Chapter 8
Educating women, poverty, and government policy all have an effect on this.
What is population growth?
Types of these include biological, social, chemical and physical. They are factors that threaten or harm human health.
What are hazards?
This term describes the shift of a population from the countryside to the city.
What is urbanization?
This major event in human history signified a change in the way people lived and worked. It also changed the way the population was growing.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This popstar has famously dated a Jonas brother, a much older actor, and most recently, a Super Bowl winner.
Who is Taylor Swift?
Regions of the world with larger populations tend to have a _________ share of the global wealth.
What is a larger share?
This type of disease is one that has recently appeared in the human population for the first time.
What is an emerging disease?
This practice is an attempt to design cities in a way that maximizes their beauty, efficiency, and sustainability.
What is city planning?
This organization responds to the threat of emerging disease in the United States
What is the CDC or Center for Disease Control?
This actor most recently played Santa in an overrated Christmas movie. He is married to Goldie Hawn and is hated by Ms. Lowden.
Who is Kurt Russel?
This type of fertility keeps the population size relatively stable.
What is replacement fertility?
This organization responds to threats of emerging disease on a global level.
What is the World Health Organization (or WHO)?
The large amount of concrete and asphalt in a city, combined with a lack of open space and shade trees can cause this phenomenon.
What is a heat island?
Farming technology, medical technology, and heating/air conditioning have increased this ability of the environment to support more people.
What is carrying capacity?
This country has proudly chosen the unicorn as its national animal.
What is Scotland?
An age pyramid describing a rapidly growing population could be described as this shape.
What is an inverted triangle?
These chemicals are known to cause cancer.
What are carcinogens?
This term relates to the spread of a population outward from an urban center.
What is sprawl?
New York's Subway system, DC's metro system, and the high speed trains available in Europe are all examples of this strategy for sustainability.
What is mass transit?
North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm are all her children.
Who is Kim Kardashian?
The number of people who can be supported by the resources in the environment.
What is carrying capacity?
This oil tanker spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the ocean, in one of the biggest oil spills in history.
What is the Exxon Valdez?
This tenant of Smart Growth suggests building in this way to prevent sprawl and inefficient land use.
What is building up, not out?
This term describes how property is being developed in a given area.
What is land use?
Elizabeth Bennet is in love with this person in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Who is Mr. Darcy?