Exam 5: Geography, Demography, Ecology, and Society

Some pollution is an inevitable consequence of production, presenting society with a:

Birthrate and death rate are:

The first reliable census of a European country was taken by Sweden in 1749.

The science concerned with the interactions between living things and their environment is called:

The most important U.S. government antipollution agency is the:

In the early 2000s, the National Geographic-Roper study found that just about half of U.S. citizens could find New York on a map.

It is less important to know which social science has had a particular idea than it is to know the idea itself.

The increase in the price of gas has caused American consumers to conserve energy by traveling less.

Large and rapid increases in population in the developing areas of the world often occur:

What is the leading cause for the increase in energy cost?

Geography considers all of the following except:

A census is an official, systematic count of the number of people who live in an area.

The Malthusian Theory is the idea that the means of subsistence tends to outrun the growth of population.

Birth control has not been effective in slowing population growth in the United States.

World population has grown rapidly since the 1800s because:

Human ecology applies some of the findings of:

Industrial pollution, depletion of water table and smokestack emissions are all:

Any statements about optimal population are inevitably culturally determined.

Modern times have brought about stability in the ecological balance.

Sanitation and improved health care have increased rates of population growth.