In a country with a large population, such as India, even if every woman had only two children, the population would continue to grow for some time. This phenomenon is called ____.
a. population drift
b. population equilibrium
c. demographic resistance
d. demographic transition
e. population momentum
Question 2The term for the practice of judging others by one's own cultural standards is ____.
a. racism
b. cultural relativism
c. self-fulfilling prophecy
d. ethnocentrism
e. ethnography
Question 3What do demographers predict about the future of world population growth?
a. Population growth will continue to grow at a rapid rate until a crisis halts it.
b. Population growth will continue to grow, but at a much slower rate.
c. The rate of population growth will likely drop to zero by the end of this century.
d. The world's population will begin to decline by 2025.
e. There are no predicted changes in the rate of global population growth.
Question 4Which of the following is generally true of ethnic minorities?
a. Ethnic minorities are not discriminated against on the basis of cultural differences.
b. A society's attitudes toward ethnic groups remain fairly constant over time.
c. The majority often uses the cultural differences of ethnic minorities as indications of inferiority.
d. The belief that ethnic groups are inferior has almost been eradicated by educational programs in large cities.
e. The inferiority of some ethnic minorities has been proven.
Question 5When deaths are balanced by births so that the population does not increase, a country has achieved ____.
a. zero population growth
b. exponential suspension
c. population equilibrium
d. the fecundity level
e. demographic transition
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