Intro to Sociology Ch. 20

Zero population growth

Anil has noticed that infertility has been affecting many of his intergenerational friends and family. Based on this observation, Anil is writing his senior thesis on the effects that certain cities, water quality, and hormones might have on his friends. Anil will most likely approach his findings and paper using which theory?

examine carrying capacity

Bill wants to increase his herd of cattle on his farm. Right now, his herd numbers around 100, and he has 100 acres of his farm set aside for their pasture. What would a sociologist suggest so that his farm, which feeds many in his town and county, can continue to function?

Cornucopian theory

Melissa has been working to develop drought-resistance seeds that require little water to grow and which produce grain. She wants to send these to arid parts of the world, where conventional grain is not easy (or even impossible) to grow to improve nutrition for the people in those countries. In sociological terms, Melissa most likely ascribes to:

tradit. life and best for land

What have sociologists begun to realize about the nomadic lifestyle?

contaminating water

What is one way the people of the United States, and the world, are reaching and abusing the Earth's carrying capacity?

100,000 people

What is the threshold population for a town, community, etc. before it begins to act like, and take on the characteristics of a city?

sidewalks narrower

Which is an aspect of city life that might catch a human ecologist's attention?

Sjoberg

Your best friend Sky is hoping to start a new city on an island in the Pacific. Which sociologist would you suggest she read first, before setting out?

connect in a virtual city

Given the example of London with its postindustrial economy of ideas, how might the Internet affect the modern city as we know it?

The model fails to show gentrification

If we consider the concentric zone model, which is a conflict theorist's critique?

environmental racism

Josh sits in his kitchen in the city projects trying to sip his coffee while inhaling the nauseating fumes wafting from the town dump that was relocated to within a mile of his home. He desperately wishes he could move, but he works two jobs just to make ends meet for his family. Josh lives in the poorer part of town; the part that is greatly overlooked by local government officials. What might a sociologist call this phenomenon?

Stage 4

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?

Kyoto Protocol

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?

suburbs are bad in Paris

Some people may think that once you've studied one city, you've studied them all. Which is an example of why these people may be misinformed?

Well constructed buildings

Three things are important for the formation and sustentation of a city. Which of the below options is NOT one of them?

megalopolis

includes many different cities

metropolis

just one city