Section Quiz
The population of the planet doubled in fifty years to reach _______ in 1999?
- 6 billion
- 7 billion
- 5 billion
- 10 billion
Hint:
A
A functionalist would address which issue?
- The way inner-city areas become ghettoized and limit availability to jobs
- The way immigration and emigration trends strengthen global relationships
- The way racism and sexism impact the population composition of rural communities
- The way humans interact with environmental resources on a daily basis
Hint:
B
What does carrying capacity refer to?
- The ability of a community to welcome new immigrants
- The capacity for globalism within a given ethnic group
- The amount of life that can be supported sustainably in a particular environment
- 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?
- Self-preservation, old age, and illness
- Natural cycles, illness, and immigration
- Violence, new diseases, and old age
- War, famine, and disease
Hint:
D
What does cornucopian theory believe?
- That human ingenuity will solve any issues that overpopulation creates
- That new diseases will always keep populations stable
- That the earth will naturally provide enough for whatever number of humans exist
- That the greatest risk is population reduction, not population growth
Hint:
A