Exam 22: Population, Urbanization, and Environment

Currently, about how many people are added to the world's population each year?

What percentage of the earth's water is in the oceans?

What are the four stages in demographic transition theory?

The planet's population first reached 1 billion about the year 1500.

In medieval cities of Europe, what was found at the city's centre?

How much did the world's population increase during the twentieth century?

At the present rate of loss, almost all of the rainforests will be gone by the end of this century.

Which of the following concepts refers to the optimistic approach to environmental issues that claims science can promote progress and solve environmental problems?

Sex ratios are usually greater than 100 because men typically outlive women.

Mumbai, India is a megacity.

What do you think of the one-child policy implemented by China to control population growth? Should other countries adopt such a policy? Which ones? Why did you choose the ones you did? Explain fully.

Demography is the study of the size and composition of a society's population.

Most historians agree that the first city was

More than half of the world's cities with populations over five million are in less developed countries.

The crude death rate for Canada is very high by world standards.

Sex ratios are usually greater than 100 because men typically outlive women.

What two assertions about population and resources were made by Thomas Robert Malthus?

In 1975, in which city would we have found the world's tallest free-standing structure on land?

Examine the four age-sex pyramids on page 627 of the text. Write an essay in which you analyze these pyramids showing how they provide information about the past, present, and future of Canada's population.

Protecting the rainforests is vital to maintaining the Earth's biodiversity.