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Norton, Ninth Edition: Chapter 05

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) a predictive measure of the number of children a woman will have by a certain age
b) a factual measure of the number of children per 1,000 members of a population born
c) the number of children that women between the ages of 15 and 45 will give birth to within a specific country
d) the number of children that women between the ages of 18 and 85 will give birth to within a specific country
e) Both A and C

Question 2:


a) biological factors
b) pro-natal policies
c) cultural factors
d) variations in mortality
e) Both A and C

Question 3:


a) Population pyramid
b) Replacement-level fertility
c) Population momentum
d) Carrying capacity
e) Place utility

Question 4:


a) declining fertility and mortality rates
b) declining life expectancy and fertility rates
c) increasing mortality rates
d) AIDS pandemics
e) All of the above

Question 5:


a) decreases in agricultural production
b) technological advancements
c) a shift in age and sex structure
d) world wars
e) Both A and C

Question 6:


a) 58 years
b) 35 years
c) 20 years
d) 13 years
e) 5 years

Question 7:


a) the requirement of increased healthcare for a new spectrum of illness
b) the AIDS pandemic
c) the lack of a young labour force to support social benefits and pension plans
d) Both A and C
e) Both B and C

Question 8:


a) Fecundity
b) the AIDS pandemic
c) Total fertility rate
d) Replacement-level fertility
e) Pro-natalist

Question 9:


a) the fertility rate compared to the mortality rate
b) the number of males per 100 females in a population
c) the number of children in a given population selling sex as a means to support themselves
d) the number of females per 100 males in a population
e) All of the above

Question 10:


a) the number of deaths of infants under 1 year old per 1,000 live births in a given year
b) the number of births in a given year
c) the total number of deaths of infants under 1 year old in the world in a given year
d) the total number of births in the world in a given year
e) All of the above