Category: Population and the Environment

A. reliance on animal power as a source of energy
B. the high levels of surplus produced by the agricultural sector
C. the ease of migration to the city
D. all of the above

A. Italy’s practice of punishing couples who have two or more children.
B. china’s practice of fining a woman who is pregnant with a second child 20 per cent of her pay if she refuses to have an abortion.
C. France’s elimination of tax deductions for families with more than two children.
D. Brazil’s refusal to grant a divorce to couples with children

A. immigration and emigration rates.
B. births and deaths
C. fertility and fecundity
D. none of the above

A. the interactionist perspective
B. the conflict perspective
C. the relativist perspective
D. the functionalist perspective

A. use artificial means of birth control
B. postpone marriage
C. pass legislation prohibiting families from having more than one child
D. do all of the above

A. The environment provides the resources essential for life
B. The environment serves as a waste depository
C. The environment provides a natural setting for social inequalities
D. The environment “houses” our species

A. environmental protection and economic growth are incompatible aims
B. environmental protection cannot be achieved without high tech solutions
C. an ecological form of economic growth is possible
D. consumer demand and market mechanisms can bring about ecologically benign outcomes

A. Ernest Burgess
B. Homer Hoyt
C. Ferdinand Tonnies
D. C.D Harris and Edward L. Ulman

A. Karl Marx
B. Emile Durkheim
C. Max Weber
D. None of these

A. Patients judgments regarding their own state of health may be related to their gender age social class and ethnic group
B. The sick role may be more applicable to people experiencing short-term illnesses than those with recurring long-term illnesses
C. Even simple factors such as whether a person is employed or not seem to affect willingness to assume the sick role
D. all of the above