Miscellaneous Economics Mcqs

A. overpopulation and urban life
B. agriculture and horticulture
C. fishing and mining
D. low population growth and low density

A. It will have to become politicized
B. The smog will have to increase
C. Acid rain will have to destroy our crops
D. Cultural values will have to change

A. the way inanimate objects are placed into the natural system
B. a systematic application of the economy
C. the way living things interact and interrelate with each other and their environments
D. what Hobbes called the “state of nature”

A. means that the number of births equals the number of deaths in country in any given year
B. signifies that the deaths exceed the births
C. is the term used when there are no births in any given year in a specific county
D. means that population stop growing because of an epidemic such as the Black Death or AIDS

A. defined as the number of deaths per 1000 people per country per year
B. the rate at which infants survive past their first year
C. deaths of infants before they are one year old
D. the rate a which the elderly die in any given year

A. New York
B. Africa
C. Pacific Islands
D. Eurasia

A. a dramatic increase in population
B. a visible decrease in population
C. the systematic migration of populations to different areas
D. a return to an agrarian way of life

A. traditional values
B. government subsidies for large families
C. low infant mortality
D. women’s rights

A. infinite
B. finite
C. ready to support many more billions of people
D. dispensable

A. constant increase
B. environmental depletion
C. environmental pollution
D. price stability