As of Spring Break, the sample quizzes included here include Chapters 1, 5, 6, and 7.There are some repeats… some of the slides are from the actual quizzes from our classes, some are from previous semesters…

More will be added later!!!

Quiz 1.

1. Map 1 is what kind of thematic map?2. Map 2 is what kind of thematic map?3. Map 3 is what kind of thematic map?

4. The method of analysis that divides the data into an equal number of observations in each class in order to rank them is the ______ _________ method.

5. The method of analysis that divides the information into equal ranges, based on the “spread” from lowest to highest values is the _____ ________ method.

6. The darkest color or shading on a map, like the one shown here on Map 3, usually indicates the _____ values.

7. From the assigned reading, True or False: A reference map is one of the types of thematic maps.

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1-5. Name the five types of maps shown here. If it is a thematic map, you must be specific about which type of thematic map it is. (2 pt@)

Extra Credit (2 pts). If the map at left was in a magazine with a story about average income by state in the United States, your first impression would be that _____ was most likely the state with the highest average income.

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CHAPTER 1

1. If the Crude Birth Rate is 20 and the Crude Death Rate is 10, what is the Crude Rate of Natural Increase? (2 pts)

2. Using the Crude Rate of Natural Increase from your answer to Question 1, what would be the Percentage Annual Growth Rate? (2 pts)

3. Using the Percentage Annual Growth Rate from your answer to Question 2, what would the Doubling Time of that population be? (2 pts)

4. If the Crude Birth Rate and the Crude Death Rate are equal, what would the Crude Rate of Natural Increase be?5. If the Crude Birth Rate and the Crude Death Rate are equal, the population is said to be at _______________.6. In the Population Pyramid “A”… the shape of the pyramid tells us that this is a population experiencing ___________ growth.7. In the Population Pyramid “B”… the shape of the pyramid tells us that this is a population experiencing ___________ growth.

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CHAPTER 5

1. The _____ _____ _____ is the number of births per year per 1000 people2. The _____ _____ _____ is the number of deaths per year per 1000 people3. The Crude Rate of Natural Increase (RNI) = ____ - _____4. True or False: The RNI is always positive.5. Thomas Malthus predicted that _____ would occur if the population continued

to grow faster than our ability to produce food.6. The _____ are critics of Malthus, noting that science and technology have

always produced plenty of food.7. Those critics (of Malthus) argue that it isn’t that we can’t produce enough

food, but that the real problem is the _________________.8. According to the map at right, the RNI is

highest in what general area?9. If a population is growing at 2% each year,

the Doubling Time would be ___ years.10. Is it possible to calculate the

Doubling Time for a country with a population pyramidlike the one at right?

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1 – 5. In one or two words, describe what each of the population pyramids above is telling us about the population of each of the countries shown for the year 1990.6 – 9. Name the 4 stages of the Demographic Transition Model.

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10. In the Demographic Transition Model, population growth occurs fastest in Stage _____ ?

Extra Credit. At the point circled in blue at right, people who do population studies would refer to this equilibrium by the term _____ _____ _____.

CDR CBR

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CHAPTER 5

1-6. What does each of the above population pyramids tell us about the population of each country at that time?

7. Give one example of “where do we live”.8. Explain your answer to #7… why do we live there?9. In the 1980s, the World Health Organization examined the issue

of whether or not countries throughout the world would be able to feed their citizens, looking at soil and water resources and population growth. The model they used, based on studiesin ecology, is called _____ _____.

10. The current population of the world is estimated at ____ billion.

11. Extra Credit! The map at right shows the distribution of thepopulation in part of Africa. What type of thematic mapis used here to describe this?

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Q’s 1-6…Moderate GrowthImmigration EffectsNegative Growth No GrowthDisrupted Growth Rapid Growth

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CHOICES

CHAPTER 7

1. A country whose citizens are mostly engaged in agriculture and are barely producing enough to feed the family is one that has a _______ economy.

2. “The extent to which a society is making effective use of resources, both human and natural” is the definition of _______.

3. The richest 20% of nations have become wealthier over the past 50 years, while the poorest 20% have seen no gains. This is called _____ _____.

4. FDI stands for _____ _____ _____.5. Large assembly plants in Mexico that are run by US, European and Japanese

companies are known as _____.6. The development strategy of making your own goods instead of buying them

from another country is called _____ _____.7. NIEO stands for _____ _____ _____ _____.8. When growth in the core countries is reinforced at the expense of the peripheral

countries, this is known as _____ _____.9. Core and Periphery effects are when _____ countries are able to accumulate

wealth at the expense of _____ countries.10. Development indicators that look at how well a given country is doing at meeting

the basic needs of its citizens are called _____ _____ indicators.

CHAPTER 9 (goes with next slide)

1-4. Draw in the curves that show the changing industrial structure of the US over the years.5-8. Name each of the curves by the industrial sector that they represent.9-13. Name each of the stages of the Economic Transition Model.

Extra Extra Credit: What is a popular “name” that is often used to describe the current time period in which computers and related technology have significantly altered both the types of jobs we do, and how we do them (based in large part on the growth of the 4th industrial sector in the Economic Transition Model).

CHAPTER 9: Economic Transitions… Industry and Occupations… CHANGE0

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1 – 4. Write in the names of the four stages of the Demographic Transition model.

5 & 6. Identify what these curves represent. No abbreviations.

7. Draw in the curve to show what happens to the Total Population over time.

8. Draw in the curve to show what happens with the Rate of Natural Increase over time.

9-13. Draw in each box what the Population Pyramid (or Age-Sex Diagram) would look like for each stage in the Demographic Transition Model. You may use an “outline” form for each pyramid. For example,

a country with a high immigration rate of men working inoil fields (such as the country of Qatar) might look like……

The following slides are various ones I picked for some of the activities and some of the slides used in class… please note that they are in no particular order!

Equal Frequency: same number of observations in each class or category

Equal Interval: equal division of range (from lowest to highest values) in each class or category

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PRODUCERS OF DURABLE AND NONDURABLE GOODS

Sample map from Chapter 7 exercise; Location of durable and non-durable goods production

NBE – employment in “non-basic industries” (local service/supply)

BE – employment in “basic industries” (“export”)

TE = NBE + BE (1) k = Et/Eb … or … (2) Et = kEb

• Regional Multiplier: A numerical relationship showing the number of total jobs created for each new basic job in a region.

See Chapter 9 Activity 2

1800s1920s 1950s…

Population Density

1900 1990

Where do we live… where don’t we live… and why?

• Thematic Maps:

“Regional Scale”

“City Scale”

CBRCDR

TP

PGR

ZPG NEG RNI

Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV Stage V?High Equilibrium

High Expanding

Low Expanding

“ZPG” Equilibrium

Stable or Negative?

Agricultural Revolution

Industrial Revolution Sanitary Reform

Medical Revolution Green Revolution

Information Revolution

Hunter to Sedentary

Population and Resources Carrying Capacity

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Food: Geometric increases

Population: Exponential increases

Overshoot?

Maximum? Malthus* & The World’s Population…

Result: war, famine, disease?

• Thomas Malthus, Essay on Population, 1798.

• How does Malthus compare to the “Technocopians”?

“natural” equilibrium?Birth Rate

Death Rate

Afghanistan

Iraq

10-14BELOW 20BELOW 0

Russia

Wealth per capita

Income Divergence

GPI – “Genuine Progress Indicator”

1) Resource Depletion

2) Income Distribution

3) Housework & Non-Market Transactions

4) Changes in Leisure Time

5) Unemployment & Underemployment

6) Pollution

7) Long-Term Environmental Damage

8) Life-Span of Consumer Durables & Infrastructure

9) Defensive Expenditures

10) Sustainable Investments

US: 1950-1995

Major North American Conurbations