Deck 55: Population

Question 1

Who theorized that overpopulation was linked to the unequal distribution of resources?

A)Thomas Malthus
B)Allan Schnaiberg
C)Talcott Parsons
D)Karl Marx

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The morbidity rate is the rate of death in a given population.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The changes in birthrates and death rates that occur during a nation's development are described as a

A)demographic transition.
B)population explosion.
C)population pyramid.
D)baby boom.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

According to Marx,what was the main cause of society's social ills?

A)population growth
B)capitalism
C)urban crowding
D)socialism

Question 5

What was the cause of the baby boom in the United States after World War II?

A)soldiers returning home to spouses they hadn't seen in a long time
B)societal pressure on women to become mothers
C)high wages and prosperity
D)All of these answers are correct.

Question 6

The scientific study of population is

A)morbidity.
B)demography.
C)mortality.
D)fertility.

Question 7

A nation's level of nutrition,its acceptance of immunization and sanitation,and its general commitment to health care and education are major factors in its

A)migration rate.
B)fertility rate.
C)mortality rate.
D)birthrate.

Question 8

What are the three factors that affect a nation's population growth or decline? How do demographers study these factors?

Question 9

Which of the following influences fertility rates?

A)age of entry into sexual unions
B)use of contraception
C)religious values
D)All of these answers are correct.

Question 10

What were the views of Thomas Malthus and Karl Marx as they related to population? Describe the neo-Malthusian view and how it incorporates the views of both Malthus and Marx.What view do you find the most persuasive?

Question 11

The primary mechanism of collecting population information is

A)the growth rate.
B)the total fertility rate.
C)the census.
D)vital statistics.

Question 12

The view espoused by Paul Ehrlich and other like-minded theorists,that birth control and sensible use of resources are necessary to curb the rising world population,is best described as

A)Malthusian.
B)neo-Malthusian.
C)Marxist.
D)neo-Marxist.

Question 13

Who argued that the world's population was growing faster than its food supply and that a gap between food supply and population would continue to grow until it was insufficient to meet the needs of an expanding world population?

A)Thomas Malthus
B)Leonard Stein
C)Talcott Parsons
D)Thomas Szasz

Question 14

Which of the following is characteristic of a society with a stable population growth?

A)a smaller proportion of older people
B)a more volatile economy because of a loss of workforce
C)more married women in the workforce
D)a low median age,somewhere in the mid-30s

Question 15

Population growth is not a problem in all nations.

Question 16

Currently,which of the following accounts for more than half of the population growth in the United States?

A)legal immigration
B)high fertility rates
C)illegal immigration
D)increased life expectancy

Question 17

Because of its accuracy in explaining population growth,the demographic transition should be regarded as the "law of population growth."