Question 1

Nafis Sadik, representing the United Nations' efforts at population control, explains: "Give a woman more choices about how to live and she will

Accepted Answer

A)  choose marriage."
B)  stay single."
C)  have fewer children."
D)  have more children."

Question 2

The poorest 20 percent of the world's population earns about what share of the world's income?

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A)  40 percent
B)  20 percent
C)  12 percent
D)  2.1 percent

Question 3

The world's three richest people, each with at least $70 billion in wealth, have combined wealth that roughly equals the wealth of all the people in

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A)  the world's poorest country.
B)  the world's two poorest countries.
C)  the world's 25 poorest countries.
D)  110 of the world's 194 countries.

Question 4

In 2015, the human population of the planet was about

Accepted Answer

A)  23 billion.
B)  14.3 billion.
C)  7.3 billion.
D)  100 million.

Question 5

Which theory is a model of economic development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor societies by rich societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  modernization theory
B)  world system theory
C)  neocolonial theory
D)  structural-functional theory

Question 6

Demographic transition theory links demographic changes to a society's

Accepted Answer

A)  level of schooling.
B)  level of social inequality.
C)  level of technological development.
D)  cultural patterns.

Question 7

Which term refers to the incidence of childbearing in a country's population?

Accepted Answer

A)  fecundity
B)  fertility
C)  reproduction
D)  demography

Question 8

A factory owner enslaves workers of all ages by paying them too little to cover their debts; this practice illustrates the concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  servile forms of marriage.
B)  child slavery.
C)  debt bondage.
D)  chattel slavery.

Question 9

Worldwide, what share of global population increase is taking place in the low-income nations of the Southern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

A)  none
B)  less than half
C)  slightly more than half
D)  almost all

Question 10

The United Nations projects that global population in the year 2050 will be

Accepted Answer

A)  9.7 billion.
B)  11 billion.
C)  13.7 billion.
D)  greater than 15 billion.

Exam 15: Population and Global Inequality

Worldwide, what share of global population increase is taking place in the low-income nations of the Southern Hemisphere?

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Demographic transition theory links demographic changes to a society's

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The United Nations projects that global population in the year 2050 will be

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Which theory is a model of economic development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor societies by rich societies?

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A factory owner enslaves workers of all ages by paying them too little to cover their debts; this practice illustrates the concept of

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The world's three richest people, each with at least $70 billion in wealth, have combined wealth that roughly equals the wealth of all the people in

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The poorest 20 percent of the world's population earns about what share of the world's income?

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Which term refers to the incidence of childbearing in a country's population?

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