Exam 15: Population and Global Inequality

Which of the following theories is a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between societies?

According to world system theory, high-income nations occupy which part of the capitalist world economy?

The poorest 20 percent of the world's population earns what share of the world's income?

A life-threatening lack of resources is called

How is the social standing of women related to a nation's rate of population increase? Why do population control experts claim that the social standing of women is one important factor that affects population patterns?

Which region of the world faces the greatest problem of poor, homeless children?

People living in middle-income countries have incomes ranging between

A sharp increase in global population began about the time of

Demographic transition theory links demographic changes to a society's

For any country, as the number of women with access to contraception goes up, a woman's average number of children

Which term refers to the incidence of death in a country's population?

During Stage 1 (preindustrial, agrarian societies) of the demographic transition, birth rates are __________ and death rates are __________.

Subtracting a nation's crude death rate from its crude birth rate yields what?

Worldwide, what share of global population increase is taking place in the low-income nations of the Southern Hemisphere?

How many nations fall within the category of "low-income countries?"

High-income nations such as the United States grow

Over the course of the twentieth century, global population

The series of numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and so on reflect

Which political point of view accepts the fact that the capitalist market system is highly productive, but rejects the position that the capitalist market by itself is the solution to global poverty?

The United Nations projects that global population in the year 2050 will be