Question 1

Compared to marquis de Cordorcet, Thomas Malthus was

Accepted Answer

A)  A pessimist 
B)  An optimist 
C)  A pacifist. 
D)  A plagiarist

Question 2

The dependency ratio increases with an aging population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In 2030, there will be two American workers for every Social Security recipient.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The most famous Neo-Malthusian is

Accepted Answer

A)  Barak Obama 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Marquis de Condorcet 
D)  Paul Ehrlich

Question 5

Malthus blamed the poor for their own poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Without Malthus, Charles Darwin might not have thought about evolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In writing the first edition (1798) of his now famous "Essay on the Principle of Population," which of the following two writers was Thomas Malthus reacting to?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marquis de Condorcet and David Ricardo 
B)  John Maynard Keynes and Alfred Marshall 
C)  William Godwin and Marquis de Condorcet 
D)  Robert Wallace and David Ricardo

Question 8

Demographic transition theory

Accepted Answer

A)  Emerged from modernization theory 
B)  Postulated that industrialization weakens traditional institutions. 
C)  Hypothesized that with urbanization, there was less demand for large families. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above

Question 9

This nineteenth century philosopher believed that scientific progress would enable the food supply to grow far beyond the capacity of his day.

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Malthus 
B)  Marquis de Cordorcet 
C)  William Godwin 
D)  Karl Marx.

Question 10

According to Thomas Malthus,

Accepted Answer

A)  People have a powerful instinct to reproduce. 
B)  Poverty is a natural consequence of population growth. 
C)  As food supply increases, people have more children (labor) and thus wages are lowered. 
D)  All of the above 
E)  None of the above

Exam 5: Population Theories and Dynamics

Compared to marquis de Cordorcet, Thomas Malthus was

The dependency ratio increases with an aging population.

In 2030, there will be two American workers for every Social Security recipient.

The most famous Neo-Malthusian is

Malthus blamed the poor for their own poverty.

Without Malthus, Charles Darwin might not have thought about evolution.

In writing the first edition (1798) of his now famous "Essay on the Principle of Population," which of the following two writers was Thomas Malthus reacting to?

Demographic transition theory

This nineteenth century philosopher believed that scientific progress would enable the food supply to grow far beyond the capacity of his day.

According to Thomas Malthus,