World Population - Multiple Choice Test

How many people live on Earth today?
1. 8 billion
2. 9 billion
3. 6 billion
4. 7 billion
Why didn't the world population grow for a long time?
1. People died of starvation.
2. There weren't enough children to care of the family.
3. There was a big plague at the time.
4. The birth rate was too low.
When did the world's population start to grow rapidly?
1. during the Industrial Revolution
2. in the Middle Ages
3. after World War II
4. at the beginning of the 15th century
How did the second half of the 20th century change world population ?
1. The birth rate in developed countries dropped.
2. The birth rate in developing countries dropped.
3. Medical care in industrialized countries improved.
4. Families in Third World countries started having fewer children.
Which continent has the highest population growth rate?
1. Africa
2. North America
3. Europe
4. Asia
Why does most of the world's population live north of the equator?
1. There is more land there.
2. The northern continents are larger.
3. The climate is better.
4. There are fewer cities.
90% of the Earth's people live
1. on 10% of the land
2. on only one continent
3. in cities
4. north of the equator
Population pyramids tell us
1. how many people there are in a certain age group
2. why there are more women than men
3. how many people are in the work force
4. where people are born and die
Almost all population pyramids show that
1. women live longer than men
2. there are more girls born than boys
3. men live longer than women
4. women die at an earler age
China started its "one-child policy"
1. because the population of the country was growing too fast
2. because there were not enough workers in the country
3. because too many babies died at birth
4. because the government didn't get enough taxes
The Chinese government's birth control policy worked mostly
1. in cities
2. in the western part of the country
3. in rural areas
4. with larger families
The largest city in the world is
1. Tokyo
2. Cairo
3. Mexico City
4. Shanghai
Thousands of Irish men and women left the country in the 19th century because
1. of a food crisis
2. they could not choose their reiligion
3. they did not like their leaders
4. they wanted to make money in America
The Green Revolution
1. gave farmers better tools and farming methods
2. started at the beginning of the 21st century
3. caused a famine in most of Africa
4. made farmers produce more food than they needed in Asia.

World Population - Multiple Choice Test

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