Question 1

Which of the following is a difference between fertility and fecundity?

Accepted Answer

A) Fertility refers to the number of births that occur in a particular population,while fecundity refers to the number of deaths that occur in a particular population. 
B) Fertility refers to the number of live births occurring in a particular population during a given year for each 1,000 people,while fecundity refers to the total number of deaths for every 1,000 people. 
C) Fertility refers to the number of years,on average,that people can expect to live,while fecundity refers to the number of live births occurring in a particular population during a given year. 
D) Fertility refers to the actual number of children born,while fecundity refers to the biological maximum number of children that could be born. 
A) Fertility refers to the number of births that occur in a particular population,while fecundity refers to the number of deaths that occur in a particular population. 
B) Fertility refers to the number of live births occurring in a particular population during a given year for each 1,000 people,while fecundity refers to the total number of deaths for every 1,000 people. 
C) Fertility refers to the number of years,on average,that people can expect to live,while fecundity refers to the number of live births occurring in a particular population during a given year. 
D) Fertility refers to the actual number of children born,while fecundity refers to the biological maximum number of children that could be born.

Question 2

Gentrification refers to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) rebuilding blighted areas of cities,providing low-cost housing for urban poor,and stimulating private investment in the inner city through the physical redevelopment of deteriorated areas. 
B) encouraging private development in cities through minimal government action. 
C) the return of relatively affluent households to marginal neighborhoods,where run-down housing is being rehabilitated or new housing is being constructed. 
D) the residential segregation of racial and ethnic minorities to promote neighborhood stability and higher property values. 
A) rebuilding blighted areas of cities,providing low-cost housing for urban poor,and stimulating private investment in the inner city through the physical redevelopment of deteriorated areas. 
B) encouraging private development in cities through minimal government action. 
C) the return of relatively affluent households to marginal neighborhoods,where run-down housing is being rehabilitated or new housing is being constructed. 
D) the residential segregation of racial and ethnic minorities to promote neighborhood stability and higher property values.

Question 3

Why did mass suburbanization occur in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Mass suburbanization is a relatively rec

Question 4

Which of the following is true of the Green Revolution strategy?

Accepted Answer

A) It was implemented to head off the threat of massive famine by making it possible to produce far larger crops from the same amount of land. 
B) It became the panacea for the world food problem. 
C) It had a minimum impact on biological uniformity as its emphasis was on growing a broad range of crops with a short turnaround time. 
D) It relied extensively on the use of natural fertilizers. 
A) It was implemented to head off the threat of massive famine by making it possible to produce far larger crops from the same amount of land. 
B) It became the panacea for the world food problem. 
C) It had a minimum impact on biological uniformity as its emphasis was on growing a broad range of crops with a short turnaround time. 
D) It relied extensively on the use of natural fertilizers.

Question 5

How can crowding impact human beings?

Accepted Answer

One important consequence of population

Question 6

What is the purpose of Community Development Corporations (CDCs)in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) They contribute to revitalization of communities by promoting the development of businesses,jobs,and clean and affordable housing. 
B) They explore further possibilities in terms of government regulation of urban development. 
C) They tax businesses located in communities with high unemployment or poverty at a lower rate than businesses located in other areas of the city. 
D) They shift jobs from low-unemployment areas to high-unemployment areas. 
A) They contribute to revitalization of communities by promoting the development of businesses,jobs,and clean and affordable housing. 
B) They explore further possibilities in terms of government regulation of urban development. 
C) They tax businesses located in communities with high unemployment or poverty at a lower rate than businesses located in other areas of the city. 
D) They shift jobs from low-unemployment areas to high-unemployment areas.

Question 7

________ refers to programs to increase home ownership by private citizens in certain neighborhoods by selling them houses at little or no cost.

Accepted Answer

A) Urban renewal 
B) Urban homesteading 
C) Demographic transition 
D) Suburbanization 
A) Urban renewal 
B) Urban homesteading 
C) Demographic transition 
D) Suburbanization

Question 8

Studies have shown that family planning initiatives in countries such as Kenya and India have little observable results.Which of the following is a reason for this?

Accepted Answer

A) Cultural values are supportive of large families,and women are taught to want many children. 
B) Having many children offers distinct economic advantages for families in these countries. 
C) Increasing levels of education have contributed to population growth. 
D) Rising standards of living have contributed to population growth. 
A) Cultural values are supportive of large families,and women are taught to want many children. 
B) Having many children offers distinct economic advantages for families in these countries. 
C) Increasing levels of education have contributed to population growth. 
D) Rising standards of living have contributed to population growth.

Question 9

Why did the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration promote residential segregation of neighborhoods?

Accepted Answer

A) to spread the burden of assisting the poor throughout the metropolitan area 
B) to encourage decentralization of urban areas 
C) to reduce the need for corporations or service industries to concentrate their facilities in one neighborhood 
D) to promote more neighborhood stability and higher property values 
A) to spread the burden of assisting the poor throughout the metropolitan area 
B) to encourage decentralization of urban areas 
C) to reduce the need for corporations or service industries to concentrate their facilities in one neighborhood 
D) to promote more neighborhood stability and higher property values

Question 10

A similarity between the preindustrial stage and the postindustrial stage of demographic transition is that ________.

Accepted Answer

A) the availability of better and more food helped people resist infectious diseases and reduced infant mortality 
B) people were encouraged to have large families so the birthrate stayed high 
C) the improvement in lifestyle resulted in falling death rates 
D) it resulted in a roughly stable population that grew slowly 
A) the availability of better and more food helped people resist infectious diseases and reduced infant mortality 
B) people were encouraged to have large families so the birthrate stayed high 
C) the improvement in lifestyle resulted in falling death rates 
D) it resulted in a roughly stable population that grew slowly

Question 11

Which of the following best describes capitalism?

Accepted Answer

A) It is based on achieving societal goals,such as providing adequate food and housing or keeping illness rates at an acceptable level. 
B) It is based on changing systems of production and distribution that would lead to a broader and more equitable distribution of resources among groups. 
C) It is based on making profits as food and other goods are not produced unless someone can make a profit from producing and selling them. 
D) It is based on producing food and other goods for human needs rather than making profits. 
A) It is based on achieving societal goals,such as providing adequate food and housing or keeping illness rates at an acceptable level. 
B) It is based on changing systems of production and distribution that would lead to a broader and more equitable distribution of resources among groups. 
C) It is based on making profits as food and other goods are not produced unless someone can make a profit from producing and selling them. 
D) It is based on producing food and other goods for human needs rather than making profits.

Question 12

What are Community Development Corporations?

Accepted Answer

Community Development Corporations are g

Question 13

Which of the following is true of the functionalist perspective on population growth?

Accepted Answer

A) Population and urban problems are as much about subjective definitions of reality as they are about objective conditions. 
B) Population becomes a social problem when those who control the economic system take steps to limit artificially the resources available in order to benefit a particular group of people. 
C) Population and urban problems are due more to an inequitable distribution of resources than to a lack of resources. 
D) Population will eventually grow larger than the food supply can support if the tendency toward population growth continues unchecked. 
A) Population and urban problems are as much about subjective definitions of reality as they are about objective conditions. 
B) Population becomes a social problem when those who control the economic system take steps to limit artificially the resources available in order to benefit a particular group of people. 
C) Population and urban problems are due more to an inequitable distribution of resources than to a lack of resources. 
D) Population will eventually grow larger than the food supply can support if the tendency toward population growth continues unchecked.

Question 14

Which of the following best describes demographic transition?

Accepted Answer

A) It refers to an upper-size limit that is imposed on a population by its environmental resources and that cannot be permanently exceeded. 
B) It refers to movement into a particular country. 
C) It refers to the changing patterns of birth and death rates that are brought about by industrialization. 
D) It refers to moving out of a particular country. 
A) It refers to an upper-size limit that is imposed on a population by its environmental resources and that cannot be permanently exceeded. 
B) It refers to movement into a particular country. 
C) It refers to the changing patterns of birth and death rates that are brought about by industrialization. 
D) It refers to moving out of a particular country.

Question 15

Keith,living in a large suburban home with his wife and son for the last ten years,feels that it is too expensive to maintain a large house.He also feels that a large house is not needed for his small family.Hence,he purchases an apartment in an area where private developers build housing complexes by demolishing abandoned and dilapidated houses.Which of the following trends of urban homesteading is seen in the given example?

Accepted Answer

A) demographic transition 
B) gentrification 
C) segregation 
D) urbanization 
A) demographic transition 
B) gentrification 
C) segregation 
D) urbanization

Question 16

Population refers to the ________.

Accepted Answer

A) actual number of children born 
B) total number of people inhabiting a particular geographic area at a specified time 
C) biological maximum number of children that could be born 
D) the changing patterns of birth and death rates brought about by industrialization 
A) actual number of children born 
B) total number of people inhabiting a particular geographic area at a specified time 
C) biological maximum number of children that could be born 
D) the changing patterns of birth and death rates brought about by industrialization

Question 17

Dnipro is a well-developed nation.The country has transformed itself into a major industrial powerhouse in the last three decades.However,the increasing affluence along with improvements in lifestyle has contributed to a low death rate.Similarly,rapid urbanization and inflation have led couples to desire small families,which has affected the country's birth rate.This has resulted in a relatively stable population with little growth.Hence,Dnipro is in the ________ stage of demographic transition.

Accepted Answer

A) industrial 
B) postindustrial 
C) preindustrial 
D) transitional 
A) industrial 
B) postindustrial 
C) preindustrial 
D) transitional

Question 18

Paolo,an Italian American,lives in Hamford,a neighborhood dominated by Italian Americans.Four generations of Paolo's family have lived in Hamford.The neighborhood is isolated and has little contact with other communities.Hamford is an example of a ________.

Accepted Answer

A) village 
B) county 
C) suburb 
D) ghetto 
A) village 
B) county 
C) suburb 
D) ghetto

Question 19

According to the ________,the key role of the federal government in solving urban problems is to keep the economy healthy,not to intervene directly with federal programs and funding.

Accepted Answer

A) gentrification strategy 
B) defensible space strategy 
C) urban renewal approach 
D) laissez-faire approach 
A) gentrification strategy 
B) defensible space strategy 
C) urban renewal approach 
D) laissez-faire approach

Question 20

What was the major objective of urban renewal initiated by the Housing Act of 1949?

Accepted Answer

The Housing Act of 1949 initiated a prog

Which of the following is a difference between fertility and fecundity?

Gentrification refers to ________.

Why did mass suburbanization occur in the United States?

Which of the following is true of the Green Revolution strategy?

How can crowding impact human beings?

What is the purpose of Community Development Corporations (CDCs)in the United States?

________ refers to programs to increase home ownership by private citizens in certain neighborhoods by selling them houses at little or no cost.

Studies have shown that family planning initiatives in countries such as Kenya and India have little observable results.Which of the following is a reason for this?

Why did the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration promote residential segregation of neighborhoods?

A similarity between the preindustrial stage and the postindustrial stage of demographic transition is that ________.

Which of the following best describes capitalism?

What are Community Development Corporations?

Which of the following is true of the functionalist perspective on population growth?

Which of the following best describes demographic transition?

Population refers to the ________.

Paolo,an Italian American,lives in Hamford,a neighborhood dominated by Italian Americans.Four generations of Paolo's family have lived in Hamford.The neighborhood is isolated and has little contact with other communities.Hamford is an example of a ________.

According to the ________,the key role of the federal government in solving urban problems is to keep the economy healthy,not to intervene directly with federal programs and funding.

What was the major objective of urban renewal initiated by the Housing Act of 1949?

Approaches to the Study of Social Problems

Concentration of Power: Economic and Political Institutions

Family-Related Problems

Health and Illness

Education, Science, and Technology

Poverty

Race and Ethnic Relations

Gender,Sexual Orientation, and Social Inequality

Age and Social Inequality

Crime and Delinquency

Alcohol and Other Drugs

Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Trade

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Exam 13: Population Growth and Urbanization

Which of the following is a difference between fertility and fecundity?

Gentrification refers to ________.

Why did mass suburbanization occur in the United States?

Which of the following is true of the Green Revolution strategy?

How can crowding impact human beings?

What is the purpose of Community Development Corporations (CDCs)in the United States?

________ refers to programs to increase home ownership by private citizens in certain neighborhoods by selling them houses at little or no cost.

Studies have shown that family planning initiatives in countries such as Kenya and India have little observable results.Which of the following is a reason for this?

Why did the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration promote residential segregation of neighborhoods?

A similarity between the preindustrial stage and the postindustrial stage of demographic transition is that ________.

Which of the following best describes capitalism?

What are Community Development Corporations?

Which of the following is true of the functionalist perspective on population growth?

Which of the following best describes demographic transition?

Population refers to the ________.

Paolo,an Italian American,lives in Hamford,a neighborhood dominated by Italian Americans.Four generations of Paolo's family have lived in Hamford.The neighborhood is isolated and has little contact with other communities.Hamford is an example of a ________.

According to the ________,the key role of the federal government in solving urban problems is to keep the economy healthy,not to intervene directly with federal programs and funding.

What was the major objective of urban renewal initiated by the Housing Act of 1949?

Approaches to the Study of Social Problems

Concentration of Power: Economic and Political Institutions

Family-Related Problems

Health and Illness

Education, Science, and Technology

Poverty

Race and Ethnic Relations

Gender,Sexual Orientation, and Social Inequality

Age and Social Inequality

Crime and Delinquency

Alcohol and Other Drugs

Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Trade

Environmental Problems

Violence, War, and Terrorism

Filters