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According to Thomas Malthus, people are considered as an ultimate resource because of their creativity.
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It refers to the number of years that you are expected to live from birth.
a. Life Expectancy
b. Fertility
d. Lifespan
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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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        This pattern or theory provides an explanation of how mortality rates and fertility impact the age distribution and population growth
        rates.
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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-
        industrial to an industrialized economic system.
a. Ecological Model
c. Vensim Model
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Answer: fecundity
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a. Ester Boserup
b. Frank Notestein
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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It occurs when the Footprint of a population exceeds the biocapacity of the area available to that population.
a. Ecological Reserve
b. Ecological Deficit
c. Ecological Creditor
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The correct sequence of the stages of the demographic transition model is:
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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
b. Life Expectancy
c. Fertility
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c. Malthusian Theory
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Estimates the relative amount of productive land needed to support each of us:
a. Ecological footprint
b. Ecological requirement
c. Ecological services
d. Ecological impact
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This model is often used to explain connections between population growth and economic development.
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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
b. Mortality 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
        birth rates.
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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Answer: fertility
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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
        economic system.
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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
        rate of population growth decelerates.
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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
        births.
b. Birth rate
d. Family Planning
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        Growing prosperity, urbanization, and social reforms which accompanies development, reduces the need and desire for large families
        in most countries.
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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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a. Ecological Deficit
b. Ecological Reserve
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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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 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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a. Life Expectancy
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.
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        Estimates our impact to the environment by measuring the relative amount of productive land needed to support each of
        us.
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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.
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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
         The onset of rapid population growth and decreasing crude death rate while crude birth rate
         remains constantly high.                                                                        Premodern Stage
         Stage where there is a stable number of population but with high birth rates and fluctuating
         high death rates.                                                                               Pre-Industrial Stage
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
         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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a. Life Expectancy
b. Lifespan
c. Fertility
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a. Life expectancy
b. Life span
c. Life average
             d. Population growth
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Are expressed in terms of the number of deaths per thousand persons in any given year:
b. Death rates
c. Immortality rates
d. Mortality rates
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a. Pressure
b. Peer pressure
c. Pregnancy pressures
d. Pronatalist pressures
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The number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life.
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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
c. Ecological Deficit
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
        development.
a. Demographic transition
b. Population growth
c. Sustainable yield
d. Population size
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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:
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This occurs when births and immigration is equal to deaths and emigration.
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It is the ratio between deaths and individuals in a specified population during a particular time period.
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.
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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.
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a. Fecundity
c. Fertility
d. Reproduction
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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.
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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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It is the concept of limiting the size of families through the spacing or timing of births, and with the use of birth control.
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It is characterized by low birth and death rates and the population growth is negligible or even enters a decline.
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                   Pre-modern or Pre-transition Stage
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Which one of the following countries has the world's largest population size and growth (2010)?
a. China
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c. India
d. Philippines
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