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APHG Guided Reading Questions Rubenstein ~ Chapter 2The capacity of the land to sustain human life is derived from what two characteristics?What resources to geographers gather to obtain demographic information?The combined populations of N. America, Latin America, the South Pacific and Greenland is about the same as the population of ____________________ or __________________.Where is the majority of the Chinese population clustered?Why are some, high-altitude plateaus more densely populated than others?Where is the majority of Southern Asia’s population clustered? How can population concentration be expressed on a cartogram?Why has the Earth’s ecumene increased over time?Approximately ________ of the world’s population live on only _________% of Earth’s surface.What is the formula for arithmetic density?What does physiological density measure?Why do the Dutch require fewer farmers than the Egyptians?Population ___________________ rapidly in places where more people are _____________ than ___________, and it declines where ____________________ outnumber _________________. Where is 95% of natural increase rate clustered?What was the NIR for most of humanity’s several hundred thousand year occupancy on Earth?Natural increase occurs when _____________ (fertility) exceeds _____________ (mortality).How are CBR, IMR and CDR expressed?Most of human history was spent in what stage of demographic transition? How many remain there now?When did Europe and N. America enter stage 2 of the demographic transition model? What was this a result of?Why did the death rate decline rapidly in the 1970’s in countries remaining still in stage one?How does a society enter stage 3? How does a society enter stage 4? What two female practices are expressed in stage 4?What percent of health-care costs do governments provide in developed countries? What country is the exception to this? What biological factor is responsible for females facing especially challenging health risks?Why has maternal mortality rate increased in the United States since 1990?Women who lack health insurance are ______x more likely to die of pregnancy related complications than those with insurance. What are the three reasons 117,000 Chinese and Indian female babies are “missing” every year?What does the United Nations conclude as the “root cause” of the unequal sex ratio? Babies born in Europe today can expect to live to ______, but only to ______ in sub-Saharan Africa. What is the formula for determining potential support ratio? What percent of the population is under the age of 15?Worldwide – Developed Countries – Developing Countries – Sub-Saharan Africa – What is an effect of a larger dependency ratio? What is the branch of medicine that is concerned with the incidence, distribution and control of diseases? What is the difference in an epidemic and a pandemic? How did Dr. John Snow figure out the cause of the cholera outbreak in London in 1854?What are the two most common chronic disorders in stage 3?Why have death rates increased in stage 4 countries? If a country were to reach a possible stage 5 on the DTM why would the CBR fall lower than in stage 4?Which country is likely to be the first to reach stage 5? The second? What was China’s antinatalist policy? How was it incentivized? What antinatalist policy in India caused fear and increased distrust in family planning?What are the two main approaches to lowering crude birth rates?44. Explain the three reasons for the possible stage 5 of the epidemiological transition. Evolution – Poverty – Increased Connections – 45. What did British economist, Thomas Malthus claim concerning population growth? 46. What has happened to the worldwide carrying capacity in the last half-century? ................
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