Question 1

One region of the world has both the highest birth rate and the highest infant mortality rate.Which is it?

Accepted Answer

A) Latin America 
B) Africa 
C) Europe 
D) Asia 
A) Latin America 
B) Africa 
C) Europe 
D) Asia B

Question 2

Georg Simmel claimed that urbanites are so interested in each other's lives that there is little privacy in cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

In what year was half the U.S.population living in urban places for the first time?

Accepted Answer

A) 1880 
B) 1920 
C) 1960 
D) 1985 
A) 1880 
B) 1920 
C) 1960 
D) 1985 B

Question 4

The United States is a high-income country; therefore, its population growth is likely to result from which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) both immigration and natural increase 
B) natural increase only 
C) immigration only 
D) emigration only 
A) both immigration and natural increase 
B) natural increase only 
C) immigration only 
D) emigration only

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Malthus argued that

Accepted Answer

A) population would increase in geometric progression. 
B) food and other resources would increase in arithmetic progression. 
C) people would reproduce to a point beyond what the planet could support. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) population would increase in geometric progression. 
B) food and other resources would increase in arithmetic progression. 
C) people would reproduce to a point beyond what the planet could support. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 7

In the United States, the birth rate is currently

Accepted Answer

A) at the replacement level. 
B) below the replacement level. 
C) slightly above the replacement level. 
D) well above the replacement level. 
A) at the replacement level. 
B) below the replacement level. 
C) slightly above the replacement level. 
D) well above the replacement level.

Question 8

In the preindustrial stage of technological 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 9

When did the world's population reach 1 billion?

Accepted Answer

A) 1600 
B) 1700 
C) 1800 
D) 1900 
A) 1600 
B) 1700 
C) 1800 
D) 1900

Question 10

Which of the following concepts was used by Ferdinand Tönnies to refer to a type of social organization in which people come together only on the basis of individual self-interest?

Accepted Answer

A) Gemeinschaft 
B) Gesellschaft 
C) mechanical solidarity 
D) organic solidarity 
A) Gemeinschaft 
B) Gesellschaft 
C) mechanical solidarity 
D) organic solidarity

Question 11

A metropolis is a large city that socially and economically dominates an urban area.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Clearly state the warning given to the world by Thomas Robert Malthus.How does demographic transition theory respond to this warning? Provide data on the history of global population increase and indicate whether or not you think it provides evidence that supports Malthus's view.What about demographic transition theory? Which position do you find more convincing? Why?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Robert Malthus warned the world a

Question 13

Which of the following statements expresses the "limits to growth" thesis?

Accepted Answer

A) We are rapidly consuming the Earth's finite resources. 
B) Whatever problems technology creates, technology can solve. 
C) Quality of life on the Earth is now improving. 
D) Growth makes sense because it raises living standards. 
A) We are rapidly consuming the Earth's finite resources. 
B) Whatever problems technology creates, technology can solve. 
C) Quality of life on the Earth is now improving. 
D) Growth makes sense because it raises living standards.

Question 14

An annual growth rate of about 2 percent will cause a society's population to double in about thirty-five years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following statements correctly describes societies at the postindustrial level of technological development?

Accepted Answer

A) Birth rates are low. 
B) Death rates are steady. 
C) Both A and B are true. 
D) None of these is correct. 
A) Birth rates are low. 
B) Death rates are steady. 
C) Both A and B are true. 
D) None of these is correct.

Question 16

The crude death rate is the most widely used measure of a society's population decline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Why is the crude birth rate "crude"?

Accepted Answer

The term "crude" in "crude birth rate" r

Question 18

If you were studying countries with very low infant mortality, in which of the following global regions would you be most likely to look?

Accepted Answer

A) Latin America 
B) Africa 
C) Europe 
D) Asia 
A) Latin America 
B) Africa 
C) Europe 
D) Asia

Question 19

At the present rate of loss, almost all of the rain forests will be gone by the end of this century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

As societies gain technological power, more population, and affluence they have a greater and greater effect on the natural environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 22: Population, Urbanization, and Environment

One region of the world has both the highest birth rate and the highest infant mortality rate.Which is it?

Georg Simmel claimed that urbanites are so interested in each other's lives that there is little privacy in cities.

In what year was half the U.S.population living in urban places for the first time?

The United States is a high-income country; therefore, its population growth is likely to result from which of the following?

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

Malthus argued that

In the United States, the birth rate is currently

In the preindustrial stage of technological development, population

When did the world's population reach 1 billion?

Which of the following concepts was used by Ferdinand Tönnies to refer to a type of social organization in which people come together only on the basis of individual self-interest?

A metropolis is a large city that socially and economically dominates an urban area.

Which of the following statements expresses the "limits to growth" thesis?

An annual growth rate of about 2 percent will cause a society's population to double in about thirty-five years.

Which of the following statements correctly describes societies at the postindustrial level of technological development?

The crude death rate is the most widely used measure of a society's population decline.

Why is the crude birth rate "crude"?

If you were studying countries with very low infant mortality, in which of the following global regions would you be most likely to look?

At the present rate of loss, almost all of the rain forests will be gone by the end of this century.

As societies gain technological power, more population, and affluence they have a greater and greater effect on the natural environment.

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