Question 1

High-income nations such as the United States grow

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A) as much from immigration as from natural increase. 
B) almost entirely from immigration. 
C) almost entirely from natural increase. 
D) by means of demographic transition. 
A) as much from immigration as from natural increase. 
B) almost entirely from immigration. 
C) almost entirely from natural increase. 
D) by means of demographic transition. A

Question 2

For any country, as the number of women with access to contraception goes up, a woman's average number of children

Accepted Answer

A) stays the same. 
B) goes up. 
C) goes down. 
D) cannot be predicted. 
A) stays the same. 
B) goes up. 
C) goes down. 
D) cannot be predicted. C

Question 3

High-income nations are home to roughly what percentage of the earth's population?

Accepted Answer

A) 4 percent 
B) 24 percent 
C) 44 percent 
D) 64 percent 
A) 4 percent 
B) 24 percent 
C) 44 percent 
D) 64 percent B

Question 4

Which term refers to the incidence of death in a country's population?

Accepted Answer

A) mortality 
B) morbidity 
C) the crude death rate 
D) the infant mortality rate 
A) mortality 
B) morbidity 
C) the crude death rate 
D) the infant mortality rate

Question 5

Malthus predicted that food production would increase

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A) arithmetically. 
B) geometrically. 
C) little if at all. 
D) to produce more than humanity could consume. 
A) arithmetically. 
B) geometrically. 
C) little if at all. 
D) to produce more than humanity could consume.

Question 6

During Stage 1 (preindustrial, agrarian societies) of the demographic transition, birth rates are __________ and death rates are __________.

Accepted Answer

A) high/high 
B) high/low 
C) low/high 
D) low/low 
A) high/high 
B) high/low 
C) low/high 
D) low/low

Question 7

If you were a conservative, you would most likely see the solution to global poverty in terms of the productive power of

Accepted Answer

A) government. 
B) the market. 
C) tradition. 
D) global cooperation. 
A) government. 
B) the market. 
C) tradition. 
D) global cooperation.

Question 8

During Stage 4 (a postindustrial economy) of the demographic transition,

Accepted Answer

A) birth rates are very low, but death rates increase. 
B) the birth rate falls into line with the death rate, and population growth slows down. 
C) birth rates remain very high, and the death rate declines even further. 
D) birth and the death rates are both low, so there is little or no natural increase in population. 
A) birth rates are very low, but death rates increase. 
B) the birth rate falls into line with the death rate, and population growth slows down. 
C) birth rates remain very high, and the death rate declines even further. 
D) birth and the death rates are both low, so there is little or no natural increase in population.

Question 9

According to Immanuel Wallerstein, the world economy not only exploits poor nations, it also places them in what position with respect to rich nations?

Accepted Answer

A) a position of dependency 
B) a position of dominance 
C) a position of relative affluence 
D) a position of cooperation 
A) a position of dependency 
B) a position of dominance 
C) a position of relative affluence 
D) a position of cooperation

Question 10

According to the International Labour Organization, the number of people in the world living in conditions that amount to slavery is estimated to be about

Accepted Answer

A) 20,000. 
B) 2 million. 
C) 20 million. 
D) 2 billion. 
A) 20,000. 
B) 2 million. 
C) 20 million. 
D) 2 billion.

Question 11

Which term refers to the level of reproduction that maintains population at a steady state?

Accepted Answer

A) inert fertility 
B) zero fertility rate 
C) zero population growth 
D) demographic balance 
A) inert fertility 
B) zero fertility rate 
C) zero population growth 
D) demographic balance

Question 12

Which of the following concepts refers to a lack of resources that is life threatening?

Accepted Answer

A) absolute poverty 
B) temporary poverty 
C) relative poverty 
D) immediate poverty 
A) absolute poverty 
B) temporary poverty 
C) relative poverty 
D) immediate poverty

Question 13

Global population reached 1 billion about the year

Accepted Answer

A) 1950. 
B) 1900. 
C) 1850. 
D) 1800. 
A) 1950. 
B) 1900. 
C) 1850. 
D) 1800.

Question 14

Which political point of view accepts the fact that the capitalist market system is highly productive, but rejects the position that the capitalist market by itself is the solution to global poverty?

Accepted Answer

A) liberal 
B) conservative 
C) radical left 
D) radical right 
A) liberal 
B) conservative 
C) radical left 
D) radical right

Question 15

Which of the following theories is a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between societies?

Accepted Answer

A) social-conflict theory 
B) modernization theory 
C) world-system theory 
D) cultural-transmission theory 
A) social-conflict theory 
B) modernization theory 
C) world-system theory 
D) cultural-transmission theory

Question 16

A sharp increase in global population began about the time of

Accepted Answer

A) the Agricultural Revolution. 
B) the Industrial Revolution. 
C) World War I. 
D) the Information Revolution. 
A) the Agricultural Revolution. 
B) the Industrial Revolution. 
C) World War I. 
D) the Information Revolution.

Question 17

Over the course of the twentieth century, global population

Accepted Answer

A) stayed about the same. 
B) doubled. 
C) tripled. 
D) quadrupled. 
A) stayed about the same. 
B) doubled. 
C) tripled. 
D) quadrupled.

Question 18

A life-threatening lack of resources is called

Accepted Answer

A) relative poverty. 
B) absolute poverty. 
C) temporary poverty. 
D) immediate poverty. 
A) relative poverty. 
B) absolute poverty. 
C) temporary poverty. 
D) immediate poverty.

Question 19

There are many reasons that population increase has slowed in high-income nations.Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Accepted Answer

A) increased mortality rates 
B) more families have both partners in the labor force 
C) a trend toward later marriage 
D) more widespread use of contraceptives 
A) increased mortality rates 
B) more families have both partners in the labor force 
C) a trend toward later marriage 
D) more widespread use of contraceptives

Question 20

How many nations fall within the category of "low-income countries"?

Accepted Answer

A) 8 
B) 18 
C) 28 
D) 48 
A) 8 
B) 18 
C) 28 
D) 48

High-income nations such as the United States grow

For any country, as the number of women with access to contraception goes up, a woman's average number of children

High-income nations are home to roughly what percentage of the earth's population?

Which term refers to the incidence of death in a country's population?

Malthus predicted that food production would increase

During Stage 1 (preindustrial, agrarian societies) of the demographic transition, birth rates are and death rates are .

If you were a conservative, you would most likely see the solution to global poverty in terms of the productive power of

During Stage 4 (a postindustrial economy) of the demographic transition,

According to Immanuel Wallerstein, the world economy not only exploits poor nations, it also places them in what position with respect to rich nations?

According to the International Labour Organization, the number of people in the world living in conditions that amount to slavery is estimated to be about

Which term refers to the level of reproduction that maintains population at a steady state?

Which of the following concepts refers to a lack of resources that is life threatening?

Global population reached 1 billion about the year

Which political point of view accepts the fact that the capitalist market system is highly productive, but rejects the position that the capitalist market by itself is the solution to global poverty?

Which of the following theories is a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between societies?

A sharp increase in global population began about the time of

Over the course of the twentieth century, global population

A life-threatening lack of resources is called

There are many reasons that population increase has slowed in high-income nations.Which of the following is NOT one of them?

How many nations fall within the category of "low-income countries"?

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Exam 15: Population and Global Inequality

High-income nations such as the United States grow

For any country, as the number of women with access to contraception goes up, a woman's average number of children

High-income nations are home to roughly what percentage of the earth's population?

Which term refers to the incidence of death in a country's population?

Malthus predicted that food production would increase

During Stage 1 (preindustrial, agrarian societies) of the demographic transition, birth rates are __________ and death rates are __________.

If you were a conservative, you would most likely see the solution to global poverty in terms of the productive power of

During Stage 4 (a postindustrial economy) of the demographic transition,

According to Immanuel Wallerstein, the world economy not only exploits poor nations, it also places them in what position with respect to rich nations?

According to the International Labour Organization, the number of people in the world living in conditions that amount to slavery is estimated to be about

Which term refers to the level of reproduction that maintains population at a steady state?

Which of the following concepts refers to a lack of resources that is life threatening?

Global population reached 1 billion about the year

Which political point of view accepts the fact that the capitalist market system is highly productive, but rejects the position that the capitalist market by itself is the solution to global poverty?

Which of the following theories is a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between societies?

A sharp increase in global population began about the time of

Over the course of the twentieth century, global population

A life-threatening lack of resources is called

There are many reasons that population increase has slowed in high-income nations.Which of the following is NOT one of them?

How many nations fall within the category of "low-income countries"?

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Economic Inequality

Racial and Ethnic Inequality

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Aging and Inequality

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Work and the Workplace

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During Stage 1 (preindustrial, agrarian societies) of the demographic transition, birth rates are and death rates are .