Population Geography Test
Questions with Answers
involuntary migration - Answer-see forced migration
intervening obstacles - Answer-any forces or factors that may limit human migration
refugees - Answer-people who leave their home because they are forced out, but not
because they are being officially relocated or enslaved
internal migration - Answer-the permanent or semipermanent movement of individuals
within a particular country
Rust Belt - Answer-the northern industrial states of the United States, including Ohio,
Michigan, and Pennsylvania in which heavy industry was once the dominant economic
activity; in the 1960s-80s, these states lost much of their economic base to
economically attractive regions of the United States to countries where labor was
cheaper, leaving old machinery to rust in the moist northern climate
Cotton Belt - Answer-the term by which the American South used to be known, as
cotton historically dominated the agricultural economy of the region; the same area is no
known as the New South or Sun Belt because people have migrated here from older
cities in the industrial north for a better climate and new job opportunities
Sun Belt - Answer-U.S. region, mostly comprised of southeastern and southwestern
states, which has grown mot dramatically since World War II
Thomas Malthus - Answer-author of Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) who
claimed that population grows at an exponential rate while food production increases
arithmetically, and thereby that, eventually, population growth would outpace food
production
exponential growth - Answer-growth that occurs when a fixed percentage of new people
is added to a population each year; is compounded because the fixed growth rate
applies to an ever-increasing population
neo-Malthusian - Answer-advocacy of population control programs o ensure enough
resources for current and future populations
demographic transition model - Answer-a sequence of demographic changes in which a
country moves from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates through time
Questions with Answers
involuntary migration - Answer-see forced migration
intervening obstacles - Answer-any forces or factors that may limit human migration
refugees - Answer-people who leave their home because they are forced out, but not
because they are being officially relocated or enslaved
internal migration - Answer-the permanent or semipermanent movement of individuals
within a particular country
Rust Belt - Answer-the northern industrial states of the United States, including Ohio,
Michigan, and Pennsylvania in which heavy industry was once the dominant economic
activity; in the 1960s-80s, these states lost much of their economic base to
economically attractive regions of the United States to countries where labor was
cheaper, leaving old machinery to rust in the moist northern climate
Cotton Belt - Answer-the term by which the American South used to be known, as
cotton historically dominated the agricultural economy of the region; the same area is no
known as the New South or Sun Belt because people have migrated here from older
cities in the industrial north for a better climate and new job opportunities
Sun Belt - Answer-U.S. region, mostly comprised of southeastern and southwestern
states, which has grown mot dramatically since World War II
Thomas Malthus - Answer-author of Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) who
claimed that population grows at an exponential rate while food production increases
arithmetically, and thereby that, eventually, population growth would outpace food
production
exponential growth - Answer-growth that occurs when a fixed percentage of new people
is added to a population each year; is compounded because the fixed growth rate
applies to an ever-increasing population
neo-Malthusian - Answer-advocacy of population control programs o ensure enough
resources for current and future populations
demographic transition model - Answer-a sequence of demographic changes in which a
country moves from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates through time
