GLST Midterm Exam Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
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GLST Midterm Exam Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
What was the approximate human population about 2000 years ago? -
Answer️️ -300 million
What is the expected human population in the year 2050 (according to UN
estimates)? - Answer️️ -9.7 billion
When looking at population growth sin...
GLST Midterm Exam Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
What was the approximate human population about 2000 years ago? -
Answer✔️✔️-300 million
What is the expected human population in the year 2050 (according to UN
estimates)? - Answer✔️✔️-9.7 billion
When looking at population growth since the middle of the 20th century,
most of the global population growth has occurred in which place(s)? -
Answer✔️✔️-in less developed countries
Jacey Reese offers the following rebuttal to the argument that the world has
been improving - Answer✔️✔️-the arguments do not take into consideration
the negative experiences of nonhuman animals
What characterizes the academic discipline of Global Studies? -
Answer✔️✔️-it is both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary
World population grows at a rate of approximately _________ -
Answer✔️✔️-1.08 percent
Population growth between the years 0 and 1,000 (in the first millennium)
was rapid. - Answer✔️✔️-False
The prediction that population increase will outstrip food production is
known as - Answer✔️✔️-Malthusian Dilemma
In the PBS Newshour Clip (2011) "Food For 9 Billion: Turning the Tide in
the Philippines" all of the following problems were discussed, EXCEPT -
Answer✔️✔️-soil degradation due to overfarming
According to Godin and Martin (2019) in "'No Help is Coming...," women
in Malawi are disproportionately affected by climate change. Issues include
all of the following, EXCEPT - Answer✔️✔️-Poorer farming opportunities
According to Godin and Martin (2019) in "'No Help is Coming...," what
problem re-occurred in early March 2019? - Answer✔️✔️-Devastating floods
swept the city
According to the PBS Newshour (2011) "In Brazil Women's Changing
Roles...," what is the wealth distribution in Brazil? - Answer✔️✔️-Despite
economic growth, Brazil remains a very unequal society
According to the PBS Newshour video (2012) "Food For 9 Billion Turning
the Tide in the Philippines", the Catholic Church has decided to approve
the dissemination of artificial birth control methods through foundations
like the "Path Foundation." - Answer✔️✔️-False
According to the PBS Newshour video (2012) "Food for 9 Billion: Turning
Population Tide in the Philippines," the observed trends for population in
the Philippines are best described as: - Answer✔️✔️-All of the above
According to Melissa Godin and Martin (2019) in "'No Help is Coming...,"
how many people were living with HIV in 2016? - Answer✔️✔️-1 million
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