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Population Dynamics (College Board AP® Human Geography): Exam Questions

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11 mark

 The calculation for the time taken for a population to double is

  • Birth rate minus death rate

  • The Rule of 70 and Growth Rate

  • The number of deaths divided by the total population

  • The rate of natural increase

  • Population doubling time

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21 mark

Population pyramids often have anomalies. If a population pyramid has a higher proportion of people aged 30-50, but fewer younger children, it may symbolise what event?

  • A government may have introduced a pro-natalist policy

  • A country has a high infant mortality rate

  • A government may have introduced an anti-natalist policy.

  • Improvements in gender equality

  • A graying population

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31 mark

Crude Birth Rate is the 

  • The growth of a population, in a percentage. 

  • The number of births per 1000, per year.

  • The number of deaths per 1000, per year.

  • The number of deaths of children under the age of 1, per 1000, per year.

  • The time taken for the population to double

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41 mark

Which of the following is the correct calculation for the rate of natural increase?

  • The Rule of 70 and Growth Rate

  • The number of deaths, divided by the total population 

  • Birth rate minus death rate

  • Number of births per year, divided by average population and multiplied by 1000

  • Counting the number of people born per minute

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51 mark

With an improvement in the quality of healthcare, which of the following would likely increase?

  • Mortality Rates

  • Infant Mortality Rates

  • Death Rates

  • Outward migration

  • Life expectancy

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61 mark

Which of the following reasons would explain a reduction in fertility rates? 

  • Improvements in contraceptive education 

  • Abortion bans

  • A rise in religious traditions

  • Pro-natalist policies

  • A baby boom

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71 mark

The number of children a woman would need to birth, to maintain a stable population, is known as

  • Replacement rate

  • Growth rate

  • Doubling time

  • Rate of natural increase

  • Net migration

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