{"id":25813,"date":"2026-11-01T03:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/georgia-macon-consolidation-population-comparison\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:47:08","slug":"georgia-macon-consolidation-population-comparison","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/georgia-macon-consolidation-population-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Why can comparing old Macon city with modern Macon\u2013Bibb mislead readers about growth?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why can comparing old Macon city with modern Macon\u2013Bibb mislead readers about growth?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>The population units change from people to dollars<\/li>\n<li>County consolidation prevents all population estimates<\/li>\n<li>The geographic boundaries differ<\/li>\n<li>Every census uses a different time zone<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[3259],"topic":[4028,4005],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-25813","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-us-states","topic-georgia-cities","topic-georgia-facts","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p>Comparing former Macon city with modern Macon\u2013Bibb without boundary adjustment can exaggerate apparent growth.<\/p>\n\n<p>A larger geographic unit can contain more people even without rapid population growth. Match boundaries across time, or explain the change, before treating the difference as the result of births, deaths, or migration.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"The population units change from people to dollars"},{"right":"no","answer":"County consolidation prevents all population estimates"},{"right":"yes","answer":"The geographic boundaries differ"},{"right":"no","answer":"Every census uses a different time zone"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3259,"title":"U.S. States","slug":"us-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":4028,"title":"Georgia Cities","slug":"georgia-cities"},{"id":4005,"title":"Georgia Facts","slug":"georgia-facts"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":1895,"title":"SSC","slug":"ssc"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/25813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=25813"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=25813"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=25813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}