QUESTIONS
Question 1
The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is
- Population patterns reflect a society’s level of technological development
- Population increases will outstrip the planet’s ability to support us
- Population increase is now mostly in high-income nations
- Population increase is now mostly in low-income nations
- Population size ebbs and flows between one equilibrium and another
Question 2
_____ crowds provide opportunities for the expression of some strong emotion such as joy, excitement, or grief.
- Mourning
- Mob
- Riot
- Expressive
- Acting
Question 3
Malthus suggested that disaster related to overpopulation and problems with food supply might be averted by what types of checks on population?
- Either positive or negative
- Either superlative or preventive
- Either negative or superlative
- Either positive or preventive
- Either preventive or negative
Question 4
The concept of zero population growth refers to the level of reproduction that
- Produces a perfect age-sex pyramid
- Keeps the sex ratio steady at 100
- Does nothing to prevent pregnancy
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- Maintains population at a steady level
- Will take the population steadily downward to zero
Question 5
Since the 1980s, the emerging environmental justice movement has focused on the issue of ______, or the belief that a disproportionate number of hazardous facilities (including industries such as waste disposal/treatment and chemical plants) are placed in low-income areas populated primarily by people of color.
- Garbage determinism
- Racial determinism
- Environmental racism
- Biological determinism
- Racial biology
Question 6
Which term is used by sociologists to refer to organized groups that act consciously to promote or resist change through collective action?
- Social movements
- Social groups
- Power movements
- Pressure groups
- Lobby groups
Question 7
________ is the theory that refers to the discontent that people may feel when they compare their achievement with those of similarly situated persons and find that they have less than they think they deserve.
- Resource deprivation theory
- Relative deprivation theory
- Relative mobilization theory
- Resource mobilization theory
- Resource relativity theory
Question 8
__________ focuses on the ability of members of a social movement to acquire resources and mobilize people in order to advance their cause.
- Relative mobilization theory
- Relative deprivation theory
- Resource deprivation theory
- Resource relativity theory
- Resource mobilization theory
Question 9
Medical science can keep a person’s body alive, on machines, long after their vital organs have failed. However, there is no agreement among religious and ethical leaders about how to decide when to unplug those machines. This example illustrates _____.
- Material culture
- Nonmaterial culture
- Cultural relativity
- Culture shock
- Cultural lag
Question 10
Which sociologist pointed out that material culture changes faster than nonmaterial culture?
- Talcott Parsons
- Thorstein Veblen
- Emile Durkheim
- Erving Goffman
- William Ogburn
ANSWERS
Question 1
The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is
- Population patterns reflect a society’s level of technological development
- Population increases will outstrip the planet’s ability to support us
- Population increase is now mostly in high-income nations
- Population increase is now mostly in low-income nations
- Population size ebbs and flows between one equilibrium and another
Correct Answer: Population patterns reflect a society’s level of technological development
Question 2
_____ crowds provide opportunities for the expression of some strong emotion such as joy, excitement, or grief.
- Mourning
- Mob
- Riot
- Expressive
- Acting
Correct Answer: …
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