Demography and Population

Section Quiz

The population of the planet doubled in fifty years to reach _______ in 1999?

  1. 6 billion
  2. 7 billion
  3. 5 billion
  4. 10 billion

Hint:

A

A functionalist would address which issue?

  1. The way inner-city areas become ghettoized and limit availability to jobs
  2. The way immigration and emigration trends strengthen global relationships
  3. The way racism and sexism impact the population composition of rural communities
  4. The way humans interact with environmental resources on a daily basis

Hint:

B

What does carrying capacity refer to?

  1. The ability of a community to welcome new immigrants
  2. The capacity for globalism within a given ethnic group
  3. The amount of life that can be supported sustainably in a particular environment
  4. The amount of weight that urban centers can bear if vertical growth is mandated

Hint:

C

What three factors did Malthus believe would limit human population?

  1. Self-preservation, old age, and illness
  2. Natural cycles, illness, and immigration
  3. Violence, new diseases, and old age
  4. War, famine, and disease

Hint:

D

What does cornucopian theory believe?

  1. That human ingenuity will solve any issues that overpopulation creates
  2. That new diseases will always keep populations stable
  3. That the earth will naturally provide enough for whatever number of humans exist
  4. That the greatest risk is population reduction, not population growth

Hint:

A