Sociology Week 14

Melissa has been working to develop drought-resistance seeds that require little water to grow and which produce grain. She wants to send these to arid parts of the world, where conventional grain is not easy (or even impossible) to grow to improve nutrition for the people in those countries. In sociological terms, Melissa most likely ascribes to:

Cornucopian 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) __________.

Gesellschaft

Pollution, like many other issues in the world, has become a global issue. What was the name of the agreement that several countries signed as a way to pledge the lessening of carbon emissions?

Kyoto Protocol

Some people may think that once you've studied one city, you've studied them all. Which is an example of why these people may be misinformed?

The banlieues, or suburbs, of Paris are the bad parts of town, almost inside-out compared to Baltimore.

If we consider the concentric zone model, which is a conflict theorist's critique?

The model fails to show the gentrification of neighborhoods as certain classes start to take over cities.

According to the text, women make up a larger proportion of legal immigrants seeking economic opportunities in the United States.

True

Economic development generally results in a decline in the birth rate.

True

Seniors who live alone are more likely to be depressed and poor than seniors who live with others.

True

The land and resources of a country affect population size.

True

Knowledge check

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In 2013, the number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people worldwide exceeded ______ people for the first time since the end of World War II.

50 million