Sociology & You

Chapter 16: Population and Urbanization

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The scientific study of population is called __________.
A)fecundity
B)demography
C)cartography
D)gentrification
2
__________ is the potential number of children that could be born if every woman reproduced as often as biology allowed.
A)Fertility
B)Life expectancy
C)Crude birth rate
D)Fecundity
3
The __________ is the average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime.
A)total fertility rate
B)crude birth rate
C)fertility rate
D)infant mortality rate
4
The annual number of deaths per thousand members of a population is the __________.
A)infant mortality rate
B)crude death rate
C)crude birth rate
D)life span
5
The annual increase or decrease per one thousand members of a population resulting from migration into and out of the population is the __________.
A)internal migration rate
B)gross migration rate
C)net migration rate
D)crude migration rate
6
When the amount of increase in a population is greater from time period to time period even though the rate of increase remains the same, this is called __________.
A)exponential growth
B)doubling time
C)zero population growth
D)demographic transition theory
7
Zero population growth is most closely related to which of the following terms?
A)population momentum
B)population control
C)replacement level
D)demographic transition theory
8
Where were many of the first urban settlements located?
A)Africa
B)Asia
C)Latin America
D)Mesopotamia
9
Which of the following terms refers to the condition in which a city is unable to supply adequate jobs and housing for its inhabitants?
A)suburbanization
B)urbanization
C)overurbanization
D)push and pull factors
10
The theory that states that a city may have several separate centers is the ____________ theory.
A)multiple nuclei theory
B)sector theory
C)peripheral theory
D)concentric zone theory
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