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Example Question #12 : Density, Distribution, & Scale
If the largest city in a region has a population of 
None of these
The rank-size rule dictates that a city ranked third in terms of population will have a population size that is one-third of the population of the city ranked first. One-third of 
Example Question #11 : Density, Distribution, & Scale
What two factors are used to calculate a town's arithmetic population density?
The town's mortality rate and the town's birth rate.
The town's population size and the town's number of small businesses.
The town's population size and the town's GDP.
The town's average income and the town's area.
The town's population size and the town's area.
The town's population size and the town's area.
Arithmetic population density allows us to look at the population of a town expressed as an average per unit area. This figure is calculated by dividing the population of a town by the number of square kilometers that make up the town.
Example Question #14 : Density, Distribution, & Scale
What is the term for the number of people an area can support?
Numerical density
Capacitor
Population
Capacity
Species diversity
Capacity
Capacity, also known as carrying capacity is the number of people an area can support.
Example Question #15 : Density, Distribution, & Scale
What is the term used to describe the total number of people divided by the total land in an area?
Arithmetic population density
Capacity
Demography
Age distribution
Demographic density
Arithmetic population density
Arithmetic population density is found by dividing the total population size by the total land in an area.
Example Question #131 : Ap Human Geography
Population density is a measure of the number of people that live in a given geographical area. The United States population is now approximately 320 million. The land area of the United States is approximately 9 million square kilometers.
Which of the following answers best approximates the population density of the United States?
25 persons per square kilometer
38 persons per square kilometer
40 persons per square kilometer
35 persons per square kilometer
30 persons per square kilometer
35 persons per square kilometer
The population density of the United States is closest to 35 persons per square kilometer. To arrive at this answer choice, divide the population of the US (320 million people) by the geographic land area of the US (9 million kilometers).
320 million people /9 million square km = 35.56 or approximately 35 persons per square km.
Example Question #1 : Composition
In 2014, which of the following countries had the largest Muslim population?
China
India
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
Indonesia
In 2014, Indonesia had the largest Muslim population in the world. With more than 200,000 Muslims residing there, Indonesia was home to more than twelve percent of the world's Muslim population at the time.
Example Question #1 : Composition
In 2013, which of the following countries was the birth place of the largest share of the United States of America's foreign-born immigrant population?
Mexico
China
Vietnam
Canada
India
Mexico
In 2013, Mexico was the birthplace of the largest share of the United States of America's foreign born immigrant population, accounting for almost one-fourth of America's total foreign-born population.
Example Question #2 : Composition
Which of the following would create a population pyramid in which the age 20 to 30 demographic range was much larger than any of the other demographic ranges?
A retirement community
A population with a birth rate that had radically declined in the past two years
A population with a low birth rate
A college town
A population with a high birth rate
A college town
This population pyramid would portrays the population of a college town. The large population within the 20 to 30 population group shows the presence of a university. A retirement community would have almost no one under the age of 55. Populations with high birth rates have pyramids with large bases, while populations with low birth rates are shaped like rectangles.
Example Question #3 : Composition
What would the population pyramid for a college town look like?
Mostly homogenous/even like a rectangle
None of these answers accurately describe the makeup of a college town.
A triangle with its point pointing down
A triangle with its point facing up
A larger than average distribution of males and females around the age of 20
A larger than average distribution of males and females around the age of 20
College towns have a higher population of males and females around the age of 20. There will be other age groups living in the town, but most of its population will be centered around that age.
Example Question #4 : Composition
How often does the U.S. government conduct a national census?
Biannually
Every 100 years
Every 25 years
Annually
Every 5 years
Every 5 years
The U.S. Census Bureau conducts a census every 5 years, in years ending in "2" and "7." This census, authorized by Title 13 in the U.S. Code, requires participation of all state and local governments in the United States. The first national census occurred in 1957.
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