soc 101 final Flashcards
who has the highest infant mortality rate among all first world nations?
the US
who is the ONLY first world nation w/o an all-inclusive, single-payer, national health care insurance system available to all citizens?
the US
what is the primary cause of global population growth world-wide?
decline in mortality
movement into or out of a given area in order to change residence
migration
the total # of immigrants minus the total # of emigrants
net # of migrants
net # of migrants per 1,000 people in a population in a given year
crude net migration
whats the #1 contributing factor to increase of the US population?
legal immigration
whats the US fertility rate?
1.66 births per women
whats the Malthusian Perspective?
population growth-if left unchecked-will doom us all
what was Malthus’s argument?
eventually, population will exceed available food supply
population grows…
GEOMETRICALLY (2,4,6,8…)
food supply grows…
ARITHMETICALLY (1,2,3,4…)
what were malthusians checks to population growth?
positive & preventative checks
famine
disease
war
positive checks
postponement of marriage
sexual abstinence
preventative checks
