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Population Growth and Urbanization
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1 .       The United States achieved zero population growth (ZPG) when the birthrate dropped below replacement level in the 1970s. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       The crude death rate refers to the total number of deaths in a society for every one thousand people. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       The industrial stage is characterized by a decline in the deathrate and a declining birthrate. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       Less than three-fourths of the population of the United Sates live in urban areas today. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       By the 1970s, 70% of the population both lived and worked in the suburbs. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       The interactionist perspective posits that population and urban problems are due to the inequitable distribution of resources in society. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       The biotechnology revolution of the late twentieth century focuses on growing larger crops from the same amount of land. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       Of the twenty largest cities in the United States, seven have lost population since World War II. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       The larger the city, the higher its crime rate is likely to be. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       Zero population growth refers to a trend for death rates that are much higher than birth rates. [Hint]

 
 






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