Exam 11: Population and the Environment

The idea that human population is the "ultimate resource" is most closely associated with:

Which of the following countries has the second largest economy in the world?

Which of the following is LEAST likely to promote economic development?

Ester Boserup is famous for her idea that:

Which of the following represents the study that concluded that the optimum population for the world may have been achieved in the 1970s?

The historical evidence shows clearly that population growth is inevitably an impediment to economic development.

Which of the following countries has the highest per person income among this group of four countries?

Increasing the yield per acre comes about through an intensification of agriculture.

Which of the following may be the most limiting with respect to sustainable food production for a growing population?

The concept of purchasing power parity is captured by the:

Intensification of agriculture involves:

Population growth clearly increases the probability of producing the genius who will solve the world's problems.

Which of the following was not fully addressed in the Brundtland Commission's report on sustainable development?

On a per-person basis, the inputs to agriculture peaked in the 1990s and have declined since then.

The statistical relationship between population growth and per person income at the national level is actually quite weak.

Which of the following is NOT an ingredient in Ehrlich's Impact equation?

Which of the following countries generates the greatest amount of carbon dioxide emissions in the process of creating goods sold in the United States?

Economic development refers to:

The single most important aspect of the Green Revolution is improved irrigation.

Which of the following is typically NOT part of the Green Revolution: