AP Human Geography

Ch. 3 Study Guide 3

Population Environment Interactions

1. What does population ecology study?

2. What British economist published an essay in 1798 entitled, An Essay on the

Principle of Population?

3. What conclusion did he draw in his essay?

4. What stage of the demographic transition model was England in at the time
Malthus was writing?

5. What was Malthuss argument about growth of food production versus growth
of population?

6. What conclusion did Malthus draw from this?

7. What did Malthus view as positive checks on population growth?

8. What voluntary preventative checks did Malthus also encourage people to

enact?

9. Who are Neo-Malthusians, and what are their beliefs on population?

10.What term do they use to describe the Earths limited ability to support a
comfortable standard of living?

11.Beyond outstripping food supply, what other threats do Neo-Malthusians

belief overpopulation presents?

12.What critic began arguing against Malthusian beliefs in the 1960s?

13.What was his argument?

14.Explain cornucopian theory.

15.What Malthusian concept do cornucopians reject?

16.What demographic measurement seems to support the cornucopian

position?

17.In what two respects has history shown Malthuss theory to be incorrect?

18.What did Malthus seem to recognize even though his assertions were
shortsighted?

19.What impact did Neo-Malthusian policies have on world population after

WWII?

20.How do the views of social critics differ from those of Neo-Malthusians

and Cornucopians?

21.What do they mean when they refer to food insecurity?

22.According to Figure 3.10, while global population nearly doubled between

1970-2010, what occurred in the growth of cereal grains and livestock?

23.What factors can contribute to food insecurity? (list all)

24.According to Figure 3.11 on pg. 80, what is a sign of chronic food

insecurity?

25.What has caused major food insecurities in North Korea?

26.What are shifts in mortality and disease prevalence known as?

27.What is the difference between communicable diseases and noncommunicable diseases?

28.Describe, in brief, each of the 3 epidemiological transitions.

29.What type of disease kills the most people globally?

30.What type of disease is the leading cause of death in low-income countries?

31.What dimension of the second epidemiological transition involves the

poor?

32.List the tope 3 causes of deaths for both low-income and high-income
countries according to Table 3.1 on pg. 81.

33.What infectious diseases are resurgent in the Northeastern U.S. and in the
East African highlands?