Exam 15: Population and Urbanization: Living on Spaceship Earth

Governments have tried many things to influence the populations of their nations. What have governments done to attempt to increase populations? What have governments done to attempt to decrease populations? Do you think governments should try to change population sizes? Why or why not?

Explain three stages of demographic transition theory.

Big City, USA, has a population of 1.3 million people. The citizens of Big City rely on laws for order, maintain formal relationships, and base their lives on their incomes. The inhabitants of Big City do not know how to grow food, share common values, or maintain strong family ties. According to Tonnies, Big City is a(n):

Because having children is such a personal choice, government propaganda does not have an impact on the national fertility rate.

List and briefly discuss at least three of the six global trends that affect urban planning.

Malthus's solution for decreasing population is:

Which of the following is a pull factor in migration?

A city that includes a Westernized city next to a more traditional one is known as a:

According to the text, to raise a child to 17 years in the United States costs more than $800,000.

An amazing 30% of the world's population is "on the go" (migrating) each year.

List and define Tonnies's two types of community extremes and Durkheim's two types of social bonds in communities. Imagine that you have been asked to prepare a lecture on the similarities and differences between the two ways of describing communities. What similarities and differences will you discuss? How will you explain the interrelatedness among all four concepts (the two community extremes and two social bonds)?

The sex ratio does not tell researchers:

What are the characteristics of neighborhoods? Thinking about the neighborhood you grew up in, which of those features were present and which were absent? Thinking about the neighborhood you live in now, which features are present and which are absent? How do you explain the similarities and differences between the neighborhood you grew up in and the one you live in now?

Which of the following increases the level of delinquency in a city?

Which of the following is a positive check on population, according to Malthusian theory?

Walnut Grove, a small town in Kansas in 1880, featured one church/school, one town doctor, and one store. The 50 residents all knew one another and frequently worked together. This community is characterized by Gesellschaft.

Cities that are the spatial merging of other cities along major transportation corridors are known as:

The land and resources of a country affect population size.

How would Geog Simmel explain city dwellers?

Briefly compare and contrast industrial and postindustrial cities.