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_____ was the primary cause of most of human population growth in the last 300 years
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Declining mortality
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For most of human history, humans have not been very numerous compared to other species (t/f)
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True
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As income increases (up to about $4000 per person per year), life expectancy generally
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Increases
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Midyear 2004, the US Census Bureau estimated the total world population at
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6.5 billion
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Neo-Marxists believe that the solution to the problem of overpopulation is
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Social justice
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Write the equation for zero population growth
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Births+immigration ~ deaths + emigration
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_____ is the study of vital statistics about people such as births, deaths, distribution and population size
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Demography
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____argue that Malthus was wrong in his predictions about the future of the human population because he failed to account or scientic progress
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Technological optimists
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If # of non working individuals in a population is high & #of working individuals is low, countries w/ SSsystems can have a problem w/ the ___ ratio
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Dependency
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Statistically, higher education and personal freedom for women often result in decisions to limit or reduce childbearing (t/f)
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False
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The projections of the maximum population size at which the human population with stabilize at within the next 100 years are between
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8 to 10 billion
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___ are among the most important determinants in biome distribution
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Temperature and precipitation
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Describe two characteristics that are unique to the tundra biome that were mentioned in class
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Cold harsh winters and short (3 months) growing season
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Deciduous trees
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Lose their leaves in the fall
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A ____ is a name for awetland trees
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Swamp
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