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1

In the last 50 years, all the following aspects of human development in the world have improved except
A)health.
B)education.
C)elimination of poverty.
D)wider spread of law and justice.
2

The population of the world is presently growing at an annual rate of
A)2 percent.
B)5 percent.
C)10 percent.
D)25 percent.
3

In which of the following regions is population declining?
A)South Asia
B)Africa
C)Russia
D)Europe
4

The total fertility rate is
A)the number of births per 1,000 in a population.
B)the number of children a woman will bear in her lifetime.
C)a measure of the productivity of the soil.
D)the time it takes for a population to double in size.
5

In 2002, how many people lived outside the country of their birth?
A)75 million
B)150 million
C)300 million
D)1 billion
6

Thomas Malthus predicted that
A)world population growth would exceed food supply.
B)the demographic transition would take place.
C)the American colonies would win independence from Britain.
D)humans would settle on the moon.
7

Estimates are that today the richest 12 percent of the world's population control
A)1 percent of the world's wealth.
B)one-half of the world's wealth.
C)90 percent of the world's wealth.
D)one-third of the world's wealth.
8

Which of the following is an example of a primary industry?
A)a flour mill
B)your university
C)a wheat farm
D)your local video store
9

The strategy of import substitution involved
A)reduction in the use of manufactured goods.
B)developing manufacturing within a country to avoid importing such goods.
C)promoting manufactured goods for export.
D)reducing taxes on manufactured products.
10

Which of the following would be involved in the informal sector?
A)a woman who collects recyclables from garbage dumpsters and sells them to a recycling center
B)a worker in a factory making athletic shoes
C)an office worker
D)a teacher
11

Microcredit banks began in
A)the United States.
B)Switzerland.
C)China.
D)Bangladesh.
12

Which of the following regions contains none of the top ten global cities?
A)the United States
B)Europe
C)East Asia
D)Africa South of the Sahara
13

A tropical grassland is called a
A)rainforest.
B)prairie.
C)tundra.
D)savanna.
14

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
A)oil
B)sunlight
C)water
D)trees
15

Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?
A)Judaism
B)Buddhism
C)Christianity
D)Islam
16

The present rate of population growth is too fast to sustain human development.
A)True
B)False
17

In the demographic transition, death rates decline before birth rates.
A)True
B)False
18

Wealthier countries today commonly have population growth rates of less than 1 percent.
A)True
B)False
19

The greatest economic problem today is the huge numbers of poor people.
A)True
B)False
20

Governments have no impact on free-market economies.
A)True
B)False
21

Modernization in Europe and the United States in the 1800s and 1900s involved developing wealth from new economic sectors.
A)True
B)False
22

Multinational or transnational corporations have headquarters in more than one country.
A)True
B)False
23

Globalization and increased secularization from the growth of science has the effect of diminishing the importance of religion in world affairs.
A)True
B)False
24

People have caused global warming, and people can completely control it.
A)True
B)False
25

Human modification of the physical environment began with the industrial revolution.
A)True
B)False





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