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Environmental Sociology MCQ

Environmental Sociology MCQ

1. The world bank ________.

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Correct Answer: Is a major source of funds for global economic development

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2. Ecologists estimate that __________ are being driven into extinction each day due to __________.

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Correct Answer: About 137 species; deforestation

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3. Environmental protection can positively affect local economies by ________.

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Correct Answer: Creating jobs that will attract companies from other sectors of the economy

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4. According to william ogburn, _____ is a new way of seeing reality.

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Correct Answer: Discovery

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5. Environmental policy addresses all of the following issues except _______.

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Correct Answer: Natural disasters

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6. The pattern of movement from rural areas to cities is called urbanization

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Correct Answer: True

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7. Societies that meet our current needs without harming future generations is sustainable societies

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Correct Answer: True

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8. All permanent societies, states, communities, adherents of a common religious faith, racial or ethnic groups, kinship or clan groups, professions, and other identifiable categories of people is called

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Correct Answer: Populations

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9. Pyramid-shaped diagrams that illustrate sex ratios and dependency ratios is called

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Correct Answer: Population pyramids

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10. The death rate is called ____

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Correct Answer: Mortality

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11. Movement of people from one place to another is called

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Correct Answer: Migration

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12. The number of years a person in a particular society can expect to live is life expectancy

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Correct Answer: True

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13. Refers to members of the middle and upper class, mostly young White professionals, buying and renovating rundown properties in central-city locations and displacing poor residents is gentrification

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Correct Answer: True

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14. German term meaning “large, impersonal urban area is called

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Correct Answer: True

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15. German term meaning “small traditional community,” is called

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Correct Answer: True

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16. The birthrate is called fertility

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Correct Answer: True

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17. When environmental pollution disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities is environmental racism

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Correct Answer: True

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18. The ratio of those in both the young and aged groups compared with the number of people in the productive age group from age 15 through age 64 is dependence ratio

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Correct Answer: True

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19. The study of human populations is called demography

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Correct Answer: True

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20. Links trends in birthrates and death rates with patterns of economic and technological development is demographic transition theory

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Correct Answer: True

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21. There are 4 million people living in Country Y. Most are young, Hispanic Protestants. The vast majority live in small urban areas. In this example, “4 million people” describes the ______, “young, Hispanic Protestants” describes the ______, and “vast majority live in small, urban areas” describes the ______ of Country Y.

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Correct Answer: Size; composition; distribution

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22. Many European countries have ______ birth rates and a(n) ______ population.

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Correct Answer: Low; aging

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23. As neighborhoods become gentrified, poor residents are typically able to obtain safe, affordable housing.

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Correct Answer: False

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24. Which of the following is a result of the Chinese “one child” policy?

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Correct Answer: Male babies tend to be preferred over female babies

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25. Poverty is one factor that contributes to overpopulation.

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Correct Answer: True

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26. Which of the following is a criticism of Malthusian theory?

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Correct Answer: Malthus ignored the possibility of new agricultural techniques.

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27. The social glue that holds modern industrial and postindustrial societies and people together is organic solidarity.

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Correct Answer: True

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28. Russia has a National Day of Procreation each year that allows workers to take the day off from work to procreate. This is an example of which type of policy?

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Correct Answer: Pronatalist

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29. The statement “this theory assumes that individuals make rational choices about family size as countries modernize” is most likely a criticism of which theory?

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Correct Answer: Demographic transition

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30. The last stage of the demographic transition involves high birth rates but low death rates.

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Correct Answer: False

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