Chapter 2 Population MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) One important feature of the world's population with the most significant future implications is that A) it is increasing more slowly than in the past. B) there are more people alive in the world now than at any time in the past. C) the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries. D) people are uniformly distributed across Earth. Answer: C Diff: 2 2) Geographers define overpopulation as A) too many people in the world. B) too many people compared to resources. C) too many people in a region. D) all of the above Answer: B Diff: 1 3) The world's largest concentration of people is located in A) East Asia. B) South Asia.