the year was 10,000 and 5,000 respectively. What was the magnitude of net migration in country A during 1999: [HINT: M _(1,2) = (P ₂-P ₁) – B _(1,2)+D _(1,2)]

   	A.	. 45,000,000
   	B.	. 55,000,000
   	C.	. 45,000
   	D.	. 55,000

QUESTION 8

1. 	U.K.	Kenya
   Population on 1/1/2000	58,670,000	30,689,000
   Births from 1/1/2000 to 1/1/2005	3,360,000	6,295,000
   Deaths from 1/1/2000 to /1/2005	3,050,000	2,515,000
   Net migrants from 1/1/2000 to 1/1/2005	688,000	-213,000

   Find U.K. population on 1/1/2005 using the data in table above [HINT: P₁ + B_(1,2) – D _(1,2) + M _(1,2)]

   	A.	. 30, 689,000
   	B.	. 3,567,000
   	C.	. 59,668,000
   	D.	. 310,000

QUESTION 9

1. According your textbook, changes in population composition and size are determined not only by fertility, mortality and migration but also by

   	A.	movement
   	B.	births
   	C.	deaths
   	D.	reclassification

QUESTION 10

1. If you knew that there were 4.0 million births in the United States in 2000, what other piece of information would you need in order to decide whether this represented a high or a low crude birth rate?

   	A.	number of births in 1999 and 2001
   	B.	number of deaths in 2000
   	C.	number of immigrants in 2000
   	D.	midyear population size in 2000

QUESTION 11

1. The crude rate of natural increase (CRNI)

   	A.	Is greater than the crude population growth rate
   	B.	Does not take into account the crude net migration rate
   	C.	Is the same as the crude population growth rate
   	D.	Is less than the crude population growth rate

QUESTION 12

1. The annual crude rate of population growth of South Africa has declined from 2.1% per annum in last 40 years to 1.6% per annum in year 1999. This implies

   	A.	The population of South Africa is increasing, but at a slower rate
   	B.	The population of South Africa has been decreasing for the last 40 years
   	C.	There is no change in the population size of South Africa
   	D.	It is hard to tell about the population from the information given

QUESTION 13

1. According to chapter 1 in your textbook, in an open society, population change is determined by

   	A.	Abortions, marriages and divorces.
   	B.	Births, deaths, and migrations.
   	C.	Number of births to women aged 15-19.
   	D.	Infant mortality and maternal mortality.

QUESTION 14

1. The three most populated countries in the world in 2020 are

   	A.	Bangladesh, Japan and Nigeria
   	B.	China, India and Nigeria
   	C.	China, Germany and Nigeria
   	D.	China, India and United States

QUESTION 15

1. According to your class textbook, which of the following statements on world human population growth is correct?

   	A.	In the next day, the world population will expand by about 237,000 people.
   	B.	In the next year, the world population will expand almost by 143 million people.
   	C.	In the next day, the world population will expand by 393, 000 million people.
   	D.	In the next 10 seconds, the world population will expand by about 45 people.

QUESTION 16

1. Assuming zero net migration, what was the crude rate of natural increase for Chad in 2008, if its birth rate was 44 per 1000 and death rate was 17 per 1000? [HINT: (CBR-CDR)/10]

   	A.	2.7%
   	B.	27%
   	C.	42.3%
   	D.	33%

QUESTION 17

1. Country	Population(millions)	Crude birth rate (per 1000 people)	Crude death rate (per 1000 people)	Infant mortality rate (per 1000 births)	Total Fertility Rate
   A	9.5	50	20	134	6.7
   B	8.1	11	10	5.5	1.4
   C	24	29	7	60	3.5
   D	18.4	20	5	18.4	2.3
   E	11.7	29	6	40	3.6

   Which country has the largest annual rate of natural increase? (HINT: COMPUTE [(CBR(1,2) – CDR (1,2))]/10) FOR ALL COUNTRIES AND PICK LARGEST)
   

   	A.	C
   	B.	A
   	C.	D
   	D.	E
   	E.

QUESTION 18

1. Crude birth and death rates are commonly presented as per ______

   	A.	I million people
   	B.	I billion people
   	C.	100 people
   	D.	1,000 people

QUESTION 19

1. According to the video “6 billion and beyond”, the earth’s population would need how many earths to support the world’s population if everybodylived like Americans do?

   	A.	2
   	B.	1
   	C.	3
   	D.	4

QUESTION 20

1. Which group is not included in the census count of the United States population?

   	A.	American citizens who are in foreign countries serving as missionaries
   	B.	American citizens who are in a foreign country working for the State Department
   	C.	American citizens in the U. S. Armed Forces who are in foreign countries
   	D.	Undocumented migrants who are in the United States

QUESTION 21

1. In a DE FACTO census, college students living on a college campus during the census would usually be counted
   

   	A.	in the localities where they go on vacation
   	B.	at their parent’s home.
   	C.	on the college campus
   	D.	where they usually reside.

QUESTION 22

1. Every year, many more people temporarily leave Mexico than visit it.

   	A.	A de jure Mexican census is likely produce a smaller population count than a de facto census.
   	B.	We cannot tell whether a de jure Mexican census population will be larger or smaller than a de facto census population.
   	C.	A de jure Mexican census is likely to produce the same population count as a de facto census.
   	D.	A de jure Mexican census is likely to produce a larger population count than a de facto census.

QUESTION 23

1. A census based on the de jure population counts
   

   	A.	only people who are present in a given territory on census day.
   	B.	all people who “legally belong” to a given territory.
   	C.	only immigrants and their children.
   	D.	Only natural born citizens

QUESTION 24

1. In U. S. Censuses which group has the highest percent undercount?

   	A.	Non-African American females
   	B.	African-American females
   	C.	Non-African-American males
   	D.	African-American males

QUESTION 25

1. One of the conclusions of the Video “Six Billion and Beyond” is that population growth alone would not have had such a huge impact on the environment were it not for the accompanying fact that:

   	A.	people have been living longer.
   	B.	humans have settled in increasingly vulnerable parts of the planet.
   	C.	there has been an intensive increase in the use of resources.
   	D.	the atmospheric conditions have been shifting.

QUESTION 26

1. A census does which of the following:

   	A.	Gives a general estimate of how many people there are in the country.
   	B.	Collects the total number of legal persons in a prescribed area on a specified day.
   	C.	Counts every citizen every ten years as prescribed in the U.S. Constitution.
   	D.	Estimates the number of births, deaths and migrations.
   	E.	Collects, compiles and publishes demographic, economic and social data pertaining to all persons in a particular area on a specified time.

QUESTION 27

1. Your textbook claims that those few characteristics used by demographers for describing population composition have ALL BUT ONE of the following features.

   	A.	they do not change by very much
   	B.	they are related to the welfare of population
   	C.	They are NOT related to population change
   	D.	they are used as a basis for ascribing societal roles

QUESTION 28

1. The demographic notion of the past as a foreign country is based on the idea that:

   	A.	immigrants have dramatically changed the demographics of the United States.
   	B.	the population structure and characteristics of the world have changed over time.
   	C.	there used to be fewer foreigners in the United States than there are now.
   	D.	the boundaries of the country have changed over the past two hundred years.

QUESTION 29

1. Two hundred years ago, the world’s population was approximately:

   	A.	200 million.
   	B.	1 billion.
   	C.	100 million.
   	D.	2 billion.

QUESTION 30

1. Which of the following countries currently has the largest absolute population increases?
   

   	A.	United States
   	B.	China
   	C.	India
   	D.	Russia

QUESTION 31

1. The only developed country in the top 10 most populated countries in the world is

   	A.	United States
   	B.	United Nations
   	C.	China
   	D.	India

QUESTION 32

1. According to the reading ” Kaiser, Jocelyn. 2011. “Does Family Planning Bring Down Fertility?”. Science 333(6042):548-49. doi: 10.1126/science.333.6042.548″ what is the most important determinant of desired family size?

   	A.	Migration rates
   	B.	Women’s education
   	C.	Infant mortality rates
   	D.	Women’s labor force participation

QUESTION 33

1. In the reading Kaiser, Jocelyn. 2011. “Does Family Planning Bring Down Fertility?”. Science 333(6042):548-49. doi: 10.1126/science.333.6042.548 an experiment that attempts to show that access to family planning has the capability to reduce fertility is described. In which country was this experiment located?

   	A.	Bangladesh
   	B.	United States
   	C.	Mexico
   	D.	Sweden

QUESTION 34

1. How many people live on planet earth today?

   	A.	About 77 billion
   	B.	About 7.7 million
   	C.	About 777 million
   	D.	About 7.7 billion

QUESTION 35

1. What is the most populated city in the world?

   	A.	Shanghai
   	B.	Mexico city
   	C.	New York City
   	D.	Tokyo

QUESTION 36

1. The demographic balancing equation states the following:

   	A.	That a population can be balanced with an accounting equation.
   	B.	That a balanced population creates a pyramid with equal numbers of males and females
   	C.	That a population can change with a multitude of events.
   	D.	That the size of a population changes due to births, deaths and migrations.

QUESTION 37

1. To whom do we attribute the quote “Demography is Destiny”?

   	A.	Dudley Poston, Jr.
   	B.	the U.S. Census Bureau
   	C.	Thomas Malthus
   	D.	Auguste Comte

QUESTION 38

1. Accoridng to your textbook, the three demographic processes are

   	A.	fertility, mortality, and international migration
   	B.	reproduction, mortality, and migration
   	C.	reproduction, mortality, and migration
   	D.	fertility, mortality, and migration