Question 1

Using a Marxist lens,how might overpopulation contribute to the eventual destruction of capitalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Overpopulation would lead to mass starvation, which would result in an increased competition for workers, which would drive up wages, thus eroding the profit of the bourgeoisie. 
B)  Unemployment would make the workers dissatisfied, resulting in a class-consciousness, which would lead to revolution. 
C)  Once the bourgeoisie had accumulated their wealth, they would disband capitalism, leaving the proletariat to suffer on their own. 
D)  The proletariat would eventually become so wealthy that they would catch up to the bourgeoisie, eventually erasing all previous distinctions between the two classes.

Question 2

Many places in India are characterized by having a large proportion of the population die each year from disease,poor sanitation and hunger.At which stage of the demographic transition theory are these places?

Accepted Answer

A)  preindustrial period 
B)  transitional period 
C)  early industrial period 
D)  explosive period

Question 3

What was the largest city in Canada in 1901?

Accepted Answer

A)  Winnipeg 
B)  Toronto 
C)  Montreal 
D)  Vancouver

Question 4

Laval is a city located in southwestern Quebec that is connected to Montreal.How would sociologists classify Laval?

Accepted Answer

A)  as an edge city 
B)  as a postmodern city 
C)  as an urban village 
D)  as a ruralized city

Question 5

What did the government of Kerala,India,lower to solve its overpopulation problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  the level of class inequality 
B)  the level of gender inequality 
C)  the level of ethnic inequality 
D)  the level of age inequality

Question 6

By 2030,approximately what proportion of North America is predicted to be urbanized?

Accepted Answer

A)  25 percent 
B)  45 percent 
C)  65 percent 
D)  85 percent

Question 7

Billie-Bob lives in a nation where there are only 98 females for every 100 males.What is this rate comparison known as?

Accepted Answer

A)  the sex ratio 
B)  life expectancy 
C)  the age-sex pyramid 
D)  the doubling effect

Question 8

Nathan is an old man who recalls vividly his work on urban life in the 1920s.He and his colleagues carried out many interviews and surveys with city dwellers,and they mapped the social landscape.Which of the following traditions was Nathan likely a part of?

Accepted Answer

A)  social demography 
B)  the postmodernist school 
C)  the Chicago school 
D)  Marxism

Question 9

What variables are included in the basic equation of population change used by demographers?

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Question 10

Ontario's 401 highway system and the Queen Elizabeth Way have multiple areas that are characterized by strip malls,entertainment businesses,and office complexes.What would sociologists call these areas beside major highways?

Accepted Answer

A)  industrial cities 
B)  edge cities 
C)  dual cities 
D)  postmodern cities

Question 11

What is the theory of gentrification,and how has this process transformed the landscape of many North American cities?

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Question 12

Members of Heritage Front,a white supremacist organization,are angry about their perception that that non-white immigrants are taking over large portions of the city they live in.Which process of human ecology theory do their beliefs reflect?

Accepted Answer

A)  differentiation 
B)  ecological succession 
C)  concentric zones 
D)  competition

Question 13

Explain all of the stages in the theory of the demographic transition.What evidence supports this model? What evidence contradicts it?

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Question 14

What was the largest city in Canada in 2006?

Accepted Answer

A)  Winnipeg 
B)  Toronto 
C)  Montreal 
D)  Vancouver

Question 15

The Al-Walid family has recently moved to Canada to pursue jobs in the high-tech industry. Which demographic trend do they demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  out-migration 
B)  in-migration 
C)  geographic mobility 
D)  immigration and emigration

Question 16

Industrialization is one of the primary forces in the development of cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is a fact that casts doubt on Malthus's predictions about population growth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Technological interference has decreased food production. 
B)  Technological advances have increased food production. 
C)  Technological measures have established the limit of population growth. 
D)  Technological innovations have destroyed food production in many areas.

Question 18

When Indian officials reintroduced patterns of traditional gender inequality into the state of Kerala,fertility rates dropped sharply.

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