ESE 200 ACTUAL TEST BANK 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● According to Malthus, populations can increase forever (T/F).
Answer: False
●● J-curve populations.
Answer: start low, increase quickly
●● Neo Malthusian attitude.
Answer: populations cant increase forever
●● malthusian catastrophe.
Answer: not enough food is produced
●● s curves show highest rate of growth.
Answer: sometime between start and end
●● "the earths carrying capacity is limited by the availability of fresh
water and that the sustainable limit of water use is 3 billion people,
,therefore there will be a big population crash as earths agricultural
systems arent sustainable.".
Answer: neo malthusian argument
●● after a long time, s curve populations.
Answer: have birth rates equivalent to death rates
●● after a long time, j curve populations.
Answer: have death rates higher than birth rates
●● why do curves in figure not follow paths shown?.
Answer: curved path will become straight, point of crisis changes
relationship between lines, after intersection curved line shouldnt exceed
straight line, exponential path cant continue indefinetely
●● trends of all countries.
Answer: increased food production, lower mortality
●● malthusianism.
Answer: population growth is limited by agricultural productivity and
resultts in inevitable mass poverty
●● affluence.
, Answer: average consumption of each person
●● population is higher this year than last year (T/F).
Answer: True
●● Richest countries have highest birth rates T/F.
Answer: False
●● People in richer countries have longer life expectancies T/F.
Answer: True
●● World population in 2010.
Answer: 7 billion
●● How much will population increase in next 40 years.
Answer: 2 billion
●● Largest increase in population occurred when.
Answer: 20th century
●● Developed countries have.
Answer: higher per person incomes
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● According to Malthus, populations can increase forever (T/F).
Answer: False
●● J-curve populations.
Answer: start low, increase quickly
●● Neo Malthusian attitude.
Answer: populations cant increase forever
●● malthusian catastrophe.
Answer: not enough food is produced
●● s curves show highest rate of growth.
Answer: sometime between start and end
●● "the earths carrying capacity is limited by the availability of fresh
water and that the sustainable limit of water use is 3 billion people,
,therefore there will be a big population crash as earths agricultural
systems arent sustainable.".
Answer: neo malthusian argument
●● after a long time, s curve populations.
Answer: have birth rates equivalent to death rates
●● after a long time, j curve populations.
Answer: have death rates higher than birth rates
●● why do curves in figure not follow paths shown?.
Answer: curved path will become straight, point of crisis changes
relationship between lines, after intersection curved line shouldnt exceed
straight line, exponential path cant continue indefinetely
●● trends of all countries.
Answer: increased food production, lower mortality
●● malthusianism.
Answer: population growth is limited by agricultural productivity and
resultts in inevitable mass poverty
●● affluence.
, Answer: average consumption of each person
●● population is higher this year than last year (T/F).
Answer: True
●● Richest countries have highest birth rates T/F.
Answer: False
●● People in richer countries have longer life expectancies T/F.
Answer: True
●● World population in 2010.
Answer: 7 billion
●● How much will population increase in next 40 years.
Answer: 2 billion
●● Largest increase in population occurred when.
Answer: 20th century
●● Developed countries have.
Answer: higher per person incomes
