Question 1

If an impoverished country wants to reduce population growth,which is the best action to take regarding women to ensure success?

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A)   force sterilization
B)   pass out birth control pills
C)   conduct classes explaining the benefits of smaller family size
D)   improve the legal rights of womenE) A) and C)
F) All of the above D

Question 2

During the last half century,cities have come to be seen as unsafe and unclean places.Many middle class people have moved from cities to the suburbs.Sociologists refer to this as:

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A)   urban blight.
B)   ruralization.
C)   white flight.
D)   urbanization.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

In most developing countries,high fertility rates are the primary cause of poverty.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

What is the most common pattern of migration in the developing world?

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Question 5

What is the relationship between high fertility and poverty in the developing countries today?

Accepted Answer

A)   High fertility is the primary cause of poverty.
B)   Poverty is the primary cause of high fertility.
C)   High fertility is not the only or even the major cause of poverty.
D)   There is no relationship between these concepts.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

The urban renewal programs of the 1960s and 1970s were successful at restoring neighborhoods and quality housing in urban areas.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Your textbook advocates all of the following as immediate responses to the destruction of the global environment EXCEPT:

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A)   reducing rural poverty.
B)   improving farming practices.
C)   reducing the debt of less- and least-developed countries.
D)   giving the U.S. greater control over the resources in developing nations.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

What are the three major trends in internal migration within the U.S.?

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Growth of the Sunbelt,migratio...

Question 9

Which of these problems is more severe in rural areas than in metropolitan areas?

Accepted Answer

A)   methamphetamine use
B)   violent crime
C)   noise and overcrowding
D)   lack of affordable housingE) A) and D)
F) A) and C) A

Question 10

The primary reason for the dramatic decreases in U.S.mortality rates during the twentieth century is:

Accepted Answer

A)   the sharp decline in fertility.
B)   improvements in standard of living and nutrition.
C)   improvements in medical science.
D)   the more equitable distribution of goods and services.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Who profits the most from international migration?

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A)   the migrants themselves
B)   the migrants' countries of origin
C)   the host countries
D)   It is not clear who profits the most.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

Bradbury County has about 100,000 residents spread across dozens of small communities.The county seat,Phillipsburg,is the largest city in the county with 18,000 residents.Many of the people who live in Bradbury County work in the neighboring county,which includes Philadelphia.According to the definitions in the text:

Accepted Answer

A)   Bradbury County is nonmetropolitan.
B)   Bradbury County is metropolitan.
C)   Bradbury County is nonmetropolitan, but Phillipsburg is metropolitan.
D)   Bradbury County is metropolitan, but Phillipsburg is nonmetropolitan.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Discuss the economic,political,and cultural consequences of current patterns of low fertility in Italy and other European countries.

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Question 14

Economic research indicates that immigrant labor in the U.S.is taking jobs away from American citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

According to ________,each city grows or declines in its own way,depending on the power of competing economic and political forces.

Accepted Answer

A)   conflict theorists
B)   structural-functionalists
C)   materialists
D)   urban environmentalistsE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Explain the growth of the suburbs and the problems that have grown along with them.

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Question 17

One of the most outstanding differences in rural/urban quality of life is that big-city residents are:

Accepted Answer

A)   more knowledgeable about social issues.
B)   more highly educated.
C)   less conservative on social issues.
D)   exposed to more crime.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 18

The first industrial cities differed from preindustrial cities in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   production shifted from the countryside to urban factories.
B)   high rates of disease were caused in part by crowding.
C)   housing moved outward toward the suburbs.
D)   business districts became more centralized.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 19

The Central Business District,a dense concentration of retail trade,banking and finance,and government offices,developed as a pattern in:

Accepted Answer

A)   preindustrial cities.
B)   industrial cities.
C)   postindustrial cities.
D)   third-world cities.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

In 2008,about __________ people fled their homes involuntarily or were living outside of their countries as stateless persons or asylum seekers.

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A)   50,000
B)   500,000
C)   3 million
D)   11 millionE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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