Question 1

To calculate a crude birth rate, divide the number of live births in a year into the total
population and multiply the result by 1,000.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Which of the following concepts refers to the maximum possible childbearing for women?

Accepted Answer

A)  the crude birth rate 
B)  fertility 
C)  fecundity 
D)  the refined birth rate 
A)  the crude birth rate 
B)  fertility 
C)  fecundity 
D)  the refined birth rate C

Question 3

The Industrial Revolution had what effect on U.S. cities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Buildings became much taller. 
B)  Cities became much larger and had many more people. 
C)  Cities stood at the center of an expanding urban region. 
D)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  Buildings became much taller. 
B)  Cities became much larger and had many more people. 
C)  Cities stood at the center of an expanding urban region. 
D)  All of the above are correct. D

Question 4

Environmental racism is a pattern by which environmental hazards are greatest for the poor, especially poor minorities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is an "age-sex pyramid"? Why is it useful in the study of population?

Accepted Answer

An age-sex pyramid, also known as a popu

Question 6

In the preindustrial stage of economic development, population:

Accepted Answer

A)  increases very slowly, with a high birth rate offset by a high death rate. 
B)  increases rapidly due mostly to natural increase. 
C)  increases rapidly due entirely to immigration. 
D)  decreases very rapidly. 
A)  increases very slowly, with a high birth rate offset by a high death rate. 
B)  increases rapidly due mostly to natural increase. 
C)  increases rapidly due entirely to immigration. 
D)  decreases very rapidly.

Question 7

In general, the people living in low-income nations cause much more harm to the environment than people living in high-income nations do.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

People's movement out of a territory is called immigration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

"Zero population growth" refers to cases in which no more people are born.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In medieval cities of Europe, what was found at the city's center?

Accepted Answer

A)  a central business district 
B)  the ghetto 
C)  government buildings 
D)  the cathedral 
A)  a central business district 
B)  the ghetto 
C)  government buildings 
D)  the cathedral

Question 11

Durkheim's concept of mechanical solidarity parallels Tönnies's concept of Gemeinschaft.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Urban decentralization has led to:

Accepted Answer

A)  an expansion of suburbs. 
B)  the development of vast urban regions. 
C)  the growth of edge cities. 
D)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  an expansion of suburbs. 
B)  the development of vast urban regions. 
C)  the growth of edge cities. 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 13

Most people migrate due to a combination of "push" and "pull" factors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Read this chapter's Sociology in the News article on

Accepted Answer

As an AI, I'm unable to read a specific

Question 15

In many low-income nations, parents value sons more than daughters, which explains why the age-sex ratio in these nations may be higher than 100.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What three urban revolutions have reshaped human societies?

Accepted Answer

The three urban revolutions that have re

Question 17

What two assertions about population and resources were made by Thomas Robert Malthus?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Robert Malthus made two key asser

Question 18

Expanding opportunities for women around the world is one important strategy that will help limit global population increase.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Why is the gradual loss of the world's rain forests an important environmental concern?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rainforests are vital to maintaining the planet's biodiversity and climate. 
B)  Rainforests are necessary grazing lands. 
C)  Rainforests are a vital source of hardwoods and other raw materials. 
D)  Rainforests are a source of air pollution. 
A)  Rainforests are vital to maintaining the planet's biodiversity and climate. 
B)  Rainforests are necessary grazing lands. 
C)  Rainforests are a vital source of hardwoods and other raw materials. 
D)  Rainforests are a source of air pollution.

Question 20

More than sixty nations, including the United States, have a birth rate below the zero population growth point.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 22: Population, Urbanization, and Environment

To calculate a crude birth rate, divide the number of live births in a year into the total population and multiply the result by 1,000.

Which of the following concepts refers to the maximum possible childbearing for women?

The Industrial Revolution had what effect on U.S. cities?

Environmental racism is a pattern by which environmental hazards are greatest for the poor, especially poor minorities.

What is an "age-sex pyramid"? Why is it useful in the study of population?

In the preindustrial stage of economic development, population:

In general, the people living in low-income nations cause much more harm to the environment than people living in high-income nations do.

People's movement out of a territory is called immigration.

"Zero population growth" refers to cases in which no more people are born.

In medieval cities of Europe, what was found at the city's center?

Durkheim's concept of mechanical solidarity parallels Tönnies's concept of Gemeinschaft.

Urban decentralization has led to:

Most people migrate due to a combination of "push" and "pull" factors.

Read this chapter's Sociology in the News article on

In many low-income nations, parents value sons more than daughters, which explains why the age-sex ratio in these nations may be higher than 100.

What three urban revolutions have reshaped human societies?

What two assertions about population and resources were made by Thomas Robert Malthus?

Expanding opportunities for women around the world is one important strategy that will help limit global population increase.

Why is the gradual loss of the world's rain forests an important environmental concern?

More than sixty nations, including the United States, have a birth rate below the zero population growth point.

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