SOC 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Central Place Theory, The Population Bomb, Basel Convention
4 May 2018
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Study Guide for SOC248 Exam 3
Chapter 10: Population and Health
Patterns in population growth
The Population Bomb debate (Napoleon, Malthus, Marx, Ehrlich)
Demographic Transition Theory
Perspectives on population control (early feminists, fertility revolution, Vatican and Islamic states)
Chia’s Oe-Child Policy (how has it been misunderstood, unintended consequences of the policy, changes in 2015)
First and second great waves of migration (who migrated, to where, and what were the consequences?)
Is migration a source of competition or prosperity?
Why has the birth rate dropped in the US since 2007?
Why is Russia one of the fastest shrinking countries? What is the government doing about it?
How does the age structure affect socioeconomic and political issues?
Population pyramid
How does globalization contribute to improved health and poorer health at the same time?
Why does the US lag behind Japan and Northern Europe in life expectancy?
Why are blacks disproportionately affected by HIV in the US?
Structural violence (Castro & Farmer reading)
Anti-Prostitution pledge and TRIPS
How do IMF structural adjustment policies relate to HIV risk? (DeViglio & Birbeck reading)
Chapter 9: Urbanization
Is urbanization a ladder or a trap?
Global patterns in urbanization
What kinds of demographic changes cause urbanization?
What kinds of opportunities cause urbanization?
Can cities fulfill their promises? (the negatives of urbanization)
Readig uestios fo Kae’s hapte o uaizatio i the Philippines
How do cities relate to economic development? (central place theory vs. urban bias/hyperurbanization)
How do cities change social life? (Durkheim and Simmel vs. Gans and Abrahamson)
Roet Pak’s theo of uaization (Ad what’s wog with his theory?)
Chapter 11: Energy Use
Why is global energy consumption increasing?
Where is energy consumption growing faster - developed or developing countries? Which countries are in the lead?
In general, what are the problems associated with using wood as an energy source? What are the solutions?
Specifically in Malawi, what are the problems associated with using wood as an energy source? What is the solution?
What are the problems associated with using coal as an energy source?
What are the problems associated with using oil as an energy source?
Chad-Cameroon Pipeline (expectations vs. realities, compensation, stakeholders)
Whih out is the wold’s lagest osue of oil?
Chapter 12: Ecology
How are consumption (oil, coltan, hamburger, electronics) and production (agribusiness, e-waste, industrial pollution)
practices in the US related to inequality at home and/or abroad?
How is the global food regime both efficient and inefficient at the same time?
Is there enough food to feed the world? Why do people starve?
What is the hamburger connection? Wh did Bazil iease its eef epots so apidl? Kaiowitz eadig
What is toxic colonialism? Why has it increased in recent years? Has the Basel Convention helped?
Obstacles to the provision of clean water in urban Kenya
What has been the solution to the water problem in urban Kenya? What are the pros and cons of that solution?
What has been the solution to the water problem in Dhaka?
Obstacles to social change
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Document Summary
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