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UNIT 3 POPULATIONS APES EXAM
REVIEW 2025 | QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What are characteristics that more economically developed countries are high in?
- correct-answer-per capita GDP, degree industrialization, per capita fossil fuel
use, ecological footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, risk from heart disease, risk
from infectious diseases
What characteristic does a more economically developed country have a low in? -
correct-answer-infant mortality rate
What characteristics does a less economically developed country have a low in? -
correct-answer-per capita GDP, degree of industrialization, per capita fossil fuel
use, ecological footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, risk from heart disease, risk
from infectious disease,
What is an economically less developed country high in? - correct-answer-infant
mortality rate
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How did China and India slow their population growth down? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of these policies? - correct-answer-Implemented a
policy of one child per family, they offered birth control programs and offered
economic incentives to families with fewer children
Describe each demographic transition stage - correct-answer-Stage 1- population
grows very slowly because of a high birth rate and a high death rate
Stage 2- population grows rapidly because birth rates are high and death rates
drop because of improved food production and health
Stage 3- population growth slows as both birth and death rates drop because of
improved food production, health, and education
Stage 4- Population growth levels off and then declines as birth rates equal and
then fall below death rates
Define total fertility rate - correct-answer-Average number of children born to
women in a population
Define replacement level fertility - correct-answer-Average number of children a
couple must have to replace themselves
UNIT 3 POPULATIONS APES EXAM
REVIEW 2025 | QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What are characteristics that more economically developed countries are high in?
- correct-answer-per capita GDP, degree industrialization, per capita fossil fuel
use, ecological footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, risk from heart disease, risk
from infectious diseases
What characteristic does a more economically developed country have a low in? -
correct-answer-infant mortality rate
What characteristics does a less economically developed country have a low in? -
correct-answer-per capita GDP, degree of industrialization, per capita fossil fuel
use, ecological footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, risk from heart disease, risk
from infectious disease,
What is an economically less developed country high in? - correct-answer-infant
mortality rate
, 2|Page
How did China and India slow their population growth down? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of these policies? - correct-answer-Implemented a
policy of one child per family, they offered birth control programs and offered
economic incentives to families with fewer children
Describe each demographic transition stage - correct-answer-Stage 1- population
grows very slowly because of a high birth rate and a high death rate
Stage 2- population grows rapidly because birth rates are high and death rates
drop because of improved food production and health
Stage 3- population growth slows as both birth and death rates drop because of
improved food production, health, and education
Stage 4- Population growth levels off and then declines as birth rates equal and
then fall below death rates
Define total fertility rate - correct-answer-Average number of children born to
women in a population
Define replacement level fertility - correct-answer-Average number of children a
couple must have to replace themselves
