The differential between the (crude) birthrate and the death rate is called the rate of:

__________ refers to a process whereby a population shifts from an original equilibrium in which a high birthrate is more or less cancelled out by a high death rate, through a stage in which the birthrate remains high but the death rate declines, to a final equilibrium in which the birth and death rates are lower but the population is much larger.

The __________ rate refers to the average number of children born per woman throughout the childbearing years.

The text points out the current trends in the U.S. population may be summarized by three striking features. Which of the following is NOT one of these features?

According to the text, efforts to control population growth can take any of three basic approaches. Which of the following is NOT one of these approaches?

In the United States, the family planning movement owes much to the energy and dedication of a nurse named:

By 1965, some __________ percent of married women in the United States had used some form of birth control.

In 1968, in response to widespread concern about population growth, an organization known as __________ was founded; its goal was to promote an end to population growth as soon as possible through lowered birthrates.

With a population of more than 1 billion people, __________ has adopted a policy of one child per family for urban dwellers with the goal of a 40 percent reduction in population size by 2050.

The first major period of immigration to the United States was the __________ period.

The first major period of immigration to the United States took place during the end of the 18th century.

Between 1971 and 1993, approximately __________ million new immigrants arrived in the United States

Which of the following cities is NOT one of the preferred destinations of almost half of the nation's immigrants?

__________ migration refers to the tendency of immigrants to migrate to areas where they have kin and others from their home communities.

Which one of the following states would rank the lowest in terms of illegal immigration?