SOC 450 Knowledge Check Quiz 2
Question 1
1. One reason people do not get enough to eat in a country is because:
Its infrastructure system is in excellent condition.
There is little or no civil strife among its people.
Some crops are often grown for export, leaving little to consume inter...
1. One reason people do not get enough to eat in a country is because:
Its infrastructure system is in excellent condition.
There is little or no civil strife among its people.
Some crops are often grown for export, leaving little to consume internally.
The government does not discriminate in food allocation based on tribe or
ethnicity.
10 points
Question 2
1. At the present rate of economic growth in the developed world, what can we expect for
the future?
A decrease in the availability of freshwater will make irrigation more limited.
Major grain-producing areas will find new sources of freshwater for irrigation.
Less fossil fuels will be used because of the increase of nuclear energy.
New sources of food and energy production will make climate change less of an
issue.
10 points
Question 3
, 1. We can expect all of these in the future, except:
a sustained increase in the prices of commodities.
a growth in global greenhouse gas emissions.
a decrease in the use of coal as an energy source.
a long-term decline of soil quality.
10 points
Question 4
1. Current United Nations models of global population growth and food production lead to
the prediction that:
the problem of limited natural resources will be resolved to the point where these
resources will be produced in abundance.
the upward trend of global warming will be reduced by eliminating greenhouse
gases.
a cooling trend of the oceans will make their ecosystems productive for the world’s
fishing industries again.
an increase in the general GDP of the world’s states will place additional pressure
on the demand for natural resources.
10 points
Question 5
1. The market-driven approach to economics holds that:
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