What did Thomas Robert Malthus regard as the appropriate way to control population?
Correct answer D. Postpone marriage
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Which of these nations has the lowest infant mortality rate?
Correct answer C. Sweden
Demographers who once expected the US population to stabilise at 290 to 300 million now predict around 390 million. Why?
Correct answer D. All of the above
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Which of these countries is currently experiencing a negative birth rate?
Correct answer C. China
What social trend does the demographic transition involve?
Correct answer D. A decline in the birth rate greater life expectancy and an ageing population
What does the ‘compulsion of proximity’ describe?
Correct answer B. Wanting to meet face-to-face whenever possible
How did global life expectancy at birth change between 1968 and 1998?
Correct answer D. Risen from 50 to 61 years
What is the study of measuring and explaining the size of populations called?
Correct answer B. Demography
What was South Africa’s system of enforced racial segregation called?
Correct answer B. Apartheid
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What does the first phase of the demographic transition show?
Correct answer A. High birth rate and high death rate in its first phase
What is the potential number of children women are biologically capable of bearing called?
Correct answer B. Fecundity
What does the demographic transition refer to?
Correct answer C. A change in the ratio of births to deaths