AP Human Geography › Population & Migration
What is the stationary population level (SPL)?
What is the term used to describe the number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people in a given population?
Which of the following arguments can be made in opposition to Malthus’ theories on the “principle of population”?
I. Population growth will slow over time due to availability of contraception and the implementation of population control policies.
II. Technological innovation can lead to dramatic improvements in agricultural production.
III. Population growth will continue to rise due to declining death rates and improved access to education.
Which of these theories about population growth in the twenty-first century is most widely believed by geographers and demographers?
The natural increase rate is determined by __________.
The Demographic Transition Model suggests that various regions experience a movement from __________ to __________.
What is the name of the theory that states that as the distance between two places increases, the interaction between those two places decreases?
In countries like the United States, which experience relatively low levels of natural increase rate, population growth is primarily driven by __________.
A rectangular population pyramid tells you that the population of that country is __________.
The study of human population is called __________.