Question 1

Global population reached 1 billion about the year

Accepted Answer

A)  1950.
B)  1900.
C)  1850.
D)  1800.

Question 2

If you were a conservative, you would most likely see the solution to global poverty in terms of the productive power of

Accepted Answer

A)  government.
B)  the market.
C)  tradition.
D)  global cooperation.

Question 3

In 2013, the human population of the planet was

Accepted Answer

A)  20 billion.
B)  14.2 billion.
C)  7.2 billion.
D)  10 billion.

Question 4

In 2013, about 17 percent of the global population lived in low-income nations, but these people earned just ________ of the world's income.

Accepted Answer

A)  3 percent
B)  13 percent
C)  23 percent
D)  43 percent

Question 5

In which one of the four demographic transition theory stages is Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  preindustrial
B)  early industrial
C)  mature industrial
D)  postindustrial

Question 6

Malthus predicted that food production would increase

Accepted Answer

A)   arithmetically.
B)  geometrically.
C)   little if at all.
D)   to produce more than humanity could consume.

Question 7

Nafis Sadik, who heads 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 8

According to Immanuel Wallerstein, the world economy not only exploits poor nations, it also places them in what position with respect to rich nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  a position of dependency
B)  a position of dominance
C)  a position of relative affluence
D)  a position of cooperation

Question 9

The first stage in W.W. Rostow's theory of modernization is

Accepted Answer

A)  the take-off stage.
B)  the drive to technological maturity stage.
C)  the traditional stage.
D)  the high mass consumption stage.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

There are many reasons that population increase has slowed in high-income nations. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Accepted Answer

A)  increased mortality rates
B)  more families have both partners in the labor force
C)  a trend toward later marriage
D)  more widespread use of contraceptives

Question 12

What terms are used by demographers to analyze population dynamics? Present the terms, define them, and explain what they can tell us about a society.

Accepted Answer

-Fertility: the incidence of childbearin...

Question 13

Frank and Joe are hunger activists who point out that the world already produces plenty of food for everyone, and that the capitalist system of growing food for export in poor countries means there are too few staples like beans and corn for the poor to eat. Frank and Joe most likely agree with which political viewpoint?

Accepted Answer

A)  conservative
B)  radical right
C)  liberal
D)  radical left

Question 14

High-income nations are home to what percentage of the earth's population?

Accepted Answer

A)  3 percent
B)  23 percent
C)  43 percent
D)  63 percent

Question 15

Of the 194 nations in the world, how many are considered high-income?

Accepted Answer

A)  74
B)  42
C)  22
D)  12

Exam 15: Population and Global Inequality

High-income nations are home to what percentage of the earth's population?

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

In 2013, about 17 percent of the global population lived in low-income nations, but these people earned just ________ of the world's income.

Correct Answer
verified

What terms are used by demographers to analyze population dynamics? Present the terms, define them, and explain what they can tell us about a society.

Correct Answer
verified
-Fertility: the incidence of childbearin...
View Answer

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

Correct Answer
verified

There are many reasons that population increase has slowed in high-income nations. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Correct Answer
verified

Of the 194 nations in the world, how many are considered high-income?

Correct Answer
verified

Malthus predicted that food production would increase

Correct Answer
verified

According to Immanuel Wallerstein, the world economy not only exploits poor nations, it also places them in what position with respect to rich nations?

Correct Answer
verified

The first stage in W.W. Rostow's theory of modernization is

Correct Answer
verified

In 2013, the human population of the planet was

Correct Answer
verified

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

Correct Answer
verified

Global population reached 1 billion about the year

Correct Answer
verified

In which one of the four demographic transition theory stages is Western Europe?

Correct Answer
verified

If you were a conservative, you would most likely see the solution to global poverty in terms of the productive power of

Correct Answer
verified

Exam 15: Population and Global Inequality

High-income nations are home to what percentage of the earth's population?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

In 2013, about 17 percent of the global population lived in low-income nations, but these people earned just ________ of the world's income.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What terms are used by demographers to analyze population dynamics? Present the terms, define them, and explain what they can tell us about a society.

Correct Answerverified-Fertility: the incidence of childbearin...View AnswerShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

There are many reasons that population increase has slowed in high-income nations. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Of the 194 nations in the world, how many are considered high-income?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Malthus predicted that food production would increase

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

According to Immanuel Wallerstein, the world economy not only exploits poor nations, it also places them in what position with respect to rich nations?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The first stage in W.W. Rostow's theory of modernization is

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

In 2013, the human population of the planet was

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Global population reached 1 billion about the year

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

In which one of the four demographic transition theory stages is Western Europe?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

If you were a conservative, you would most likely see the solution to global poverty in terms of the productive power of

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
-Fertility: the incidence of childbearin...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified