Exam 19: Population, Urbanization, and Ecology

The United States and parts of Western Europe have achieved zero population growth by averaging between 1.8 and 2.1 children per family.

What is the creation of a desert in what was once arable land due to the loss of fresh groundwater and the destruction of natural lakes?

A city or cities and its/their surrounding suburbs with a population of 50,000 or more is called a________.

Gesellschaft is to Toennies' typologies of society as ________ is to Durkheim's model.

How did cities develop and what important factors were linked to the ability of cities to develop?

Compare and contrast Malthusian theory and demographic transition theory. Which do you feel has greater validity and why?

The world's current population is approximately 6.7 billion.

Based on Toennies theoretical continuum, a community characterized by a relatively small population, a simple division of labor, and face-to-face interaction is called ________.

Durkheim's term of a society characterized by tradition, unity, consensus of norms and values, and strong internal pressure to conform is mechanical solidarity, while his term for a society with a highly sophisticated division of labor that makes individuals interdependent with one another is organic solidarity.

Air pollution becomes less serious south of the Rio Grande River toward Mexico City.

Developed nations will account for a greater percentage of the world's population as we get further into the twenty-first century.

What is a subfield of sociology that focuses on recurring spatial, social, and cultural patterns within a particular social environment?

In what year was the first systematic census taken of the United States population?

In the Malthusian theory, what is the most critical factor in population growth?

What is a rise in the earth's overall temperature due to increased exposure to ultraviolet light?

In Malthusian theory, which set of variables serves as positive checks?

Where was the most devastating nuclear accident that included a core meltdown and the release of radioactive fallout worldwide?

To be qualified as a consolidated metropolitan statistical area, what is the minimum population required?

A residential area surrounding a city, which expands urban lifestyles into previously rural areas, is called a suburb.

The key to understanding Malthusian theory is that population grows exponentially and food supply grows arithmetically.