Question 1

The crude birth rate in North America is lower than that for Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

About when did urban centralization-the industrial metropolis-reach its peak in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) 1900 
B) 1925 
C) 1950 
D) 1975 
A) 1900 
B) 1925 
C) 1950 
D) 1975

Question 3

When did the world's population reach 1 billion?

Accepted Answer

A) 1600 
B) 1700 
C) 1800 
D) 1900 
A) 1600 
B) 1700 
C) 1800 
D) 1900

Question 4

Why are sex ratios usually below 100?

Accepted Answer

A) Because many societies abort male fetuses. 
B) Because more women than men are born. 
C) Because women typically outlive men. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) Because many societies abort male fetuses. 
B) Because more women than men are born. 
C) Because women typically outlive men. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 5

During the last decade,there has been a rebound in the rural population of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

If you were to examine an age-sex pyramid for a low-income nation,you would expect to see which of the following patterns?

Accepted Answer

A) a wide base,indicating a high birth rate 
B) a square shape,indicating a low birth rate 
C) a bulge in the middle,indicating a "baby boom" 
D) None of the other responses is correct. 
A) a wide base,indicating a high birth rate 
B) a square shape,indicating a low birth rate 
C) a bulge in the middle,indicating a "baby boom" 
D) None of the other responses is correct.

Question 9

Which of the following concepts was used by Ferdinand Tönnies to refer to a type of social organization in which people come together only on the basis of individual self-interest?

Accepted Answer

A) Gemeinschaft 
B) Gesellschaft 
C) mechanical solidarity 
D) organic solidarity 
A) Gemeinschaft 
B) Gesellschaft 
C) mechanical solidarity 
D) organic solidarity

Question 10

The infant mortality rate for African Americans is more than twice as high as it is for white people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The crude death rate is the most widely used measure of a society's population decline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to Emile Durkheim,while traditional,rural societies were built on_____,modern urban societies are held together by _____.

Accepted Answer

A) likeness; difference 
B) difference; likeness 
C) money; morals 
D) choice; conformity 
A) likeness; difference 
B) difference; likeness 
C) money; morals 
D) choice; conformity

Question 13

In the preindustrial stage of technological development,population

Accepted Answer

A) increases very slowly,with a high birth rate offset by a high death rate. 
B) increases rapidly due mostly to natural increase. 
C) increases rapidly due entirely to immigration. 
D) decreases very rapidly. 
A) increases very slowly,with a high birth rate offset by a high death rate. 
B) increases rapidly due mostly to natural increase. 
C) increases rapidly due entirely to immigration. 
D) decreases very rapidly.

Question 14

The Industrial Revolution had what effect on U.S.cities?

Accepted Answer

A) Buildings became much taller. 
B) Cities became much larger geographically and had many more people. 
C) Cities stood at the center of an expanding urban region. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) Buildings became much taller. 
B) Cities became much larger geographically and had many more people. 
C) Cities stood at the center of an expanding urban region. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 15

Because our planet is mostly covered with oceans,there is no age of fresh water.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) the sustainability thesis 
B) the Malthusian thesis 
C) the limits to growth 
D) the logic of growth 
A) the sustainability thesis 
B) the Malthusian thesis 
C) the limits to growth 
D) the logic of growth

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) 840,000 
B) 8.4 million 
C) 84 million 
D) 840 million 
A) 840,000 
B) 8.4 million 
C) 84 million 
D) 840 million

Question 18

Which of the following statements expresses the "logic of growth"?

Accepted Answer

A) Material affluence is dangerous to humanity. 
B) Technology and human ingenuity will continue to improve our lives. 
C) Quality of life on the Earth is declining. 
D) Growth makes no sense because we cannot sustain it indefinitely. 
A) Material affluence is dangerous to humanity. 
B) Technology and human ingenuity will continue to improve our lives. 
C) Quality of life on the Earth is declining. 
D) Growth makes no sense because we cannot sustain it indefinitely.

Question 19

Which of the following concepts refers to the study of the interaction of living organisms and the natural environment?

Accepted Answer

A) sociobiology 
B) ecology 
C) demography 
D) urban studies 
A) sociobiology 
B) ecology 
C) demography 
D) urban studies

Question 20

Urban decentralization has led to

Accepted Answer

A) an expansion of suburbs. 
B) the development of vast urban regions. 
C) the growth of edge cities. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) an expansion of suburbs. 
B) the development of vast urban regions. 
C) the growth of edge cities. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Exam 22: Population, urbanization, and Environment

The crude birth rate in North America is lower than that for Asia.

About when did urban centralization-the industrial metropolis-reach its peak in the United States?

When did the world's population reach 1 billion?

Why are sex ratios usually below 100?

During the last decade,there has been a rebound in the rural population of the United States.

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

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

If you were to examine an age-sex pyramid for a low-income nation,you would expect to see which of the following patterns?

Which of the following concepts was used by Ferdinand Tönnies to refer to a type of social organization in which people come together only on the basis of individual self-interest?

The infant mortality rate for African Americans is more than twice as high as it is for white people.

The crude death rate is the most widely used measure of a society's population decline.

According to Emile Durkheim,while traditional,rural societies were built on_____,modern urban societies are held together by _____.

In the preindustrial stage of technological development,population

The Industrial Revolution had what effect on U.S.cities?

Because our planet is mostly covered with oceans,there is no age of fresh water.

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

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

Which of the following statements expresses the "logic of growth"?

Which of the following concepts refers to the study of the interaction of living organisms and the natural environment?

Urban decentralization has led to

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