According to conservative analyst Julian Simon, the fact that the planet supports six times as many people as it did when Malthus was alive is cause for
a. gloom.
b. laws to limit population.
c. celebration.
d. a major increase in spending to study environmental issues.
Although the intent of Alabama's Immigration
Law was to discourage unauthorized immigrants from moving into the state, an unintended consequence is that __________.
A) a decrease in immigrants increased job options for U.S. citizens
B) the state's budget would take a hit as a result of lost income and sales taxes
C) the decrease in immigrants would disrupt marriage rates in the United States
D) The decrease in immigrants in the state will boost the economy
Which of the following is commonly expressed as a concern about immigration?
A) Immigrants help to provide more jobs for U.S. citizens.
B) Immigrants are a drain on society's resources.
C) The increase in immigrants will decrease tension between the races.
D) The increase in immigrants in an area will boost the economy.
Herman, a social-conflict theorist, blames capitalism for the world's environmental problems. His colleague Max points out that when Europe was divided between the capitalist west and the socialist east,
the strongest complaints about environmental quality were directed at
a. social democracies like Sweden and Denmark.
b. capitalist countries in North America, not Europe.
c. Eastern bloc countries such as Poland and the Soviet Union.
d. countries in the southern hemisphere, like Brazil and South Africa.
Which of the following is a sign of assimilation?
A) A family of immigrants hanging their native home flag in front of their house
B) A family of immigrants sending their children to an English-only school
C) A family of immigrants refusing to learn to speak English
D) A family leaving America
Which political point of view takes an optimistic view that society is able to recognize environmental problems and take action to solve them?
a. conservative
b. liberal
c. radical right
d. radical left
Anti-immigrant backlash most often results from immigrants __________.
A) competing for relative advantage with other minorities and poor Whites
B) being more likely than the rest of the population to own businesses
C) being widely dispersed across the population
D) generally having better paying jobs than other people.
Several dozen species of plants and animals cease to exist every day. This trend is referred to as
a. the demise of the ecosystem.
b. declining biodiversity.
c. ecological Armageddon.
d. ethnographic doomsday.
A social-conflict theorist who takes a Marxist class-conflict position is likely to agree with which of the following statements?
a. The hierarchical organization of the United States gives control over our society to the greatest number of people.
b. Most of the harm done to the natural environment is directed at people living in overdeveloped nations.
c. Most of the planet's people live in poor societies and will never raise their living standards under the current capitalist world economy.
d. Corporate executives who order the release of pollutants or toxic waste are usually held personally accountable for their actions.
Which of the following statements is a true effect of declining biodiversity?
a. The Earth's biodiversity plays a major role in feeding the world's people.
b. Medical and pharmaceutical researchers will be able to bank DNA from extinct species.
c. Fewer species mean fewer animals exhaling CO2, thus preventing global warming.
d. We must improve conditions for endangered animals so that they can breed in captivity, otherwise we will lose part of the beauty and complexity of our natural environment.
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