Sociology-Henslin Ch. 20 – Flashcards

Overall, there has been a decrease in the rate of population growth worldwide.

Drought and warfare are the major causes of world starvation, not a lack of food.

The devastating tsunami of 2004 demonstrated that Mother Nature stabilizes rapid population growth in the Least Industrialized Nations through natural disasters that take millions of lives.

Mexico's age structure gives it a population momentum over other nations with a similar population because of its increased number of people in the childbearing age category.

In every country that industrializes, the birth rate increases.

Cities are relatively new to the world scene, developing on a large scale after the Industrial Revolution.

The key to the origin of cities was the development of larger and more powerful militaries.

In 1950, the only megacity in the world was New York City.

The fastest growing cities in the United States are in the West and South, while the fastest shrinking cities are in the Northeast.

The norm of noninvolvement is more likely to apply to rural and suburban dwellers than city dwellers.

What is demography?

What continent is suggested to have the greatest incidence of population shrinkage?

According to the symbolic interactionist perspective, why do women in poor nations bear a large number of children?

Which of the following conditions is a declining standard of living most likely to create in a country?

Which of the following is not a "pull" of urban life?

Today, approximately what percentage of Americans live in cities?

What term describes clusters of buildings and services near the intersection of major highways where shopping malls, hotels, office parks, and apartment complexes are found?

According to sociologist Herbert Gans, people experience the city differently. How did Gans suggest some people find a sense of community in the city?

Techniques that protect your "personal space," such as using a newspaper to shield yourself from others, is known as

The city of Whispering Falls is trying to boost its economy by offering large corporations low taxes and economic assistance to locate in an industrial park within the city limits. Such a strategy is referred to as