Exam 15: Population, Global Inequality, and the Environmental Crisis

Neo-Malthusians believe that overpopulation and rapid population growth exacerbate global environmental problems, including global warming and rainforest destruction.

The measure of fertility focuses on

The approach to reducing global food shortages known as the biotechnological revolution

Desertification takes place in high-, middle- and low-income nations, but the effects are more devastating to middle- and low-income nations.

Crude birth rate

Describe a scene depicting environmental degradation and identify the major sources that caused the environmental degradation.

In 2011, the African American infant mortality rate was more than twice that of white infants.

U.S. residences, businesses, and institutions throw away more than 243 billion tons of trash each year.

The biological and social characteristics of a population, including such attributes as age, sex, race and marital status, education, occupation, income and size of household is called what?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the population growth of low-income nations?

All nations go through the demographic transition in the exact same manner.

Which environmental condition is caused by large concentrations of sulfuric and nitric acids that enter the atmosphere primarily from the burning of fuel and car and truck exhausts?

On a global basis, immigration and internal migration are causing urban populations to grow faster than the total population.

What did Karl Marx and Frederick Engels blame for problems with the food supply?

In what stage of demographic transition theory does the population grow very slowly, if at all?

Migration takes two forms. What are they?

Describe and explain the green revolution, and explain the problems with it. Explain the extent to which you think this revolution is beneficial or not in light of its problems. Propose potential solutions that you may have to the problems of global food shortages and world hunger.

Many critics of family planning programs argue that most policies are developed by political leaders in high-income nations. These critics argue that these programs

Which perspective explains that environmental problems are made worse by people's subjective assessment of reality?

David works for the U.S. Census Bureau and studies the composition size and distribution of the population in America. The field of research in which David studies is called