Question 1

The creation of a rationally based consumer society based on major Western trends is known as McDonaldization.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

How would Louis Wirth explain city dwellers?

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A)   City dwellers become insensitive and avoid intense relationships to protect their privacy.
B)   City dwellers become sophisticated and depersonalize others to cope with living in a high-density, heterogeneous area.
C)   City dwellers are strengthened by living in the city because intimate subgroups develop among those who share similar activities or traits.
D)   All of the above

Question 3

In city Y, 100 babies were born and 75 people died this year. The natural increase rate in city Y is:

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A)   100 divided by 75
B)   100 minus 75
C)   75 plus 100
D)   75 divided by 100

Question 4

In the United States, rural areas have fewer than 1,000 persons per square mile.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Define and describe what is meant by communities, as defined in the text. Provide examples.

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Communities, as defined in the text, ref...

Question 6

Cities with more than 10 million people are known as megacities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A primary criticism of demographic transition theory is that:

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A)   It fails to consider the social consequences of population growth.
B)   It assumes that modernization will lead to rational choices about family size.
C)   It ignores the role of improvements in health and sanitation.
D)   All of the above

Question 8

The statement, "Inequitable distribution and control of resources is at the heart of the population problem" most closely reflects:

Accepted Answer

A)   Functionalist theory
B)   Conflict theory
C)   Demographic transition theory
D)   Rational choice theory

Question 9

The world's population doubles every 102 years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Average fertility rates are lower in developed Global North countries than they are in Global South countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The number of people older than age 64 compared with those between 15 and 64 is called the youth dependency ratio.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Neo-Malthusians favor the reliance on moral restraint rather than contraception as a means to control population growth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In country Z, both birth rates and death rates are high. Country Z is most likely in __________ of the demographic transition.

Accepted Answer

A)   Stage 1
B)   Stage 2
C)   Stage 3
D)   Stage 4

Question 14

Which of the following sociologists argued that two factors-intensity and stimulation-cause city people to have different attitudes, beliefs, and values than those in rural areas?

Accepted Answer

A)   Erving Goffman
B)   Georg Simmel
C)   Louis Wirth
D)   Claude Fischer

Question 15

If a country wants to control population growth, raising the status of women is key.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Religious conflicts are a push factor in migration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Compare and contrast Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft. Provide an example of each.

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Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft are two co...

Question 18

Which of the following is not an assumption that Thomas Malthus makes in his theory of population?

Accepted Answer

A)   Population increases geometrically but food supplies can only reproduce arithmetically.
B)   Humans have a natural drive to reproduce.
C)   Checks on population should be imposed or famine will result.
D)   The poor are not responsible for their situations.

Question 19

Industrialization is the transformation from traditional, mostly agrarian communities to contemporary, bureaucratized states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Thomas Malthus's population theory has been critiqued for being ethnocentric.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Population and Urbanization: Living on Spaceship Earth

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The creation of a rationally based consumer society based on major Western trends is known as McDonaldization.

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In country Z, both birth rates and death rates are high. Country Z is most likely in __________ of the demographic transition.

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The number of people older than age 64 compared with those between 15 and 64 is called the youth dependency ratio.

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In the United States, rural areas have fewer than 1,000 persons per square mile.

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Thomas Malthus's population theory has been critiqued for being ethnocentric.

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Neo-Malthusians favor the reliance on moral restraint rather than contraception as a means to control population growth.

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Cities with more than 10 million people are known as megacities.

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Industrialization is the transformation from traditional, mostly agrarian communities to contemporary, bureaucratized states.

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Religious conflicts are a push factor in migration.

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Average fertility rates are lower in developed Global North countries than they are in Global South countries.

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How would Louis Wirth explain city dwellers?

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Define and describe what is meant by communities, as defined in the text. Provide examples.

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