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Humanities 125 - American Social Values » Winter 2023 » Population, Urbanization, and the Environment Quiz

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Question #1

Josh sits in his kitchen in the city projects trying to sip his coffee while inhaling the nauseating fumes wafting from the town dump that was relocated to within a mile of his home. He desperately wishes he could move, but he works two jobs just to make ends meet for his family. Josh lives in the poorer part of town; the part that is greatly overlooked by local government officials. What might a sociologist call this phenomenon?

A. environmental racism

B. urbanization

C. white flight

D. gentrification

Question #2

Which is an aspect of city life that might catch a human ecologist’s attention?

A. The decision to make sidewalks narrower so that a city road can provide on-street parking.

B. The number of nannies that can be found in Central Park on a given day.

C. The number of male nannies that take care of children in New York City.

D. The NIMBY movement to prevent a giant chain from opening near a high rise apartment building.

Question #3

Which of the following is one of the many concerns with the practice of fracking?

A. The chemicals used in a fracking mix create a potentially putrid odor.

B. Fracking includes drilling vertically into the rock to create new pathways for gas to travel.

C. Fracking requires a huge amount of water.

D. Fracking may cause volcanoes to erupt by undermining the seismic stability of an area.

Question #4

Pollution, like many other issues in the world, has become a global issue. What was the name of the agreement that several countries signed as a way to pledge the lessening of carbon emissions?

A. the Kyoto Protocol

B. the Hong Kong Pact

C. the Beijing Pollution Reduction Agreement

D. the Seoul Greener Earth Initiative

Question #5

Why has e-waste become an issue, especially in the 21st century?

A. E-waste is not easily recyclable because often in the same machine there is glass, plastic, and metal. Also e-waste tends to consist of big, heavy machinery that is difficult to dispose of properly.

B. E-waste is a natural by-product of an industrialized nation and cannot be helped. People must resign themselves to its presence and find better ways of purifying water, soil, and air.

C. E-waste is a sign of degrading cultural values. People no longer value creating lasting products or getting products fixed; they would much rather just buy a new one and discard the old one.

D. E-waste not only contains harmful chemicals, but electronics become obsolete every six months or so, which means, every six months people are throwing away perfectly good electronics in order to get the newest one. This has led to an enormous increase in the amount of trash people produce.

Question #6

In 2013, the number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people worldwide exceeded ______ people for the first time since the end of World War II.

A. 100 million

B. 45 million

C. 90 million

D. 50 million

Question #7

What have sociologists begun to realize about the nomadic lifestyle?

A. Nomads have a hard time bridging the gap between their traditional lifestyle and doing what is best for the land.

B. Nomads only raise sheep and goats, not cows or oxen, so the grass their herds consume is minimal at most.

C. Nomads never tire the land they live on because they are constantly moving from place to place.

D. Nomads are better than stationary farmers at protecting the land and keeping the soil good for other people’s use.

Question #8

What type of nations are the greatest sources of greenhouse gases?

A. Postindustrial

B. Semi-peripheral

C. Core

D. Peripheral

Question #9

Anil has noticed that infertility has been affecting many of his intergenerational friends and family. Based on this observation, Anil is writing his senior thesis on the effects that certain cities, water quality, and hormones might have on his friends. Anil will most likely approach his findings and paper using which theory?

A. Malthusian theory

B. Zero population growth theory

C. Cornucopian theory

D. Demographic transition theory

Question #10

Three things are important for the formation and sustentation of a city. Which of the below options is NOT one of them?

A. Fresh water supply

B. Consistent Food Supply

C. Well constructed buildings

D. Social Stability

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