Sociology Chapter 20

What do the modern studies and projects of population suggest about the future population of the planet?

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

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?

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

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

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:

According to the text, what have sociologists begun to realize about the nomadic lifestyle?

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

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

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?

Given the example of London with its postindustrial economy of ideas, how might the Internet affect the modern city as we know it?

How might a conflict theorist critique the concentric zone model?

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?

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:

What is the threshold population for a town, community, etc. before it begins to act like, and take on the characteristics of a city?

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

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?

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?

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

True or False: According to the text, every major city is organized the same way