Question 1

Economic conditions affect migration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Identify your birth cohort.Identify and describe two period effects for your generation.

Accepted Answer

I was born in the early 1990s, which pla

Question 3

Where would you expect to find high birth rates?

Accepted Answer

A) a society with a successful "one child" policy 
B) a society with relatively high levels of economic and technological development 
C) a society where effective contraception is readily available 
D) a society with relatively low levels of technological and economic development 
A) a society with a successful "one child" policy 
B) a society with relatively high levels of economic and technological development 
C) a society where effective contraception is readily available 
D) a society with relatively low levels of technological and economic development

Question 4

How is the Baby Boomer Generation similar to the Millennium Generation?

Accepted Answer

A) They are both religious. 
B) They are evenly distributed across the nation. 
C) They are similar with regard to size. 
D) They both grew up in a traditional family. 
A) They are both religious. 
B) They are evenly distributed across the nation. 
C) They are similar with regard to size. 
D) They both grew up in a traditional family.

Question 5

What is the primary reason older cohorts tend to score lower on standardized tests than younger cohorts?

Accepted Answer

A) After age 50,people begin to show signs of dementia. 
B) The majority of older adults are functionally and technologically illiterate. 
C) As result of better diets and biological evolution,younger people are more intelligent than older adults. 
D) Levels of formal education vary across generations;older adults are likely to have fewer years of schooling. 
A) After age 50,people begin to show signs of dementia. 
B) The majority of older adults are functionally and technologically illiterate. 
C) As result of better diets and biological evolution,younger people are more intelligent than older adults. 
D) Levels of formal education vary across generations;older adults are likely to have fewer years of schooling.

Question 6

The Millennium Generation associates the word extreme with

Accepted Answer

A) activities that exceed the limits of what is accepted. 
B) the grace and athleticism required for technological advances. 
C) unusual phenomenon that are inexplicable. 
D) a sense of joy and spiritual well-being. 
A) activities that exceed the limits of what is accepted. 
B) the grace and athleticism required for technological advances. 
C) unusual phenomenon that are inexplicable. 
D) a sense of joy and spiritual well-being.

Question 7

Demographers have identified shortages of ___ in China.

Accepted Answer

A) males 
B) females 
C) internal migration 
D) transnational migration 
A) males 
B) females 
C) internal migration 
D) transnational migration

Question 8

Economic development affects population growth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Under normal conditions,there are between 103 and 107 male babies born for every 100 female babies.What natural occurrence operates to even the distribution of boys to girls?

Accepted Answer

A) Males have higher rates of infant mortality than females. 
B) Females have higher rates of infant mortality than males. 
C) Sex-reassignment surgery is more common for males. 
D) Sex-reassignment surgery is more common for females. 
A) Males have higher rates of infant mortality than females. 
B) Females have higher rates of infant mortality than males. 
C) Sex-reassignment surgery is more common for males. 
D) Sex-reassignment surgery is more common for females.

Economic conditions affect migration.

Identify your birth cohort.Identify and describe two period effects for your generation.

Where would you expect to find high birth rates?

How is the Baby Boomer Generation similar to the Millennium Generation?

What is the primary reason older cohorts tend to score lower on standardized tests than younger cohorts?

The Millennium Generation associates the word extreme with

Demographers have identified shortages of ___ in China.

Economic development affects population growth.

Under normal conditions,there are between 103 and 107 male babies born for every 100 female babies.What natural occurrence operates to even the distribution of boys to girls?

Taking a New Look at a Familiar World

Seeing and Thinking Sociologically

Building Reality: the Social Construction of Knowledge

Building Order: Culture and History

Building Identity: Socialization

Supporting Identity: the Presentation of Self

Building Social Relationships: Intimacy and Family

Constructing Difference: Social Deviance

The Structure of Society: Organizations and Social Institutions

The Architecture of Stratification: Social Class and Inequality

The Architecture of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity

The Architecture of Inequality: Sex and Gender

The Architects of Change: Reconstructing Society

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Exam 13: Global Dynamics and Population Demographic Trends

Economic conditions affect migration.

Identify your birth cohort.Identify and describe two period effects for your generation.

Where would you expect to find high birth rates?

How is the Baby Boomer Generation similar to the Millennium Generation?

What is the primary reason older cohorts tend to score lower on standardized tests than younger cohorts?

The Millennium Generation associates the word extreme with

Demographers have identified shortages of ___ in China.

Economic development affects population growth.

Under normal conditions,there are between 103 and 107 male babies born for every 100 female babies.What natural occurrence operates to even the distribution of boys to girls?

Taking a New Look at a Familiar World

Seeing and Thinking Sociologically

Building Reality: the Social Construction of Knowledge

Building Order: Culture and History

Building Identity: Socialization

Supporting Identity: the Presentation of Self

Building Social Relationships: Intimacy and Family

Constructing Difference: Social Deviance

The Structure of Society: Organizations and Social Institutions

The Architecture of Stratification: Social Class and Inequality

The Architecture of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity

The Architecture of Inequality: Sex and Gender

The Architects of Change: Reconstructing Society

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