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.
