Which of these countries is described as having reached zero population growth?
Correct answer A. The United States
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Miscellaneous Economics MCQs
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How are many children regarded in Africa?
Correct answer C. Social security for the future of the parents
What is the strongest urge felt by all living creatures?
Correct answer B. Reproduce themselves
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How can population density be defined?
Correct answer B. The number of people to a land area
Which statement about the crude birth rate is correct?
Correct answer A. An important demographic concept
Which methods of limiting births did Malthus recommend?
Correct answer D. All of the above
What is meant by the natural environment?
Correct answer B. The totality of natural conditions and resources that occur in a specific area
Which parts of the environment are affected by pollution?
Correct answer D. All of the above
What does the term environmental depletion mean?
Correct answer A. Natural resources are decreasing as demand for them increases
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What does the discipline of ecology study?
Correct answer C. The way living things relate and adjust to each other in a common habitat
Which are the largest statistical areas used in the United States?
Correct answer D. CMSAs
What is the most important product of the social way of life?
Correct answer D. Culture
Which component of culture is regarded as central to human life?
Correct answer A. The normative
What did the anthropologist George Murdock believe about the family?
Correct answer C. Has functions fundamental to human life
In which type of society does the nuclear form of the family commonly appear?
Correct answer A. Industrial societies
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Which of the following best defines marriage?
Correct answer B. A union recognised as legal by a society
In a small number of cultures a woman may have several husbands at the same time. What is this custom called?
Correct answer C. Polyandry
How do social scientists explain the incest taboo?
Correct answer C. Way of reducing family conflict
In which area does the family still exert influence today?
Correct answer C. Attitudes on politics
What is the term for marrying someone who has similar characteristics to oneself?
Correct answer A. Homogamy