Social Change

Why do we have two words for a big city: metropolis and megalopolis? 1. A metropolis only has domestic airports while a megalopolis has international airports. 2. A metropolis has less than 2 million people, while a megalopolis has more than 5 million people. 3. A metropolis is characterized by the presence of a subway, while a megalopolis is characterized by a public bus system. 4. A metropolis is just one city while a megalopolis includes many different cities.

A metropolis is just one city while a megalopolis includes many different cities

Which of the following is one of the many concerns with the practice of fracking? 1. Fracking may cause volcanoes to erupt by undermining the seismic stability of an area. 2. Fracking requires a huge amount of water. 3. The chemicals used in a fracking mix create a potentially putrid odor. 4. Fracking includes drilling vertically into the rock to create new pathways for gas to travel.

Fracking requires a huge amount of water

What have sociologists begun to realize about the nomadic lifestyle? 1. Nomads have a hard time bridging the gap between their traditional lifestyle and doing what is best for the land. 2. Nomads never tire the land they live on because they are constantly moving from place to place. 3. Nomads are better than stationary farmers at protecting the land and keeping the soil good for other people's use. 4. Nomads only raise sheep and goats, not cows or oxen, so the grass their herds consume is minimal at most.

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

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? 1. the Hong Kong Pact 2. the Beijing Pollution Reduction Agreement 3. the Kyoto Protocol 4. the Seoul Greener Earth Initiative

The kyoto protocol

The concept "zero population growth" refers to the level of reproduction that 1. produces a perfect age-sex pyramid. 2. keeps the sex ratio steady at 100. 3. maintains population at a steady level. 4. will take the population steadily downward to zero.

maintains population at a steady level

The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is 1. population patterns reflect a society's level of technological development. 2. population increase will outstrip the planet's ability to support us. 3. population increase is now mostly in high-income nations. 4. All of these responses are correct.

population patterns reflect a society's level of technological development

An interest in environmental racism falls within which theoretical approach? 1. the structural-functional approach 2. the sociobiology approach 3. the symbolic-interaction approach 4. the social-conflict approach

the structural-functional approach

If you were to examine an age-sex pyramid for a low-income nation, you would expect to see which of the following patterns? 1. a wide base, indicating a high birth rate 2. a square shape, indicating a low birth rate 3. a bulge in the middle, indicating a "baby boom" 4. None of the other responses is correct.

a wide base, indicating a high birth rate

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? 1. Stage 1 2. Stage 2 3. Stage 3 4. Stage 4

Stage 4