Sociology Mcqs

A. reliance on animal power as a source of energy
B. the high levels of surplus produced by the agricultural sector
C. the ease of migration to the city
D. all of the above

A. Pre-transition stage
B. transition stage
C. post transition stage
D. initiation stage

A. high birthrates and death rates
B. high birthrates and low death rates
C. low birthrates and high death rates
D. low birthrates and low death rates

A. they are produced by techniques of cross-breeding
B. they are capable of drastically improving agricultural yields
C. they involve transplanting genes between different organisms
D. they have become front-page stories in the news everyday

A. the media
B. fossil fuel corporations
C. academic climate change researchers
D. countries such as the Maldives at risk of rising sea levels

A. single-occupancy light truck
B. high-occupancy city bus
C. long-haul aero plane
D. high-speed coal-fired train

A. environmental protection and economic growth are incompatible aims
B. environmental protection cannot be achieved without high tech solutions
C. an ecological form of economic growth is possible
D. consumer demand and market mechanisms can bring about ecologically benign outcomes

A. global warming is simply another term for the greenhouse effect
B. global warming is a problem caused mainly by unregulated industrialization in the develog countries
C. global warming is the rise in average temperature at Earth’s surface
D. global warming is an entirely natural phenomenon

A. critical realism
B. social constructionism
C. structural Marxism
D. ecofeminism

A. Karl Marx
B. Emile Durkheim
C. Max Weber
D. None of these