Advanced Placement Human Geography Name



Advanced Placement Human Geography Name___________________________Chapter 2 Study Guide “Population” Block or Period____In what type of settlements do most INDIANS (India) live?What is the difference between “Demography” and “Population Geography”?Give 3 reasons why geographers study population.What is a “Cartogram”?Name 4 reasons why few people live in other regions of the world.What is the difference between “Arithmetic Density” and “Physiological Density”? Why would a modern country like Germany have a higher “Crude Death Rate” than a country like Mexico? How do you figure the “Natural Increase Rate” of a country? What regions of the world are facing a NIR of 2.0 today? What does the “IMR” reflect as far as countries go? Why does Denmark have higher “Crude Death Rate” than Bolivia?What is the “Demographic Transitional Model” and why is it so important?Describe each stage of the DTM.What was the first “Agricultural Revolution” and why is it so important?What are the two most important stages of the DTM and why are they so important?What was the Industrial Revolution and when did it occur in England? In U.S.?What was the “Medical Revolution”? Is there a fifth stage in the DTM today and why?Why should you worry about the “Dependency Ratio”?Why is the “Sex Ratio” a concern in certain countries? (China?)How does immigration affect the “Dependency and Sex Ratio”?Why is there an excess of women in the MDCs and less in the LDCs?Why is Cape Verde in stage 2 of the DTM?How does the low compliance of cities(census) affect them politically? Why is Chile a Stage 3 Country?Why is Denmark a Stage 4 country?Explain why most countries in Stages (2 and 3) are not likely to reach Stage 4?Why may Japan be changing its policy (in the future) regarding immigration to Japan? What has allowed many Asian and Latin American countries to move into Stage 3 of the DTM in recent years?What did Thomas Malthus predict in 1798? What solutions did Malthus suggest to correct overpopulation? What 2 arguments do Neo-Malthusians make for future problems? Name 2 recent criticisms of Malthusian theory. What does Esther Boserup argue? On what grounds does Julian Simon criticize Malthus? What does Karl Marx say about Malthusian Theory? Concerning a possible 5th Stage in the DTM how would one argue with Malthus’ Theory?What 2 strategies have been helpful in reducing birth rates?In what “realms” of the world have women made progress in the use of contraceptives?What major factor has resulted in higher “crude death rates” in Africa? What happens in Stage 1 and 2 in the “Epidemiologic Transition Model”?What was the geographical origin and diffusion of the “Black Plague”?What is a “Pandemic” and give 2 examples?How did Dr. Snow use geography to help solve the spread of disease?Describe Stages 4 and 5 in the Epidemiologic Transition.Name 3 reasons why there is evidence of a possible 5th Stage in the Epidemiologic Transition.How good is GIS in locating areas of disease?How did 9/11 affect our concern about diseases? Why is AIDS still “the lethal disease” in the world? What have been the effects of overpopulation in Africa, Asia and Latin America?What population policies has India pursued over the past 1952?What population policies has China pursued since 1950? ................
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