Exam 17: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Because the basic demographic equation that is used to figure out the growth rate of a country is a simple equation, it is easy for demographers to predict future generations.

Which is the idea that population grows geometrically while the food supply only increases arithmetically?

To determine a country's growth rate, a demographer would use which rates?

We are using up all of our resources so we may soon run out of energy sources.

What happens during stage three of the demographic transition?

A major problem for the least industrialized nations today is that urbanization is occurring prior to industrialization.

What is one critique of the models of urban growth?

Greenpeace is an organization that has successfully used the practice of ecosabotage.

The primary factor that influences a country's population growth rate is its rate of industrialization.

The Malthus theorem states that the food supply increases arithmetically while population grows geometrically.

Several ancient civilizations, notably Mesopotamia, have destroyed themselves by:

Sociologists have provided evidence that the New Malthusians' projections of world growth trends are more likely to be correct than the projections made by Anti- Malthusians.

Feminist theorists believe that the reason poor people have so many children is that men control reproductive choice.

According to your text, the reason there is starvation is because not enough food is produced in the world.

According to food production figures, why does starvation occur?

What is happening in the least industrialized nations?

All the industrialized countries have ratified the Kyoto Protocol.

Montreal's famous St. Laurent Street has, at various times, been home to Jewish, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and other ethnic groups over the last 100 years. This is an example of which model?

What is the key to supporting population growth in Canada?

Environmental problems only began with industrialization.