Population Growth & Cycles

Human population growth from 60,000 ya

1. Characteristics of the period before 10,000 ya does NOT include:

a) increase of population from 1 to 10 million    b) people lived as hunters/gatherers    c) role specialization not minimal   
d) infant mortality high       e) mothers carried dependent young inter-birth interval estimated at 4-5 years        

2. The first revolution was the _____ ; making the age of first reproduction lowered from 4-5 years to _____ years

3. Characteristics of the Agricultural Revolution does NOT include:

a) very labor intensive    b) reliance on limited crops/animals    c) formation of communities started    d) population grew to about 1 billion
e) lived far distance from each other

4. Characteristics of the Industrial Revolution does NOT include:

a) I.R. began in England    b) improved sanitation    c) increase of adult population    d) Bubonic plague    e) none of the above

5. During the Biotechnology Revolution, three things occurred:

Understanding Human Population Growth

6. Human population expanding _____; resources expanding _____

7. If you were looking at a chart of the two items mentioned above, when would you know there was a crisis?

8. Which of the following is NOT a variable that influences population growth?

a) female age of first reproduction    b) inter-birth interval    c) completed family size    d) age-specific mortality rates    e) none of the above

9. If a population pyramid has wide base, the population is _____

10. If a population pyramid is shaped like a log the population is _____

11. _____ rates don't decline until after _____ do

12. The number of individuals that the environment can support indefinitely is called _____