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Environment, Subsistence, and Demography MCQ

The level of reproduction that maintains population at a steady state is known as_____

Stunted Population Growth

Zero Population Growth

Steady Population Growth

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Zero Population Growth

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Subsistence Pattern is the means by which people obtain their _____ supply.

Water

Food

Money

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Food

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Regional Symbiosis is the pattern in which a particular society resides in an ecological habitat divided into different resource areas that become_____.

Dependent

Independent

Interdependent

Both b and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Interdependent

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Push factors are the conditions that lead people to _____specific territories.

Move into

Move out

Leave

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Leave

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The incentives that lead people to move to other societies are known as_____

Pull Factors

Intrinsic Factors

Push Factors

Extrinsic Factors

Answer

Correct Answer: Pull Factors

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Pastoralists are groups whose subsistence activities are based on the care of _____animals.

Wild

Domesticated

Both

None

Answer

Correct Answer: Domesticated

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The total movement of a population into and out of a territory is known as Net Migration.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The incidence of death in a society’s population is known as_____

Morbidity

Mortality

Comorbidity

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Mortality

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Migration Rate is the rate at which people move _____ of a specific territory.

Into

Out of

Both

None

Answer

Correct Answer: Both

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An environment that is suitable for intensive agriculture is known as Marginal Environment.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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The number of years an average person can expect to live is known as_____

Death Expectancy

Life Expectancy

Birth expectancy

Both b and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Life Expectancy

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Infanticide is the deliberate abandonment or killing of infants _____

One year

One year or younger

Two years

Two years or younger

Answer

Correct Answer: One year or younger

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Infant Mortality Rate is the number of babies per thousand births in any year who die before reaching the age of_____.

One

Two

Three

Four

Answer

Correct Answer: One

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Horticulture is a form of agriculture in which people use _____ technology to cultivate plants.

Limited

Mechanized

Non mechanized

Both a and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and c

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Geronticide is the killing of _____ people.

Infants

Young

Adult

Old

Answer

Correct Answer: Old

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The moving of people from one group to another area when their population begins to decrease is known as Fissioning.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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The number of births in a society is known as_____

Fecundity

Fertility

Fidelity

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Fertility

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The potential number of children that women in a society are capable of _____

Bearing

Adopting

Aborting

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Bearing

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Environmental Niche is a locale that contains _____ to which a species must adjust.

Plants

Animals

Other ecological conditions

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Ecology is the study of living organisms in relationship to their_____.

Relationship wiyh individuals

Environment

Society

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Environment

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The period of time required for a population to double is known as Doubling Time.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Demography is the study of population and its relationship to_____.

Individuals

Climate

Culture

Society

Answer

Correct Answer: Society

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Demographic-Transition Theory is a model used to measure population trends within a society that assumes a close connection between _____

Fertility rate

Mortality rate

Socio economic development

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Crude Death Rate is the number of deaths in a given year for every _____people in a population.

100

1000

10000

Both b and c

Answer

Correct Answer: 1000

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Crude Birth Rate is the number of live births in a given year for every _____ people in a population.

100

1000

10000

Answer

Correct Answer: 1000

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Childhood Mortality Rate is the number of children who die before reaching the age of_____

Three

Four

Five

Six

Answer

Correct Answer: Five

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The maximum population that a specific environment can support is known as_____

Occupying Capacity

Carrying Capacity

Supporting Capacity

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Carrying Capacity

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An area distinguished by a particular climate and certain types of plants and animals is known as_____

Biome

Niche

Habitat

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Biome

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How have humans managed to adapt to life in the diverse biomes of earth?

Gene flow

Genetic drift

Culture

Warfare

Answer

Correct Answer: Culture

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Among modern high-energy cultures such as the Unites States, energy consumption per capita is ______ that of pre-industrial low-energy cultures.

Double

Triple

Quadruple

Quintuple

Answer

Correct Answer: Quadruple

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Which of the following words best describes the environments where modern-day foragers live?

Abundant

Tropical

Pristine

Marginal

Answer

Correct Answer: Marginal

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If a society has achieved zero population growth, the fertility rate must be ______ births per woman.

1.1

2.1

4.1

Answer

Correct Answer: 2.1

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In foraging societies, geronticide is common, even in times of abundance.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following variables would be most interesting to an anthropologist describing the demographic characteristics of a population?

Household income

Level of education

Migration rate

Rate of home ownership

Answer

Correct Answer: Migration rate

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Prolonged nursing of children among the Ju/hoansi San contributes to which of the following?

Low fertility rates

Marginalization of lactating women

Delayed development of children

Obesity

Answer

Correct Answer: Low fertility rates

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How are chiefdoms of the Northwest Coast unique?

They are characterized by a strong ethos of egalitarianism

They are organized according to caste

They subsist by hunting and gathering

They subsist by raising livestock

Answer

Correct Answer: They subsist by hunting and gathering

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Pronatalist population policies are common in which of the following types of societies?

Foraging

Horticultural

Pastoralist

Agricultural

Answer

Correct Answer: Agricultural

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Using time allocation analysis, Napoleon Chagnon learned that Yanomamö horticulturalists spend no more than ______ hours per day working in their gardens.

1–2

3–4

5–6

7–8

Answer

Correct Answer: 3–4

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