Exam 17: Population, urbanization, and the Environment

In what century did we reach a global population of 1 billion?

Joe runs away from his home country of Afghanistan to escape religious persecution.He is an example of which of these?

Which of these involves economic and environmental changes that meet the needs of the present,especially of the world's poor,without jeopardizing the needs of the future?

Which of the following environmental problems is associated with the city?

Which of these describes the recent slowdown in population growth?

Which of these is TRUE of the contemporary central role of cities in consumption?

Describe two reasons why people migrate and include one push and one pull factor.Describe the regulation of borders that they might encounter.Address two moral arguments for not regulating migration.

Humans have produced greenhouse gases that have damaged the atmosphere and,in the view of most experts,are leading to a dramatic rise in the temperature of Earth.

Alana is a demographer.Which three basic processes is she likely to study?

According to the demographic transition theory,population changes are related to which of these?

What is the term for areas surrounding large cities that are located near major highways and contain shopping centers and many restaurants?

The baby boom took place between which of these years?

Which of these best characterizes world cities?

Which of the following terms describes the fact that capitalism requires constant productive growth?

Deaths from ozone pollution could increase by 2050.

Cities are open to a variety of external and global influences.What is this called?

Migrants who gain entry without passing a checkpoint are called undocumented immigrants.

In 2016,what percentage of the U.S.population was foreign born?

One recent development in suburbanization is the increasing flight of immigrants away from suburbs.

The earliest work on globalization tended to focus on the natural environment.