GEO 103: Sample Questions for Exam 1 (Part II)1. What is population density? A) the birth rate minus the death rate B) the birth rate minus the death rate with immigration and emigration also taken into account C) the average number of people per unit area D) the amount of farmland per person E) the total number of people in urban areas, minus the number of people in rural areas2. Which set of regions/countries is currently experiencing a population decline? A) Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey B) Asia, Australia, Indonesia C) Europe, Russia, Japan D) North America, Cuba, Mexico E) South America, Egypt, Italy3. What does the "rule of 70" apply to? A) how long it takes a population to double in size B) death rates during a famine C) migration from one continent to another D) economic prosperity in a former colony E) natural increase rate of a population4. What was the central idea of Thomas Malthus? A) Laws often target poorer people. B) Cities develop before central governments. C) Emigration alleviates population pressure on a region. D) Population growth will outstrip the food supply. E) Population doubling rates are impossible to calculate.5. When a population pyramid has a broad base and a narrow top, what does that likely indicate? A) an inadequate health care system B) a developing country C) a developed country D) out-migration E) urbanization6. What are reserves? A) quantities that are known and available for exploitation with current technologies at current prices B) substances that are known to exist, but are held back to save them for the future C) estimates of the quantities likely to be discovered with greater exploration D) all substances that may someday be used E) resources that have been mined, but are currently in storage and will be utilized when prices rise7. Fossil fuels are examples of nonrenewable resources. T / F8. Technological advances have raised the world's carrying capacity. T /