Quiz 15 Review

The industrial revolution led many people to move from ______ areas. A. Urban to rural B. Urban to suburban C. Rural to urban D. suburban to urban

Rural to urban

Anti-Malthusians believe that Thomas Malthus couldn't have envisioned the many modern developments that impact population demographics. What is it that the anti-Malthusians worry about ? A. Populations will begin to drop B. Populations will spiral out of control, after outstripping the supply of food C. Populations in the industrial world will grow faster and fast D. All of the above

A. Populations will begin to drop.

If the anti - Malthusians are correct , what will this graph look like over the next several hundred years? A. The population will eventually level off to a more or less straight in line B. The population will continue to shoot upward C. The population will drop back to the level that it was around 1900 D. The population will wildly fluctuate with a wave pattern

A. The population will eventually level off to a more or less straight line

The number of deaths in a given year per 1,000 people is referred to as the: A. Mortality rate B. Infant mortality rate C. Fertility rate D. Life expectancy rate

A. mortality rate

There is no link between poverty and access to adequate water supplies. A. True B. False

B. False

If the neoMalthusians are correct, what dramatic changes would you expect to occur in this map at some point in the future? A. Life expectancy in Canada in Australia would decline B. Life life expectancy would decline almost everywhere C. Life expectancy would shoot up in Africa D. Life expectancy would increase across the globe

B. Life expectancy were decline almost everywhere

Adam is worried that at some point in the future, people would far outnumber the available land and food sources. Which theory agrees with Adam? A. Demographic transition theory B. Malthus theorem C. Darwin theorem D. Population theory

B. Malthus theorem

Azka wants to study human populations and their impact on the natural world. This would be called: A. Environmental sociology B. Social ecology C. Ecology theory D. Natural sociology

B. Social Ecology

Skyler is interested in studying how many people live in New Mexico, what race they are, and where the stay is most densely populated. What kind of study research would Skyler do? A. Urban sociology B. Social ecology C. Demography D. Environmental sociology

C. Demography

The industrial revolution led many people to move from _____ areas. A. Urban to rural B. Urban to suburban C. Rural to urban D. suburban to urban

C. Rural to urban

How is urban density measured? A. The number of square miles occupied by city B. The number of adults given in a metropolitan area C. The number of people per square mile D. The number of people in a city

C. The number of people per square mile

A sociologist who examines how cities are organized or the migration of human population is studying: A. Renewable resource B. Environmental attitudes C. Social ecology D. Grassroots environmentalism

C. social ecology

In the early 1900s, what percentage of Americans lives in cities? A. 90% B. 10% C. 6% D. 40%

D. 40 percent

The birth rate in Italy is much lower than it was in the past, with the average woman now expected to bear about 1.3 children, far fewer children Dan are needed to replace two parents. What might this lead you? A. Higher emigration rates B. Lower mortality rates C. Increase in pollution D. Demographic freefall E: a Malthusian dilemma

D. Demographic free fall

The dramatic decline in the population of Vietnam due to refugees leaving the country during the Vietnam war is an example of: A. Immigration B. Exmigration C. Endogration D. Emigration

D. Emigration

Which of the following would most worry Thomas Malthus? A. Using public funds to support poor senior citizen B. And aggressive US foreign policy C. New diseases for which antibiotics are in effective D. The US government refusing to fund international agencies that provide family planning services E. Child labor laws

D. The US government refusing to find international agencies that provide family planning services

Will world population continue to grow, or will it eventually stabilize? A. It will continue to grow until a disaster that reduces the population strikes B.It will continue to grow in definitely, but new solutions for overpopulation will be found C. It will eventually stabilize, but not for many years D. We may not know the answers for many years

D. We may not know the answers for many years

If George Simmel is correct, in which type of community would you be LEAST likely to have friendly relationships with your neighbors? A. A rural area B. A suburb C. An exurb D. An edge city E. Large city

E. A large city

Given that for charity rates in the United States have dropped below the level needed to maintain the population level why is the population here growing? A. Life expectancy B. Fertility C. Mortality D. Advance is in modern medicine E. Immigration

E. Immigration

According to George Simmel, how do you city dwellers relate to one another? A. Through restrictive constraints on personal behalf B. By constantly monitoring one another in order to detect violations of norms and values C. Through family connection D. In terms of classic base loyalties E. In objective and instrumental term

E. In objective and instrumental

Which of the following is a basic demographic variable? A. Agglomeration B. Dystopia C. Pluralism D. Sustainable development E. Migration

E. Migration

What is causing the increase in air pollution in China and India?

Economic growth and prosperity

In the United States has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world. A. True B. False

False

How has the earth's population changed in the last fifty years?

It has more than tripled

n the past, the vast majority of people live in rural areas in small towns where it was truly shocking to encounter a genuine stranger, but today most of us live in cities where we are constantly surrounded by total strangers. This leads directly to:

social atomization