Question 1

The majority of e-waste is recycled responsibly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is true about climate change concern in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Self-reported concern about climate change is at an 8-year low. 
B) About a quarter of Americans indicate that they worry "a great deal" or a "fair amount" about global warming. 
C) About half of Americans indicate that they worry "a great deal" or a "fair amount" about global warming. 
D) The creeping nature of climate change leads some people to discount it as a serious problem. 
A) Self-reported concern about climate change is at an 8-year low. 
B) About a quarter of Americans indicate that they worry "a great deal" or a "fair amount" about global warming. 
C) About half of Americans indicate that they worry "a great deal" or a "fair amount" about global warming. 
D) The creeping nature of climate change leads some people to discount it as a serious problem.

Question 3

Which of the following is the tendency of population growth to continue beyond the point when replacement rate fertility has been achieved because of the high concentration of people of childbearing age?

Accepted Answer

A) natural population growth 
B) exponential growth 
C) population momentum 
D) population density 
A) natural population growth 
B) exponential growth 
C) population momentum 
D) population density

Question 4

Which of the following is one of the health consequences of overconsumption?

Accepted Answer

A) wasting 
B) diphtheria 
C) obesity 
D) malaria 
A) wasting 
B) diphtheria 
C) obesity 
D) malaria

Question 5

Explain what it means for a country to have high population momentum and why it occurs.Identify a country that is experiencing population momentum.

Accepted Answer

Population momentum: the tendency of pop

Question 6

Which of the following is a term for the food beyond the amount required for immediate survival?

Accepted Answer

A) agribusiness 
B) bounty 
C) agricultural surplus 
D) cash crop 
A) agribusiness 
B) bounty 
C) agricultural surplus 
D) cash crop

Question 7

Which of the following is true of countries with negative rates of natural increase?

Accepted Answer

A) They all are experiencing population declines. 
B) They can expect to see a population loss of about 10% through the middle of the 21st century. 
C) People are being born at a faster rate than they are dying. 
D) They can still experience population growth as a result of immigration. 
A) They all are experiencing population declines. 
B) They can expect to see a population loss of about 10% through the middle of the 21st century. 
C) People are being born at a faster rate than they are dying. 
D) They can still experience population growth as a result of immigration.

Question 8

Outline the evolution of the city and a few of the major trends in urbanization over time.Include a discussion of how the sociological study of the city has shifted over time.

Accepted Answer

Varies.Preindustrial cities, based on bo

Question 9

China's population continues to grow despite the fact that its fertility rate has fallen below the replacement rate.What phenomenon best explains this growth?

Accepted Answer

A) immigration 
B) population momentum 
C) adoption 
D) baby boom 
A) immigration 
B) population momentum 
C) adoption 
D) baby boom

Question 10

Which of the following is true of population growth?

Accepted Answer

A) Population growth is fairly even around the world. 
B) The greatest expansion is taking place in developed countries. 
C) In the United States, most population growth is taking place as a product of natural population increase. 
D) In the United States, most population growth is taking place as a result of immigration. 
A) Population growth is fairly even around the world. 
B) The greatest expansion is taking place in developed countries. 
C) In the United States, most population growth is taking place as a product of natural population increase. 
D) In the United States, most population growth is taking place as a result of immigration.

Question 11

Which of the following is a characteristic of the second demographic transition?

Accepted Answer

A) decreased rates of divorce and cohabitation 
B) increased rates of marriage and fertility 
C) a rise in nonmarital births as a proportion of all births 
D) a rise in the population's rate of natural increase (RNI) 
A) decreased rates of divorce and cohabitation 
B) increased rates of marriage and fertility 
C) a rise in nonmarital births as a proportion of all births 
D) a rise in the population's rate of natural increase (RNI)

Question 12

Which of the following is true of the maldistribution of wealth in the world?

Accepted Answer

A) The living standards in the wealthiest countries are about five to six times greater than in the world's poorest countries. 
B) Most of the world's resources and goods are consumed by Eastern Europe. 
C) Most of the world's resources and goods are consumed by Asia. 
D) The United States alone, home to 5% of the world's population, burns about a quarter of the globe's coal, oil, and natural gas. 
A) The living standards in the wealthiest countries are about five to six times greater than in the world's poorest countries. 
B) Most of the world's resources and goods are consumed by Eastern Europe. 
C) Most of the world's resources and goods are consumed by Asia. 
D) The United States alone, home to 5% of the world's population, burns about a quarter of the globe's coal, oil, and natural gas.

Question 13

According to demographers, which of the following is a country experiencing a second demographic transition?

Accepted Answer

A) Nigeria 
B) Sweden 
C) Afghanistan 
D) Mexico 
A) Nigeria 
B) Sweden 
C) Afghanistan 
D) Mexico

Question 14

What did Malthus fail to realize about famine and population growth?

Accepted Answer

Varies.Malthus failed to realize that im

Question 15

What is the total fertility rate (TFR) at which a population reaches replacement level fertility?

Accepted Answer

A) 1 
B) 1.75 
C) 2.1 
D) 2.5 
A) 1 
B) 1.75 
C) 2.1 
D) 2.5

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of the urban growth machine?

Accepted Answer

A) Affordable housing for low-income residents is available. 
B) Police make efforts to get to know community members. 
C) A real estate developer buys land in a neighborhood where property values are increasing. 
D) A group of neighbors plants a community garden in an abandoned lot. 
A) Affordable housing for low-income residents is available. 
B) Police make efforts to get to know community members. 
C) A real estate developer buys land in a neighborhood where property values are increasing. 
D) A group of neighbors plants a community garden in an abandoned lot.

Question 17

In broad terms, when did children become an expense rather than an economic necessity?

Accepted Answer

A) in early agricultural societies 
B) during the very early stages of industrialization 
C) during the later stages of industrialization 
D) in the information age 
A) in early agricultural societies 
B) during the very early stages of industrialization 
C) during the later stages of industrialization 
D) in the information age

Question 18

Which of the following is one factor that makes it difficult to make predictions about population growth with precision?

Accepted Answer

A) insufficient education 
B) unforeseen epidemics 
C) a diversity of cultural norms 
D) population momentum 
A) insufficient education 
B) unforeseen epidemics 
C) a diversity of cultural norms 
D) population momentum

Question 19

Discuss why fewer people are having children.Provide examples.

Accepted Answer

Varies.Mention lack of job opt

Question 20

In Eastern Europe, the population is expected to decrease by 14% by 2050 due in large part to which of the following factors?

Accepted Answer

A) below-replacement-level fertility rates 
B) replacement-level fertility rates 
C) above-replacement-level fertility rates 
D) emigration 
A) below-replacement-level fertility rates 
B) replacement-level fertility rates 
C) above-replacement-level fertility rates 
D) emigration

The majority of e-waste is recycled responsibly.

Which of the following is true about climate change concern in the United States?

Which of the following is the tendency of population growth to continue beyond the point when replacement rate fertility has been achieved because of the high concentration of people of childbearing age?

Which of the following is one of the health consequences of overconsumption?

Explain what it means for a country to have high population momentum and why it occurs.Identify a country that is experiencing population momentum.

Which of the following is a term for the food beyond the amount required for immediate survival?

Which of the following is true of countries with negative rates of natural increase?

Outline the evolution of the city and a few of the major trends in urbanization over time.Include a discussion of how the sociological study of the city has shifted over time.

China's population continues to grow despite the fact that its fertility rate has fallen below the replacement rate.What phenomenon best explains this growth?

Which of the following is true of population growth?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the second demographic transition?

Which of the following is true of the maldistribution of wealth in the world?

According to demographers, which of the following is a country experiencing a second demographic transition?

What did Malthus fail to realize about famine and population growth?

What is the total fertility rate (TFR) at which a population reaches replacement level fertility?

Which of the following is an example of the urban growth machine?

In broad terms, when did children become an expense rather than an economic necessity?

Which of the following is one factor that makes it difficult to make predictions about population growth with precision?

Discuss why fewer people are having children.Provide examples.

In Eastern Europe, the population is expected to decrease by 14% by 2050 due in large part to which of the following factors?

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The majority of e-waste is recycled responsibly.

Which of the following is true about climate change concern in the United States?

Which of the following is the tendency of population growth to continue beyond the point when replacement rate fertility has been achieved because of the high concentration of people of childbearing age?

Which of the following is one of the health consequences of overconsumption?

Explain what it means for a country to have high population momentum and why it occurs.Identify a country that is experiencing population momentum.

Which of the following is a term for the food beyond the amount required for immediate survival?

Which of the following is true of countries with negative rates of natural increase?

Outline the evolution of the city and a few of the major trends in urbanization over time.Include a discussion of how the sociological study of the city has shifted over time.

China's population continues to grow despite the fact that its fertility rate has fallen below the replacement rate.What phenomenon best explains this growth?

Which of the following is true of population growth?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the second demographic transition?

Which of the following is true of the maldistribution of wealth in the world?

According to demographers, which of the following is a country experiencing a second demographic transition?

What did Malthus fail to realize about famine and population growth?

What is the total fertility rate (TFR) at which a population reaches replacement level fertility?

Which of the following is an example of the urban growth machine?

In broad terms, when did children become an expense rather than an economic necessity?

Which of the following is one factor that makes it difficult to make predictions about population growth with precision?

Discuss why fewer people are having children.Provide examples.

In Eastern Europe, the population is expected to decrease by 14% by 2050 due in large part to which of the following factors?

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Discover Sociological Research

Culture and Mass Media

Socialization and Social Interaction

Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies

Deviance and Social Control

Social Class and Inequality in the United States

Global Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality

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Gender and Society

Families and Society

Education and Society

Religion and Society

The State, War, and Terror

Work, Consumption, and the Economy

Health and Medicine

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