09 Population and Environmental Impact: How Do Societies Deal with Growing Numbers?

01

Demography is the study of the links among population, social organization, environment, and technology.

True

False
02

The scientific study of the size, growth, and composition of the human population:

Demography

Population studies

Human ecology

General ecology
03

The annual number of births in a population is called:

Fertility rate

General fertility ratio

Crude birth rate

None of the above
04

Demographic variable are variables such as population size, age, racial composition, birth rates, and death rates used to discuss populations.

True

False
05

Crude birth rate is the number of births for every 1,000 people each year.

True

False
06

Age-specific birth rate is the number of births for every 100,000 women in a specific age group.

True

False
07

Total fertility rate is the average number of births expected from any woman in a population to bear in her lifetime.

True

False
08

In general, birth rates are NOT connected to a woman’s income and level of education.

True

False
09

Mortality is the number of deaths that occur during a year.

True

False
10

_____________ is the number of deaths for every 1,000 people each year.

Crude birth rate

Crude death rate

Age-specific birth rate

Total fertility rate
11

Crude death rate is the number of children for every 1,000 born alive who die before they reach the age of one year.

True

False
12

The movement of people out of a place is called:

immigration.

emigration.

expulsion.

push.
13

Stage 3 of the demographic transition model is:

high birth and high death rates.

high birth rate and declining death rate.

declining death rate and low birth rate.

low birth and low death rate.
14

Stage 1 of the demographic transition model is:

high birth and high death rates.

high birth rate and declining death rate.

declining death rate and low birth rate.

low birth and low death rate.
15

Stage 2 of the demographic transition model is:

high birth and high death rates.

high birth rate and declining death rate.

declining death rate and low birth rate.

low birth and low death rate.
16

Stage 4 of the demographic transition model is:

high birth and high death rates.

high birth rate and declining death rate.

declining death rate and low birth rate.

low birth and low death rate.
17

Malthusian Theorem is a population projection that suggests the population will exceed the available food supply because populations grow at geometric rates, while food supplies grow at arithmetic rates.

True

False
18

Demographic transition theory is a projection that suggests people control their own fertility as they move from industrial to agrarian societies.

True

False
19

Environmental sociology considers humans to be merely one species within a global ecosystem that is interdependent upon other species.

True

False
20

____________ is the impact of environmental factors on social classes.

Environmental racism

Environmental justice

Environmental sociology

Overpopulation

09 Population and Environmental Impact: How Do Societies Deal with Growing Numbers?

Demography is the study of the links among population, social organization, environment, and technology.

The scientific study of the size, growth, and composition of the human population:

The annual number of births in a population is called:

Demographic variable are variables such as population size, age, racial composition, birth rates, and death rates used to discuss populations.

Crude birth rate is the number of births for every 1,000 people each year.

Age-specific birth rate is the number of births for every 100,000 women in a specific age group.

Total fertility rate is the average number of births expected from any woman in a population to bear in her lifetime.

In general, birth rates are NOT connected to a woman’s income and level of education.

Mortality is the number of deaths that occur during a year.

_____________ is the number of deaths for every 1,000 people each year.

Crude death rate is the number of children for every 1,000 born alive who die before they reach the age of one year.

The movement of people out of a place is called:

Stage 3 of the demographic transition model is:

Stage 1 of the demographic transition model is:

Stage 2 of the demographic transition model is:

Stage 4 of the demographic transition model is:

Malthusian Theorem is a population projection that suggests the population will exceed the available food supply because populations grow at geometric rates, while food supplies grow at arithmetic rates.

Demographic transition theory is a projection that suggests people control their own fertility as they move from industrial to agrarian societies.

Environmental sociology considers humans to be merely one species within a global ecosystem that is interdependent upon other species.

____________ is the impact of environmental factors on social classes.