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It refers to the number of years that you are expected to live from birth.

a. Life Expectancy

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d. Lifespan

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Humans are the most abundant vertebrate species on the planet.

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It is the number of deaths occurring among a population of a given area per thousand persons during a given year.

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Human population refers to the quality of life of each people living in a community.

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There is no way that we can estimate our impact to the environment.

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This pattern or theory provides an explanation of how mortality rates and fertility impact the age distribution and population growth
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This is the ecosystem's capacity to produce biological materials and to absorb waste material generated by people.

Answer: biocapacity

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Believed that people are the ultimate resource, and that no evidence shows that pollution, crime and unemployment, crowding, the
loss of species, or any other resource limitations will worsen with population growth.

a. Ester Boserup

b. Joel Cohen

c. Julian Simon

d. Frank Notestein

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A model used to represent the movement of high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-
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c. Vensim Model

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It is the maximum potential for a woman to produce an offspring.

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He is an American demographer who developed the demographic transition model.

a. Ester Boserup

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c. Julian Simon

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It is the estimate of the average age that a person can expect to live.

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The correct sequence of the stages of the demographic transition model is:

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b. Premodern, Mature/Industrial, Urbanizing/Industrializing, Post industrial


c. Urbanizing/Industrializing, Mature/Industrial, Post industrial, Premodern
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Life span can be described as:

a. The maximum age a certain species can live.

b. The current age of an individual.

c. The oldest age to which a species is known to survive.

d. The average age at death.

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People with no children maybe productive but not fertile.

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Believed that population growth results from poverty, resource depletion, pollution, and other social ills.

a. Frank Notestein

b. Barry Commoner

c. Ester Boserup

d. Karl Marx

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It occurs when births plus immigration in a population just equal deaths plus emigration.

a. Lifespan

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c. Fertility

d. Zero Population Growth (ZPG)

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In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote a book called:

a. An Essay on the Principle of Population

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c. Malthusian Theory

d. The Book on Human Population Growth


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d. Ecological impact

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This model is often used to explain connections between population growth and economic development.

a. The Demographic Transformation Model

b. The Geographic Transition Model

c. The Geographic Transformation Model

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It is the ratio of the number of deaths during the year to the average population in that year.

a. Death Rate

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c. Crude Death Rate

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Believed that the growing human populations are limited only by disease or famine, or social constraints, that compel people to reduce
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a. Julian Simon

b. Karl Marx

c. Thomas Malthus

d. Joel Cohen

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People often do family planning to have the minimum number of children possible.

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It is the current or actual production of an offspring.

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Thomas Malthus and Karl Marx shared the same view as to the growing human population.

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He opposed the Malthusian Theory of Population, in which he believed that population growth is a consequence of the capitalist
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Based on the demographic transition model, this stage is characterized by the continuous decline of the birth and death rates and the
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a. Early Transition/Birth of Urbanizing or Industrializing Stage

b. Late Transition or the Mature Industrial Stage

c. Post Transition or the Post Industrial Stage.

d. Premodern or Pre-transition Stage

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This enables individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing of their
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a. Crude death rate

b. Birth rate

c. Crude Birth rate

d. Family Planning

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Living longer has no social implication.

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Growing prosperity, urbanization, and social reforms which accompanies development, reduces the need and desire for large families
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The demographic transition model explains the shift of population growth over time not correlating to economic development.

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It exists when the biocapacity of a region exceeds its population’s footprint.

a. Ecological Deficit

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c. Ecological Creditor

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Give two factors that helps in stabilizing the human population (1 or 2 words only).

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The number of births in a year per thousand persons

a. Maximum birth rate


b. Birth rate

c. Exponential birth rate

d. Crude birth rate

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Past and current population growth is very different.

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A population projection by the United Nations Population Division which shows a population of nearly 12 billion by mid-century.

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Premodern stage is characterized by a fluctuating increase in birth rate, death rate and population growth.

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According to Ester Boserup, an increase in population can stimulate food scarcity.

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Population momentum occurs even when fertility is failing.

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According to Julian Simon, resource limitations will worsen with population growth.

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Life expectancy in most countries is 34-40, this means that no one lived past age 40 in those countries.

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It is defined as the maximum number of years that a species can live.

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b. Zero Population Growth

c. Lifespan

d. Fertility

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Based on the demographic transition model, this stage is characterized by high birth rates and fluctuating high death rates.

a. Post Transition or the Post Industrial Stage

b. Early Transition/Birth of Urbanizing or Industrializing Stage

c. Late Transition or the Mature Industrial Stage

d. Pre-modern or Pre-transition Stage

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Zero population growth occurs when:

a. births plus immigration in a population just equal death.


b. population growth plus crude birth rate equals to death.

c. births plus emigration in a population just equals death.

d. fertility plus fecundity equals to death.

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Estimates our impact to the environment by measuring the relative amount of productive land needed to support each of
us.

Answer: ecological footprint

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Modern communications nowadays helps in educating the people on the benefits of social change.

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How much is the estimated maximum human population size that the planet can sustain as reviewed by Joel Cohen?

a. 9 to 11 billion
b. 7 to 10 billion

c. 11 to 14 billion

d. 10 to 12 billion

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Based on the demographic transition model, this stage is characterized by the decline in death rates but the birth rates remain high
which marks the onset of rapid population growth.

a. Late Transition or the Mature Industrial Stage

b. Post Transition or the Post Industrial Stage

c. Early Transition/Birth of Urbanizing or Industrializing Stage

d. Premodern or Pre-transition Stage

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This is the most accessible demographic statistic of fertility.

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It is termed as the average length of life of an individual.

Answer: life expectancy

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Pointed out the demographic transition from high birth and death rates to lower birth and death rates.

a. Karl Marx

b. Julian Simon

c. John Muir

d. Frank Notestein

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Zero Population Growth can be achieved when there is only 0-5% population growth rate.

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Matching Type. Read carefully the given questions in Column A and look for the right answer in Column B.

The amount of the environment necessary to produce the goods and services necessary to
support a particular Ecological Footprint

Biological and mechanical means to prevent pregnancy. Birth Control

2.4 Children per woman Family Planning

The onset of rapid population growth and decreasing crude death rate while crude birth rate
remains constantly high. Premodern Stage

The total number of inhabitants in an area. Human Population

Average age at death. Life Expectancy

Stage where there is a stable number of population but with high birth rates and fluctuating
high death rates. Pre-Industrial Stage

Agricultural practices rely on the size of population. Ester Boserup

Number of deaths per thousand individuals. Crude Death Rate

The ecological footprint of a population is larger than the region’s biocapacity. Ecological Deficit

Total number of live births annually per thousand individuals. Crude Birth Rate

Socially unjust practices and elimination of capitalism helps solve poverty hunger and social
ills thus, could help lowering population growth. Karl Marx

One-child-per-family Policy China

Father of Communism Karl Marx

Population growth decreases as food source decreases. Thomas Malthus


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The maximum age/year a person could live. Life Span

The amount of biologically productive area that is available to provide the resources we use
and to absorb our waste. Biocapacity

There is a proper and desired number of children in a family with right spacing and timing of
birth. Birth Control

A tool used to track changes in population over time. Demographic Transition Model

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This term refers to the actual production of offspring.

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It is another way of expressing the average age at death.

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b. Life span

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Are expressed in terms of the number of deaths per thousand persons in any given year:

a. Crude death rates

b. Death rates

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Factors that increase people's desire to have babies:

a. Pressure

b. Peer pressure

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d. Pronatalist pressures

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The number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life.

a. Total birth rate

b. Total reproductive rate

c. Total fecundity rate


d. Total fertility rate

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This theory states that the size and growth of the population depend on the food supply and agricultural methods.

a. Ester Boserup Theory

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c. Malthusian Theory

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Joel Cohen and David Pimentel argued that birth control should be considered as a top priority to reverse rapid population growth.

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This refers to the capacity of ecosystems to produce useful biological materials and to absorb waste materials generated by humans,
using current management schemes and extraction technologies.

a. Ecological Reserve

b. Biocapacity

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d. Ecological Footprint

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A typical pattern of falling death rates and birth rates due to improved living conditions, and is usually accompanied by economic
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An economist who believed that an increase in population would stimulate technologists to increase food production.

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An event that happened in the 1930s where birth rates were low, and it was economically difficult for families to have children.

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The approximate net gain between births and deaths in the world's population:

a. 1.5 additional humans per second

b. 2.5 additional humans per minute

c. 2.5 additional humans per second

d. 1.5 additional humans per minute

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This occurs when births and immigration is equal to deaths and emigration.

Answer: zero population growth

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It is the ratio between deaths and individuals in a specified population during a particular time period.

a. Crude Death Rate

b. Death Rate

c. Mortality Rate

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These are the aspects in a culture or in an environment which increases the desire of people to have children.

Answer: pronatalist pressures

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This refers to the measure of the amount of biologically productive land and water area an individual, a population or an activity
occupies, given prevailing technology.

a. Biocapacity

b. Ecological Footprint

c. Ecological Debtor

d. Ecological Reserve

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He believed that population growth will always tend to increase more rapidly than the food supply and that the betterment of
humankind is impossible without limiting reproduction.

Answer: Thomas Malthus

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Refers to the physical ability to reproduce.

a. Fecundity

b. Crude birth rate

c. Fertility

d. Reproduction

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Permits couples to determine the number and spacing of their children:

a. Nations Population Divisions


b. Family Planning

c. Demographic Transition

d. Contraceptives
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He is known for believing that the people are the ultimate resource, and that the impact of population growth is positive.

Answer: Julian Simon

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This person argued/believed that population growth is independent of food supply and that population increase is a cause of changes
in agriculture.

a. Thomas Malthus

b. Ester Boserup

c. Julian Simon

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In developing countries, fertility initially increases as educational levels and socioeconomic status rise.

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False

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It is the concept of limiting the size of families through the spacing or timing of births, and with the use of birth control.

Answer: family planning

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It is characterized by low birth and death rates and the population growth is negligible or even enters a decline.

a. Late Transition or the Mature Industrial Stage

b.
Pre-modern or Pre-transition Stage

c. Early Transition/Birth of Urbanizing or Industrializing Stage

d. Post Transition or the Post Industrial Stage

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Which one of the following countries has the world's largest population size and growth (2010)?

a. China

b. Brazil

c. India

d. Philippines

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