Study guide 6Today, the world is home to about how many people?

Today, the world is home to about how many people?

7.5 billion people

Of the four types of social movements, which one is Least threatening to the status quo?

Alterative

Which theoretical approach states that social movements depend not just on material resources but on rallying around symbols and gaining a sense of unity in action?

Culture theory

Which concept is defined as "The maximum possible childbearing for a woman."?

Fecundity

Ferdinand Tonnies described modernity as the loss of (Fill in the Blank) G , or human community.

Gemeinschaft

According to Ferdinand Tonnies, social organization in which people come together only on the basis of individual self-interest is called:

Gesellschaft

Scholars who take a "Postmodernity" approach share five themes. What are they?

In important respects, modernity has failed The bright light of "progress" is fading Science no longer holds the answers Cultural debates are intensifying Social institutions are changing

Which of the following concepts refers to "changes brought on by the information revolution?" (Fill in the Blank)

Postmodernity

Of the four types of social movements, which one seeks radical social change but only in some people?

Redemptive

Environmental racism is an issue based on the (Fill in the Blank)approach.

Social conflict

The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is that the population patterns reflect:

a society's level of technological development

Social movements are defined as:

an organized activity in which people set out to encourage or discourage social change

The concept "megalopolis" refers to:

designate a vast urban region containing a number of cities and their surrounding suburbs

The state of social movement called "coalescence" refers to:

developing a strategy for attracting new members and "going public"

Thomas Robert Malthus argued at least three points: Population would increase in (Fill in the Blank)progression.Food and other resources would increase in an ( Fill in the Blank) progression.People would (Fill in the Blank)to a point that the planet could not support them.

geometric, arithmetic, and reproduce

Demography is defined as the study of:

human population

Which concept refers to "Social patterns brought on the industrial revolution ?" (Fill in the Blank)

modernity

The term "Cultural lag" refers to the fact that:

some cultural elements change more more quickly than others

Fertility refers to:

the incidence of childbearing in a country's population

The demographic measure called "sex ratio" refers to:

the number of males for every 100 females in a nation's population