Environmental Science...Chapter 6, Section 4.

5 Questions | By Ahleebaybee | Updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Attempts: 118

Questions and Answers

1.

The term demographic transition refers to
- A.
  
  A requirement for a population to reach a specific size before it becomes stable
- B.
  
  The slowing down in the growth of a population as it approaches the carrying capacity
- C.
  
  The decline in death rates followed by decline in birth rates when a country becomes more industrialized
- D.
  
  The decline in death rates followed by a decline in birth rates that occurred when the germ theory of a disease was discovered
- E.
  
  All of these answers
2.

In the demographic transition model, birth and death rates are high during
- A.
  
  The preindustrial stage
- B.
  
  The industrial stage
- C.
  
  The postindustrial stage
- D.
  
  The transitional stage
- E.
  
  None of these answers
3.

Women tend to have fewer children when they:
- A.
  
  Live in societies in which their individual rights are protected
- B.
  
  Have access to paying jobs outside the home
- C.
  
  Have access to education
- D.
  
  All of these answers
- E.
  
  Live in societies in which their individual rights are protected and have access to education
4.

Which of the following are factors that hinder demographic transition in developing countries?
- A.
  
  Shortages of scientists, engineers, and skilled workers
- B.
  
  Insufficient financial capital
- C.
  
  Large debts to developed countries
- D.
  
  A drop in economic assistance from developed countries since 1985
- E.
  
  All of these answers
5.

China's population policy has included all of the following except
- A.
  
  Encouraging later marriages
- B.
  
  Health, pension, and employment benefits for a one-child pledge
- C.
  
  Urging couples to have no more than one child
- D.
  
  Free access to birth control
- E.
  
  Banning abortion