ch.15 – quiz

Demography is defined as the study of

fertility refers to

In global perspective, the crude birth rate of high income nations such as the United States is

One region of the world has both the highest birth rate and the highest infant mortality rate. Which is it?

The United States is a high-income country; therefore, we would expect population increase to result from which of the following?

The demographic measure called the "sex ratio" refers to

Throughout most of human history, families had many children because

Which of the following concepts refers to the maximum possible childbearing for women?

Which of the following concepts refers to the number of live births in a given year for every 1,000 people in a population?

Which of the following four statements about migration is NOT true?