are frequent and violent fluctuations in the death rate caused by war, famine, and epidemics.
a. Mortality crises
b. Life expectancy crises
c. Crude death rates
d. Tragedies
Question 2The most common type of interracial marriage in the United States involves a marriage between a:
a. white man and an African American woman.
b. white man and a nonwhite woman who is not African American.
c. white woman and an African American man.
d. white woman and a nonwhite man who is not African American.
e. African American man and nonwhite woman who is not African American.
Question 3Stage 1 of the demographic transition is often referred to as the stage of high potential growth because
a. the fertility rate is so high.
b. the mortality rate is so low.
c. if something happened to cause the death rate to decline, population would increase dramatically.
d. the potential crude death rate is 50 per 1,000.
Question 4Interracial marriage in the United States:
a. is illegal in half of the states.
b. occurs mainly among lower-class individuals.
c. has declined significantly over the past twenty years.
d. has risen slightly over the past twenty years.
e. occurs mainly among upper-class individuals.
Question 5The theory of the demographic transition hypothesizes that the less economically and industrially developed countries will
a. cease to exist within 100 years due to high death rates.
b. follow the pattern of western Europe and North America.
c. merge with more advanced countries.
d. continue to see slow growth rates.
Question 6Over the last forty years, the median age at first marriage in the United States has:
a. stayed the same.
b. dropped slightly.
c. risen.
d. risen then dropped.
e. dropped substantially.
Question 7According to the theory of the demographic transition, a country's birth rates relative to its death rates are linked to
a. the percentage of the population under the age of five.
b. its level of industrial or economic development.
c. its migration rates.
d. its proximity to the equator.
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