1. Which statement BEST describes the difference between arithmetic density and agricultural density?

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Agricultural density focuses on people, and arithmetic density focuses on math.

Agricultural density focuses on agriculture, and arithmetic density focuses on used land.

Arithmetic density focuses on numbers, and agricultural density focuses on land availability.

Arithmetic density focuses on people, and numbers, and agricultural density focuses on land and mass.
Arithmetic density focuses on people and land, and agricultural density focuses on a specific group of people and land.

2. An increase in a country's physiological density would suggest a(n)
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increase in the amount of agricultural land.

limit to the number of farmers.

increase in the amount of irrigated land.

increase in the size of its population.

limit to the number of farm animals.

3. What does population distribution and physiological density help geographers do?

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gather information about the conditions of different areas

figure out economic differences between different countries

evaluate changes in landscapes across regions in any given country

determine how much land is needed to support any given population

account for discrepancies between number of people and available land

4. If the physiological density in a given country is very high and its arithmetic density is very low, then a country has

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inefficient farmers or farmers that are out of work.

a large number of farmers, although the number of farmers is not as great as the number of people living in the cities.

a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture, even if there seems to be plenty of space available to live in.

too many people for the available resources, particularly in regards to agricultural land.

too few farmers for the large area of land suitable for agriculture.

5. An increase in a country’s agricultural density would suggest a(n)

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decrease in the amount of agricultural land.

decrease in the number of farmers.

increase in the areas of its urban centers.

increase in the size of its population.

decrease in the number of farm animals.

Answer 1

1. Arithmetic density focuses on people, and agricultural density focuses on land and mass.

2. limit to the number of farmers.

3. determine how much land is needed to support any given population.

4. a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture, even if there seems to be plenty of space available to live in.

5. decrease in the number of farmers.