Question 1

Using the conflict perspective,explain why the Most Industrialized Nations are so concerned about population growth in the Least Industrialized Nations.

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Question 2

Describe the Malthus theorem and the exponential growth curve.

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Question 3

What are the three reasons that support why bearing many children plays a central role in the lives of women from the Least Industrialized Nations?

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Question 4

How have the Most Industrialized Nations affected the Least Industrialized Nations in Stage 2 of the demographic transition?

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Question 5

How is an edge city different from a suburb?

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Question 6

List and define the three demographic variables that are used to project the future of populations.

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Question 7

Why was it necessary for the development of more efficient agriculture before cities could develop?

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Question 8

In countries that practice infanticide,why are politicians becoming concerned about a prime sociological implication associated with it?

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Question 9

What is a megacity and what were the first megacities in the world?

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Question 10

What geographic similarities are there among the fastest growing cities in the United States?

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Question 11

What are the three demographic variables used to project the future growth or decline of populations?

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Question 12

What is the formula for the basic demographic equation?

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Question 13

Explain how the distribution of birth control information to the masses and selling weapons to the elites in the Least Industrialized Nations promotes political stability and the dominance of the Most Industrialized Nations?

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Question 14

What are the "pulls" of urban life?

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Question 15

Summarize the historical process of population growth,referred to as the demographic transition that occurred in Europe.

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Question 16

Compare and contrast the symbolic interactionist and conflict theorists' explanation for why people in poor nations have so many children.

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Question 17

What are the six districts or zones in the concentric zone model?

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Question 18

How does a major natural disaster,such as the devastating tsunami of 2004,impact the world population?

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Question 19

Based on the conflict perspective,how have the Most Industrialized Nations responded to increased birth rates in the Least Industrialized Nations?

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Question 20

In the rural rebound,what are some of the push and pull factors that have resulted in city dwellers moving to the country?

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Quiz 14: Population and Urbanization