HIST 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Global Issue
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Chapter 07 - Policy Responses to Demographic Changes
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
For practical purposes population data are reported by country. However, demographic variation within
countries can be very large as, for example, in India. During the twentieth century national governments
pursued three kinds of population policy: expansive, eugenic, and restrictive. International agreements on
population policies are difficult to reach, in part because religious ideologies and governmental goals may
be incompatible. The most dramatic population-policy reversal in recent decades was carried out by
communist China. Many governments have sought to control immigration through laws limiting the
number or type of people who can cross borders and become citizens, but few countries have succeeded
in controlling immigration effectively.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Population change is a:
a. global issue
b. regional issue
c. local issue
d. useless issue
2. Over the past century, many of the world's governments have instituted policies designed to influence:
a. emigration or per capita income
b. growth rate or ethnic ratios
c. national reform or communist objectives
d. international policies or mortality rate
3. Which is not one of the typical population policies?
a. expansive
b. restrictive
c. contradictive
e. eugenic
4. The Japanese experience with respect to population is a:
a. failure
b. success
c. tragedy
d. mediocre achievement
5. During the American occupation of Japan, medical services and public health:
a. declined
b. improved
c. stayed the same
d. only helped the Americans
6. What reasons did the Japanese Eugenic Protection Act not cite?
a. social
b. medical
c. economic
d. political
