1. What is the current world population?

2. What is the current population growth rate, in percent? How long will it take to double at that rate? How do you determine doubling time?

3.  Human population growth is represented by what type of growth curve?

4. What are the 4 most populous countries?

5. What type of information is presented in an age structure diagram? What do the different shapes mean (broad-based pyramid, straight-sided column, narrower at base)

6. What is the current size of the US population?

7. What are the concerns associated with a “graying” population?

7.5 What does “dependency ratio” mean? Why is it important?

8. How is the population growth rate calculated?

9. If the population growth rate has declined since 1970, why is the world population still growing?

10. What population size is projected by the medium population growth scenario for 2050?  What does this assume?

10.5 What is population momentum?

11. What does TFR mean?  What is the stable TFR for the human population?

12. What is the demographic transition?

13. What happens during the 4 phases?

14. What does it suggest?  (lower population growth rates are correlated with economic development)

15. What social and economic factors are important determinants of family size, especially in developing countries?

     What are the top 3 factors correlated with a decline in family size?

16. What evidence shows that government support of family planning can result in lower population growth rates?

17. Is AIDS having an impact on population growth rates? What other impacts does AIDS have on populations?

18. What is the relationship between poverty, population growth, and environmental degradation?

19. What impact do wealthy countries have on the environment?

20. What does the IPAT equation stand for? How should it be modified to be more realistic?