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In the united states educational services account for about ________ percent of jobs.

10 percent

2 percent

1 percent

35 percent

25 percent

Answer

Correct Answer: 10 percent

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In comparison to suburban governments, cities ________.

Spend more per student

Have lower tax burdens

Have higher operating expenditures per capita

Have shifted living expenses from public to private services

Answer

Correct Answer: Have higher operating expenditures per capita

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Other standard-of-living measurements besides real gdp per capita may include _____.

Standards of living

Europe, Africa

Human Development Index

Education

Answer

Correct Answer: Education

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Pastoral farming is best described as _______.

Method of raising livestock and moving herds.

High crop yields per farm worker

Soil excavation and disposal

High levels of productivity and mechanization

Answer

Correct Answer: Method of raising livestock and moving herds.

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A _____ is an urban area consisting of at least two metropolises and their many suburbs.

Megacity

Megaregion

City

Megalopolis

Answer

Correct Answer: Megalopolis

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Within a country, push factors are conditions characterized by ________.

Age Specific Birth Rate

Death Rate

Changing public attitudes about family size and timing through education and counseling.

Drought, famine or war

Answer

Correct Answer: Drought, famine or war

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In a multinational state the population consists of _____ or more nations.

Answer

Correct Answer: 2

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In a country where there are increasingly more households, ________.

Birth rates should remain constant

Consumption should increase

Birth rates should increase

Population growth rates should increase

Consumption should decrease

Answer

Correct Answer: Consumption should increase

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Because of the success of china's population control programs, ________.

Environmental problems in China have been virtually eliminated

European nations have instituted similar programs

African nations have instituted similar programs

There is a younger population in China today

China's population growth rate is much lower than it was in the 1970s

Answer

Correct Answer: China's population growth rate is much lower than it was in the 1970s

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An ecologist would suspect a population to be growing rapidly if it _____.

Predation by lynx and fluctuations in the hare's food resources

Is the distribution of male beta fish defending their territories

Contains many more prereproductive than reproductive individuals

Is the amount of land required to support a single individual

Answer

Correct Answer: Contains many more prereproductive than reproductive individuals

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According to this graph, the world population doubled between _______.

1925 and 1965

1940 and 1955

1930 and 1975

1950 and 1985

Answer

Correct Answer: 1930 and 1975

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The nation believed to employ the practice of female infanticide most often is ________.

Turkey

Indonesia

Mexico

China.

Answer

Correct Answer: Turkey

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The most densely populated valley in central asia is the __________.

Fergana Valley

Kazakhstan

Tibet and Xinjiang

Tropical Monsoon

Answer

Correct Answer: Fergana Valley

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On average, developed countries spend about $________ annually per capita on health care.

8,000

14,000

4,000

18,000

25,000.

Answer

Correct Answer: 8,000

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Malthus noted that human populations grow _ while food supply grows __.

Limestone

It is solid rock

Clay soil

Exponentially

Answer

Correct Answer: Exponentially

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Malthus argued that ________

Population increase would eventually bring chaos to the world

Total fertility rate

Crude birth rate

Natural increase rate

Answer

Correct Answer: Population increase would eventually bring chaos to the world

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Large cities tend toward _____ relationships, while smaller ones tend toward _.

Passive

Automatic

Rapid

Deliberate

Answer

Correct Answer: Rapid

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Gender studies of migration indicate that men ______________ than women.

Are more mobile

Migrate farther

Have more employment choices and income

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Fertility rates decline as _______.

Relationship between population ecology and population changes

There is an increase in family planning and birth control

Have been very effective at lowering TFR

Rates of birth, death, immigration, and emigration

Answer

Correct Answer: There is an increase in family planning and birth control

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A country has net in-migration if immigration ________ emigration.

Exceeds

Equals

Is less than

Is closer to net migration than

Varies more than

Answer

Correct Answer: Exceeds

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Farms owned by retirees who no longer cultivate crops are __________.

Always considered small family farms regardless of acreage

Considered small family farms if they are less than 1,000 acres

Considered small family farms if they are less than 2,500 acres

Not counted in the number of US farms because the owners are no longer farming

Answer

Correct Answer: Always considered small family farms regardless of acreage

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Farming varies around the world because of ________ across space.

Cultural and environmental factors

Religious and economic factors

Farmer personal preference and environmental factors

Weather and climate

Answer

Correct Answer: Cultural and environmental factors

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The united nations measurement of a country's gender inequality is the country's ________.

Gender Bias Quotient (GBQ)

Gender Empowerment Parity (GEP)

Gender Measuring Measure (GMM)

Gender Inequality Index (GII)

Gender Equality Coefficient (GEC)

Answer

Correct Answer: Gender Inequality Index (GII)

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The u.s. government estimates ________ percent of the homeless are children.

Answer

Correct Answer: 25

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Why aren't more couples using birth control in zambia? birth control in zambia __________.

Limits on family size

Is not known by anyone

Requires travel that many families cannot afford.

Is forbidden by the government

Answer

Correct Answer: Requires travel that many families cannot afford.

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Urban sprawl is a result of people moving away from ________.

City centers

Rural communities

Current residences

Suburbs

Natural resources

Answer

Correct Answer: City centers

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________ feature buildings clustered along a road or body of water to facilitate communications.

Central place theory

Clustered linear rural settlements

The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Hexagons

Answer

Correct Answer: Clustered linear rural settlements

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Baptists are clustered in the ________ united states.

Southern

Northeastern

Southwestern

Upper midwestern

A and D

Answer

Correct Answer: Southern

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The united states is an _____.

IDC

MDC

Both a and b

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: MDC

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_____ describes why similar organisms do not interbreed because of a physical barrier.

Asexual reproduction

Sympatric speciation

The biological species concept

Allopatric speciation

Answer

Correct Answer: Allopatric speciation

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Research has found that cohabitation prior to marriage _____.

Increase likelihood of divorce.

Decreases the likelihood of divorce

Reduces the likelihood of divorce

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Increase likelihood of divorce.

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Anorexia occurs _____ times more in females than in males.

Bulimia nervosa

An overeating disorder

Binge eating disorder.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bulimia nervosa

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With increasing age, the trait of neuroticism tends to _____.

Transform into extroversion.

Increase.

Be modified.

Remain stable.

Answer

Correct Answer: Transform into extroversion.

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While literacy and numeracy are valued in every school, curriculum specifics _____.

Should not be discussed

Do not change over time

Vary by place and culture

Are largely the same across countries

Answer

Correct Answer: Vary by place and culture

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The ________ is an important source area for u.s. folk house types.

Lower Chesapeake

Southern Atlantic

Northeast

Upper New York Highland

Answer

Correct Answer: Lower Chesapeake

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The french government has _________ to protect french language and culture.

Banned foreign words in advertising and on radio and television

Established the Académie Française to standardize the language

Passed a law levying fines on those using foreign terms

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Replacement fertility is the tfr that _______.

Keeps a population stable over time

Increase in family planning and birth control

Have been very effective at lowering

Leaves these countries without a professional class

Answer

Correct Answer: Keeps a population stable over time

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Malthus was responsible for ________.

The idea that population growth would lead to greater industry and prosperity

The idea that without social restrictions increasing human population would lead to famine and war

Defining the concept of ecosystem services

The book The Population Bomb, which described the disastrous effects of human population growth

Answer

Correct Answer: The idea that without social restrictions increasing human population would lead to famine and war

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In poor nations, poverty is________ than in the united states.

More widespread and severe

Greater than in rich nations

High-income countries

More widespread and severe

Answer

Correct Answer: More widespread and severe

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A good example of a demographic factor that influences population changes would be ________.

Education

Economic conditions

Cultural values

Healthcare

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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The ____ is defined as the total rate of change in a population's size per unit of time.

Population growth rate

Mortality

A population explosion.

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Population growth rate

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Conservation of energy refers to the fact that _____.

If you conserve energy you will not be as tired

The net amount of disorder is always increasing

No chemical reaction is 100 percent efficient

Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be converted from one form to another

The entropy of the universe is always increasing

Answer

Correct Answer: Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be converted from one form to another

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An age class histogram of a developing country has the general shape of a ___.

Pyramid

Column

Circle

Answer

Correct Answer: Pyramid

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When studying populations, sociologists frequently compare and .

Rates of mortality (death); rates of mortality (death)

Both

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Rates of mortality (death); rates of mortality (death)

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Forces that pull a state apart are ________ forces.

Unitary

Federal

Centripetal

Centrifugal

Answer

Correct Answer: Centrifugal

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While modernization theory focuses on , dependency theory focuses on .

Production of wealth; distribution of wealth

Populations with equal numbers; in each age class grow fastest.

Populations dominated; juveniles are likely to go extinct.

Populations with equal numbers; in each age class are more likely to go extinct

Answer

Correct Answer: Production of wealth; distribution of wealth

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An example of an age-structure influence on human population size is that _____.

Populations dominated by juveniles should experience rapid growth.

Populations with equal numbers in each age class grow fastest.

Populations dominated by juveniles are likely to go extinct.

Populations with equal numbers in each age class are more likely to go extinct

Answer

Correct Answer: Populations dominated by juveniles should experience rapid growth.

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________ is an example of a secondary sector activity.

Banking

Farming

Manufacturing

Secondary education

Professional football

Answer

Correct Answer: Manufacturing

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The intercoastal highway and pacua dam projects are both controversial. this means that __________.

Both projects are very beneficial to the people of South America

Both projects are very destructive to the environment

Most people share the same opinion on these projects

People disagree greatly about these projects

Answer

Correct Answer: People disagree greatly about these projects

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Madagascar's age-structure diagram ________.

The idea that without social structures increasing human population would lead to famine and war

Is the rate of population change due to births and deaths only

Reflects a population with a high growth rate

The sensitivity of an environment to human pressures

Answer

Correct Answer: Reflects a population with a high growth rate

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Lakes _____.

Always contain freshwater

Are recharged by precipitation

Are usually found near the equator

Account for 25% of Earth's freshwater

Answer

Correct Answer: Are recharged by precipitation

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In wild populations, individuals most often show a _____ pattern of dispersion.

Random

Equilibrium

Density-dependent

Clumped

Uniform

Answer

Correct Answer: Clumped

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In the united states educational services account for about ________ percent of jobs.

In comparison to suburban governments, cities ________.

Other standard-of-living measurements besides real gdp per capita may include _____.

Pastoral farming is best described as _______.

A _____ is an urban area consisting of at least two metropolises and their many suburbs.

Within a country, push factors are conditions characterized by ________.

In a multinational state the population consists of _____ or more nations.

In a country where there are increasingly more households, ________.

Because of the success of china's population control programs, ________.

An ecologist would suspect a population to be growing rapidly if it _____.

According to this graph, the world population doubled between _______.

The nation believed to employ the practice of female infanticide most often is ________.

The most densely populated valley in central asia is the __________.

On average, developed countries spend about $________ annually per capita on health care.

Malthus noted that human populations grow ___ while food supply grows ____.

Malthus argued that ________

Large cities tend toward _______________ relationships, while smaller ones tend toward ___________.

Gender studies of migration indicate that men ______________ than women.

Fertility rates decline as _______.

A country has net in-migration if immigration ________ emigration.

Farms owned by retirees who no longer cultivate crops are __________.

Farming varies around the world because of ________ across space.

The united nations measurement of a country's gender inequality is the country's ________.

The u.s. government estimates ________ percent of the homeless are children.

Why aren't more couples using birth control in zambia? birth control in zambia __________.

Urban sprawl is a result of people moving away from ________.

________ feature buildings clustered along a road or body of water to facilitate communications.

Baptists are clustered in the ________ united states.

The united states is an _____.

_____ describes why similar organisms do not interbreed because of a physical barrier.

Research has found that cohabitation prior to marriage _____.

Anorexia occurs _____ times more in females than in males.

With increasing age, the trait of neuroticism tends to _____.

While literacy and numeracy are valued in every school, curriculum specifics _____.

The ________ is an important source area for u.s. folk house types.

The french government has _________ to protect french language and culture.

Replacement fertility is the tfr that _______.

Malthus was responsible for ________.

In poor nations, poverty is________ than in the united states.

A good example of a demographic factor that influences population changes would be ________.

The ____ is defined as the total rate of change in a population's size per unit of time.

Conservation of energy refers to the fact that _____.

An age class histogram of a developing country has the general shape of a ___.

When studying populations, sociologists frequently compare __________ and __________.

Forces that pull a state apart are ________ forces.

While modernization theory focuses on ________, dependency theory focuses on ________.

An example of an age-structure influence on human population size is that _____.

________ is an example of a secondary sector activity.

The intercoastal highway and pacua dam projects are both controversial. this means that __________.

Madagascar's age-structure diagram ________.

Lakes _____.

In wild populations, individuals most often show a _____ pattern of dispersion.

Malthus noted that human populations grow _ while food supply grows __.

Large cities tend toward _____ relationships, while smaller ones tend toward _.

When studying populations, sociologists frequently compare and .

While modernization theory focuses on , dependency theory focuses on .