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.
Related Mcqs:
- According to demographic transition theory, both birth and death rates are high in which stages of demographic transition ?
A. the first stage
B. the second stage
C. the third stage
D. the first and third stage - According to Herbert Gans residents who remain in the city to take advantage of the unique cultural and intellectual benefits of the city are called_____________?
A. cosmopolites
B. ethnic villagers
C. urban villagers
D. the trapped - According to Gerald Suttles a gated community would be an example of a(n)_____________?
A. edge city
B. defended neighborhood
C. urban enclave
D. ethnic village - According to Marx_____________?
A. an economic crisis in the capitalist system would force factory owners into the ranks of the unemployed
B. an excess of the working-class population depends on the availability of employment opportunities not on fixed supply of food.
C. the problems associated with population growth are a function of the scarcity of wealth
D. self-control would restrain population growth. - According to _____________ a variety of life experiences can come to be viewed as illnesses or not ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. labeling theory - According to Riley Dunlap which one of the following is not a basic function that the natural environment serves for humans ?
A. The environment provides the resources essential for life
B. The environment serves as a waste depository
C. The environment provides a natural setting for social inequalities
D. The environment “houses” our species - According to Mead the socialized self means that_____________?
A. we are constantly learning
B. we are capable of achieving at a maximum capacity
C. we are shaped by the primary agents of socialization in our life
D. we think before we act
E. we have learned enough to function independently - According to Foucault carceral organizations________________?
A. emphasized human relations and employee satisfaction
B. increased the amount of power held by managers
C. stripped inmates of their previous identities
D. isolated people and put them under surveillance - According to sociologists’ Canadian culture has been shaped by_____________?
A. political incompetence
B. sports
C. our Aboriginal history
D. an intricate and diverse set of circumstances
E. immigration - According to Scott (1990) a document is authentic if it________________?
A. is a sincere and accurate account free from political bias
B. is representative of all the similar documents that did not survive
C. has both a literal and an interpretable meaning
D. is a sound original, or reliable copy of known authorship
