Intro to Sociology Chapter 19: 15 TERMS REVIEW QUIZ
Warren S. Thompson (1929) described a three-stage process governing changes in population growth rates as societies move from a preindustrial to an industrial stage. What is the central principle guiding his theory?
As societies develop, one mode of population stability is replaced by another.
Why do sociologists refer to the current geological epoch as the Anthropocene?
Humans are profoundly altering geologically significant conditions and processes.
Zenzele is interested in comparing population growth between developing and industrialized countries. She notices that in certain countries there has been a great deal of population growth, despite the fact that fertility rates have remained the same. What is one potential explanation for this apparent contradiction?
Infant mortality rates have gone down in these countries.
Which of the following is a central characteristic of the urban ecology approach as developed by Robert Park?
It understands the formation of urban arrangements as analogous to the way plants and organisms adjust to the physical environment.
What is an important difference between premodern cities and modern, industrialized cities?
Premodern cities were relatively small and had minimal connection with the surrounding rural areas or other cities, whereas modern cities are large and deeply connected with other cities, as well as with rural agricultural production.
Which of the following is true of the relationship between race and suburban communities?
The percentage of racial minorities living in suburbs has risen steadily in recent decades.
William visits his sister, who lives in a small town some distance from the city. Driving through her town, he notices a skateboarding park built in the corner of a field. A little further on, he sees a large, colorful piece of graffiti art covering one wall of the town's power plant. The existence of these sights in a small town far from the metropolitan center is an example of what concept put forth by Louis Wirth?
Urbanism expresses and influences the nature of the wider social system.
A student begins a research project on conurbations. What should the student look for?
a cluster of cities and towns forming a continuous network
Among other factors, population decline in rural areas is in part caused by a phenomenon in which young people leave rural areas in search of opportunities, leaving older adults behind. This phenomenon is called
aging in place.
A sociologist conducts a study of how the population of India has changed over the last thirty years, distinguished by age brackets. This study fits with the discipline of
demography.
The number of children it is biologically possible for a woman to produce is known as __________, while the average number of live-born children produced by women of childbearing age in a society is known as __________.
fecundity; fertility
A sociologist wants to calculate the dependency ratio of Canada. Accordingly, she measures
people of dependent ages and people of economically active ages.
What does the demographic transition model attempt to describe?
population changes that correspond with industrial development in modern societies
A natural environment may have ponds, birds, and trees. In contrast, an urban environment has roads, railways, and factories. David Harvey describes the urban environment as
the created environment.
Current fears regarding the depletion of energy resources are greatly exacerbated by
the rapid economic growth of countries like China and India.
