Ch 20 quiz

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

The population of the planet doubled in fifty years to reach _______ in 1999?

6 billion

What type of nations are the greatest sources of greenhouse gases?

Core

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

Which of the following is one of the many concerns with the practice of fracking?

Fracking requires a huge amount of water.

How does gentrification affect cities?

Less affluent residents are pushed into less desirable areas.

What have sociologists begun to realize about the nomadic lifestyle?

Nomads have a hard time bridging the gap between their traditional lifestyle and doing what is best for the land.

Where does a large percentage of e-waste wind up?

Recycled in peripheral nations

Paris has been studying the demography of the United Kingdom. The U.K. is very similar to the United States or Sweden in that it is industrialized, has relatively long life expectancy, and infant mortality is low. Which stage in the Demographic Transition Theory would the U.K. fall into?

Stage 4

What does cornucopian theory believe?

That human ingenuity will solve any issues that overpopulation creates

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.

The "tragedy of the commons" is a reference to what?

The common grazing lands in Oxford

Which is an aspect of city life that might catch a human ecologist's attention?

The decision to make sidewalks narrower so that a city road can provide on-street parking.

Which is an example of environmental racism?

The fact that a disproportionate percentage of people of color live in environmentally hazardous areas

What does human ecology theory address?

The relationship between humans and their environments

A functionalist would address which issue?

The way immigration and emigration trends strengthen global relationships

What led to the creation of the exurbs?

Urban sprawl and crowds moving into the city

What three factors did Malthus believe would limit human population?

War, famine, and disease

Anil has noticed that infertility has been affecting many of his intergenerational friends and family. Based on this observation, Anil is writing his senior thesis on the effects that certain cities, water quality, and hormones might have on his friends. Anil will most likely approach his findings and paper using which theory?

Zero population growth theory

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?

the Kyoto Protocol