SOC200 Module 5.2: Chapter 20 Practice Quiz

"Zero population growth" refers to cases in which no more people are born.

False

Fecundity is a simple and useful way to measure population increase.

False

In general, the people living in low-income nations cause much more harm to the environment than people living in high-income nations do.

False

Rainforests are vital to maintaining the planet's biodiversity and climate.

Rainforests are vital to maintaining the planet's biodiversity and climate.

A metropolis is a large city that socially and economically dominates an urban area.

True

Durkheim' s concept of mechanical solidarity parallels Tönnies's concept of Gemeinschaft.

True

The concept "megalopolis" refers to which of the following?

a vast urban region containing many cities and suburbs

Which of the following concepts refers to the study of the interaction of living organisms and the natural environment?

ecology

Demography is defined as the study of:

human populations

Fertility refers to:

the incidence of childbearing in a nation's population.