Question 1

What is an "age-sex pyramid"? Why is it useful in the study of population? Provide examples of how to interpret an age-sex pyramid.

Accepted Answer

An age-sex pyramid, also known as a popu

Question 2

The average life expectancy for U.S.children born today is about sixty years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The United States is a high-income country; therefore, we would expect population increase 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 4

The concept "environmental deficit" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) long-term harm to the environment caused by a short-sighted focus on material affluence. 
B) the fact that too few people are engaged in the study of the natural environment. 
C) the fact that natural scientists ignore the social dimensions of environmental problems. 
D) efforts to protect the environment to benefit future generations. 
A) long-term harm to the environment caused by a short-sighted focus on material affluence. 
B) the fact that too few people are engaged in the study of the natural environment. 
C) the fact that natural scientists ignore the social dimensions of environmental problems. 
D) efforts to protect the environment to benefit future generations.

Question 5

What are the four stages in demographic transition theory? Apply this theory to the population history of the United States.

Accepted Answer

The four stages in demographic transitio

Question 6

If a nation has a sex ratio of 108, as India does, it is very likely that parents there

Accepted Answer

A) value sons more than daughters. 
B) value daughters more than sons. 
C) value children of both sexes equally. 
D) place little value on children. 
A) value sons more than daughters. 
B) value daughters more than sons. 
C) value children of both sexes equally. 
D) place little value on children.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

For decades, China has regulated fertility with a "one-child" policy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Question 10

Currently, about how many people are added to the world's population each year?

Accepted Answer

A) 830,000 
B) 8.3 million 
C) 83 million 
D) 830 million 
A) 830,000 
B) 8.3 million 
C) 83 million 
D) 830 million

Question 11

The concept "megalopolis" refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) a vast urban region containing many cities and suburbs 
B) the largest city in any country 
C) a dense, central city 
D) the "rural rebound" 
A) a vast urban region containing many cities and suburbs 
B) the largest city in any country 
C) a dense, central city 
D) the "rural rebound"

Question 12

The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is

Accepted Answer

A) population patterns reflect a society's level of technological development. 
B) population increase will outstrip the planet's ability to support us. 
C) population increase is now mostly in high-income nations. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) population patterns reflect a society's level of technological development. 
B) population increase will outstrip the planet's ability to support us. 
C) population increase is now mostly in high-income nations. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 13

Which of the following statements expresses the "logic of growth"?

Accepted Answer

A) Material affluence is dangerous to humanity. 
B) Technology and human ingenuity will continue to improve our lives. 
C) Quality of life on the Earth is declining. 
D) Growth makes no sense because we cannot sustain it indefinitely. 
A) Material affluence is dangerous to humanity. 
B) Technology and human ingenuity will continue to improve our lives. 
C) Quality of life on the Earth is declining. 
D) Growth makes no sense because we cannot sustain it indefinitely.

Question 14

Write an essay in which you sketch out principles that would lead to an environmentally sustainable way of life for the planet.Would our attitudes towards consumption change? If so, how? How would this be affected by the current level of global stratification?

Accepted Answer

An environmentally sustainable way of li

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Thomas Robert Malthus expected population to increase according to an arithmetic progression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Today, the three or four largest cities contain as many people as did the entire world some 12,000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

By 2012, the world is home to about how many people?

Accepted Answer

A) 7 billion 
B) 4 billion 
C) 1 billion 
D) 700 million 
A) 7 billion 
B) 4 billion 
C) 1 billion 
D) 700 million

Question 19

The crude death rate for the United States is very high by world standards.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Why are environmentalists concerned about the loss of the planet's rainforests?

Accepted Answer

Environmentalists are concerned about th

Exam 22: Population, Urbanization, and Environment

What is an "age-sex pyramid"? Why is it useful in the study of population? Provide examples of how to interpret an age-sex pyramid.

The average life expectancy for U.S.children born today is about sixty years.

The United States is a high-income country; therefore, we would expect population increase to result from which of the following?

The concept "environmental deficit" refers to

What are the four stages in demographic transition theory? Apply this theory to the population history of the United States.

If a nation has a sex ratio of 108, as India does, it is very likely that parents there

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

For decades, China has regulated fertility with a "one-child" policy.

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

Currently, about how many people are added to the world's population each year?

The concept "megalopolis" refers to which of the following?

The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is

Which of the following statements expresses the "logic of growth"?

Write an essay in which you sketch out principles that would lead to an environmentally sustainable way of life for the planet.Would our attitudes towards consumption change? If so, how? How would this be affected by the current level of global stratification?

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

Thomas Robert Malthus expected population to increase according to an arithmetic progression.

Today, the three or four largest cities contain as many people as did the entire world some 12,000 years ago.

By 2012, the world is home to about how many people?

The crude death rate for the United States is very high by world standards.

Why are environmentalists concerned about the loss of the planet's rainforests?

The Sociological Perspective

Sociological Investigation

Culture

Society

Socialization

Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Groups and Organizations

Sexuality and Society

Deviance

Social Stratification

Social Class in the United States

Global Stratification

Gender Stratification

Race and Ethnicity

Aging and the Elderly

The Economy and Work

Politics and Government

Families

Religion

Education

Health and Medicine

Collective Behavior and Social Movements

Social Change: Traditional

Filters