Human Population Growth and Age Structures

What type of growth does this graph of human population growth represent?

• Logistic

• Exponential

• Random

• Slow

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What caused the human population to increase so rapidly after the late 1700s/early 1800s?

• World War II

• Industrial Revolution

• Cold War

• Dust Bowl

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What historical event led to the only decrease in the human population to ever occur?

• Black Death/Plague

• The Civil War

• World War I

• The Holocaust

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Which of the following is a reason that human population growth has slowed in recent years?

• Less birth control is available around the world.

• The population controller has taken a leave of absence.

• Birth control is more widely available.

• We are in the middle of a world war.

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Which of the following countries would be experiencing stable growth?

• Kenya

• Mexico

• United States

Afghanistan is a developed country?

• True

• False

True or False? The United States is a developed country?

• True

• False

True or False? Italy is a developed country?

• True

• False

Which of the following are characteristics of a developing country that affect population growth?

• There are no characteristics that affect population growth in a developing country.

• lack of stable government, lack of healthcare, and little access to birth control

• the government is stable, has a good healthcare system, and easy access to birth control

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Which of the following are characteristics of a developed country that affect population growth?

• There are no characteristics that affect a developed country.

• the government is stable, has a good healthcare system, and easy access to birth control

• the government is unstable, inadequate healthcare system, little access to birth control