Sociology: Ch. 20 Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

"Climate change" is a less politicized phrase that has replaced:

If we consider the concentric zone model, which is a conflict theorist's critique?

A sociologist is studying how the population of certain countries influences and affects the population and environment of other neighboring countries. This sociologist is most likely a:

Why has e-waste become an issue, especially in the 21st century?

Which of the following is one of the many concerns with the practice of fracking?

Why do we have two words for a big city: metropolis and megalopolis?

What type of nations are the greatest sources of greenhouse gases?

What is one way the people of the United States, and the world, are reaching and abusing the Earth's carrying capacity?

Your best friend Sky is hoping to start a new city on an island in the Pacific. Which sociologist would you suggest she read first, before setting out?

What have sociologists begun to realize about the nomadic lifestyle?

Melissa has been working to develop drought-resistance seeds that require little water to grow and which produce grain. She wants to send these to arid parts of the world, where conventional grain is not easy (or even impossible) to grow to improve nutrition for the people in those countries. In sociological terms, Melissa most likely ascribes to:

Paris has been studying the demography of the United Kingdom. The U.K. is very similar to the United States or Sweden in that it is industrialized, has relatively long life expectancy, and infant mortality is low. Which stage in the Demographic Transition Theory would the U.K. fall into?

Bill wants to increase his herd of cattle on his farm. Right now, he his herd numbers around 100, and he has 100 acres of his farm set aside for their pasture. What would a sociologist suggest so that his farm, which feeds many in his town and county, can continue to function?

Pollution, like many other issues in the world, has become a global issue. What was the name of the agreement that several countries signed as a way to pledge the lessening of carbon emissions?

Anil has noticed that infertility has been affecting many of his intergenerational friends and family. Based on this observation, Anil is writing his senior thesis on the effects that certain cities, water quality, and hormones might have on his friends. Anil will most likely approach his findings and paper using which theory?

Some people may think that once you've studied one city, you've studied them all. Which is an example of why these people may be misinformed?

Which is an aspect of city life that might catch a human ecologist's attention?

Josh sits in his kitchen in the city projects trying to sip his coffee while inhaling the nauseating fumes wafting from the town dump that was relocated to within a mile of his home. He desperately wishes he could move, but he works two jobs just to make ends meet for his family. Josh lives in the poorer part of town; the part that is greatly overlooked by local government officials. What might a sociologist call this phenomenon?

Three things are important for the formation and sustentation of a city. Which of the below options is NOT one of them?

In 2013, the number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people worldwide exceeded ______ people for the first time since the end of World War II.