Environmental Science, 11th Edition (Cunningham)

Chapter 7: Human Populations

View the animation below, then complete the quiz to test your knowledge of the concept.


1.	According to this death calculator, how many years remaining does a female born in 1985 have?

		A)	50.1 years
		B)	51.1 years
		C)	58.2 years
		D)	59.2 years

2.	According to this death calculator, how many years remaining does a male born in 1985 have?

		A)	50.1 years
		B)	51.1 years
		C)	58.2 years
		D)	59.2 years

3.	According to the graph what has happened to life expectancy between 1900 and 2000?

		A)	it has increased
		B)	it has decreased
		C)	it has not changed
		D)	there is no clear pattern

4.	What happened in 1918?

		A)	black plague
		B)	heat wave in 1917 decreased conception rates
		C)	smallpox epidemic
		D)	United States had its worst influenza outbreak

5.	At the height of the epidemic how many people died in New York in one day?

		A)	493
		B)	712
		C)	851
		D)	1119