Which of the following is an accurate statement about global cities ?

A. Global cities are major urban centers of commerce on which corporations rely.
B. Global cities are characterized by centralized manufacturing and production activities.
C. Global cities result from decentralized managerial and financial operations.
D. Global cities result from changes in world population

Which of the following is an accurate statement about segregation ?

A. Segregation in always an involuntary process
B. Segregation is the encroachment by one group on an area occupied by another group
C. Segregation can be prevented by the practice of redlining
D. Segregation is the process by which natural areas are formed by the clustering of individuals or groups on the basis of common traits or activities

Which theoretical perspective defines the ecological environment as an ecosystem exhibiting a tendency toward equilibrium ?

A. The interactionist perspective
B. The conflict perspective
C. The relativist perspective
D. The functionalist perspective

Which of these can sociology not help us with ?

A. Predicting likely weather patterns in the future
B. Understanding how human societies put pressure on the environment
C. Understanding how environmental problems are distributed
D. Evaluating policies for tackling environmental problems

How are genetically modified foods different from previous techniques ?

A. The genes used cannot spread into the wider environment
B. They involve transplanting genes from one organism to another
C. We can say with certainty that they are risk-free
D. They have been accepted by consumers in all countries

In which type of city does religion become fragmented and there is greater openness to new religious faiths ?

A. Preindustrial city
B. Industrial city
C. Postindustrial city
D. Edge cities

Robert Park and Ernest Burgess are associated with________________?

A. The functionalist perspective
B. The conflict perspective
C. The linear-development model
D. Urban ecology

Which group of sociologists note that developers’ bankers and other powerful real estate interests view housing as an investment and are primarily concerned with maximizing profit not with solving social problems?

A. Urban ecologists
B. New urban sociologist
C. Functionalists
D. Human ecologists

The crude birth rate______________?

A. Is the annual number of live births per 1000-woman age 15-44?
B. Is the potential number of children that could be born if every woman of childbearing age bore all the children she possibly could?
C. Is the number of live births per 1000 members of a population in a given year
D. Enables researchers to see important difference among races. ethnic groups, classes, age groups, and other categories with in the population

The ____ is the increase or decrease that results from immigration or emigration per 1000 member of the population in a given year ?

A. Emigration rate
B. Growth rate
C. Immigration rate
D. Net migration rate