AP World History : Migration, Settlement, and Demography 1750 to 1900
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Example Question #1 : Migration, Settlement, And Demography 1750 To 1900
Which of the following correctly outlines historical large-scale global migration patterns during the late 18th through early 20th centuries?
Migration of Europeans to the Western Hemisphere and Oceania.
Migration of Native Americans to Europe
Migration of Indians to Persia and the Middle East
Migration of Chinese to Europe
Migration of Japanese to Southeast Asia
Migration of Europeans to the Western Hemisphere and Oceania.
During the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, tens of millions of Europeans migrated from Europe to colonies (and later countries) such as the United States, Brazil, Canada, Australia, and Argentina. The peak of this migration occurred during the mid 19th to early 20th centuries.
Example Question #1 : Migration, Settlement, And Demography 1750 To 1900
Given Ireland's current population of 4.6 million people, was the population of Ireland higher, lower, or roughly the same before the Great Irish Famine?
Impossible to determine
The same
Higher
Lower
Higher
The population of Ireland before the Great Famine was just over 8 million people. The famine hit so hard that between the millions who starved and the millions who fled to the United States, England, Australia, and New Zealand by the time the famine ended the population of Ireland had fallen to 4 million.
Example Question #2 : Migration, Settlement, And Demography 1750 To 1900
Thomas Malthus was a prominent academic in the late 1700's and early 1800's. What was his field of study?
None of these answers is accurate.
Economic Theory
Population Theory
Modern Technology
Population Theory
Malthus was an ardent student of population trends. He published many studies on how populations affected the economics of a given area or nation. He also looked at the trends of the populations of the world as a whole.
Example Question #3 : Migration, Settlement, And Demography 1750 To 1900
Why did Liberia remain independent from European control after the Scramble for Africa?
American protection
Lack of natural resources
Relatively uninhabited
British protection
American protection
Liberia was founded in the early 1800's by freed slaves from the United States. They were part of the Back To Africa Movement of freed slaves. Therefore the U.S. felt the need to issue a hands-off warning to the European powers during the Scramble for Africa.
Example Question #91 : Demographic And Environmental History
What problem did population theorists of the Industrial Revolution think the world's rising population would cause?
Famine
A reoccurrence of widespread bubonic plague
The emergence of new diseases
Over-urbanization
Famine
Malthus believed the world's population was growing far too fast for the farms and agricultural markets to keep up. He feared that the world would be plunged into a massive famine due to the lack of ability to feed the ever-rising population. While his fears were never completely realized as a worldwide famine on the scale he imagined never happened, there have been many large-scale famines that greatly diminished the populations of many nations.
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