Sociology Mcqs

A. human populations tend to increase more slowly than their ability to increase the food supply.
B. agricultural production increases in a geometric fashion.
C. people could use “moral restraint” to reduce the birth rate.
D. famine war and pestilence are social problems that a population can overcome.

A. immigration and emigration rates.
B. births and deaths
C. fertility and fecundity
D. none of the above

A. crude death rate
B. age-specific death rate
C. infant mortality rate
D. targeted mortality rate

A. Demography
B. Ecology
C. Popology
D. Stratification

A. High birth rate and low death rate in its first phase
B. High death rate and low birth rate in its first phase
C. High birth rate and high death rate in its first phase
D. None of these

A. apartheid
B. ethnic cleansing
C. multiculturalism
D. assimilation

A. Malthusianism
B. demography
C. forecasting
D. official statistics

A. risen from 56 to 67 years
B. fallen from 50 to 47 years
C. risen from 50 to 61 years
D. fallen from 54 to 50 years

A. wanting to meet face-to-face whenever possible
B. seeking experience of intimacy on the Internet
C. traveling to see foreign locations for holidays
D. creating feelings of security in on-line settings

A. a reduction in population size caused by a higher rate of emigration than immigration
B. a change in the principal causes of death and disease since industrialization
C. increased birth and death rates resulting in a relatively young population
D. a decline in the birth rate greater life expectancy and an ageing population