Exam 10: Population, the Environment, and Global Sustainability

To understand the relationship between population growth and economic development, the age structure must be taken into account.

Of the following issues, __________ has not been fully addressed in the United Nations program to achieve sustainable development.

How would you describe economic development as it applies to your own life? Do you aspire to more material goods? Do you aspire to more cultural goods that use human rather than natural resources?

History suggests that ________ is the more common demographic response to resource over-utilization at the local level.

The United Nations estimates that approximately ______ percent of the world's agricultural land is used for meat production.

Of the following factors, availability of _______ may be the most limiting with respect to sustainable food production for a growing population.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that there are currently about ____ people in the world with less than an adequate amount of food.

According to data from the World Bank, China has the largest economy in the world, with _____ being second.

What is your perception of the strengths and weaknesses of the ecological footprint concept? How useful is the concept to you in helping you to understand your own impact on the earth?

Economic development refers to a situation in which there is

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

Which of the following countries has the highest estimated ecological footprint per person?

Population growth has been shown to increase the probability of producing the genius who will solve the world's problems.

Would you be willing to give up or at least dramatically reduce your intake of meat in order to feed the planet and limit environmental damage? Why or why not?

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