GLST Midterm Exam Questions and Answers (100% Pass)

GLST Midterm Exam Questions and Answers (100% Pass) What was the approximate human population about 2000 years ago? - Answer️️ -300 million What is the expected human population in the year 2050 (according to UN estimates)? - Answer️️ -9.7 billion When looking at population growth since the middle of the 20th century, most of the global population growth has occurred in which place(s)? - Answer️️ -in less developed countries Jacey Reese offers the following rebuttal to the argument that the world has been improving - Answer️️ -the arguments do not take into consideration the negative experiences of nonhuman animals What characterizes the academic discipline of Global Studies? - Answer️️ -it is both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary World population grows at a rate of approximately _________ - Answer️️ -1.08 percent Population growth between the years 0 and 1,000 (in the first millennium) was rapid. - Answer️️ -False The prediction that population increase will outstrip food production is known as - Answer️️ -Malthusian Dilemma ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Sunday, August 25, 2024 2:42 PM 2 In the PBS Newshour Clip (2011) "Food For 9 Billion: Turning the Tide in the Philippines" all of the following problems were discussed, EXCEPT - Answer️️ -soil degradation due to overfarming According to Godin and Martin (2019) in "'No Help is Coming...," women in Malawi are disproportionately affected by climate change. Issues include all of the following, EXCEPT - Answer️️ -Poorer farming opportunities According to Godin and Martin (2019) in "'No Help is Coming...," what problem re-occurred in early March 2019? - Answer️️ -Devastating floods swept the city According to the PBS Newshour (2011) "In Brazil Women's Changing Roles...," what is the wealth distribution in Brazil? - Answer️️ -Despite economic growth, Brazil remains a very unequal society According to the PBS Newshour video (2012) "Food For 9 Billion Turning the Tide in the Philippines", the Catholic Church has decided to approve the dissemination of artificial birth control methods through foundations like the "Path Foundation." - Answer️️ -False According to the PBS Newshour video (2012) "Food for 9 Billion: Turning Population Tide in the Philippines," the observed trends for population in the Philippines are best described as: - Answer️️ -All of the above According to Melissa Godin and Martin (2019) in "'No Help is Coming...," how many people were living with HIV in 2016? - Answer️️ -1 million ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Sunday, August 25, 2024 2:42 PM 3 In the Foreign Policy article "And Now for Some Good News," what examples of positive developments does Rothkopf cite? - Answer️️ -All of the above According to the PBS Newshour video (2011) "In Brazil Women's Changing Roles...," the church worries that the trends in Brazil's fertility rates will not only bring spiritual unbalance, but also economic imbalance in the future. - Answer️️ -True According to the PBS Newshour video (2011), "In Brazil Women's Changing Roles...," what has been the trend in terms of Brazil's population? - Answer️️ -catholic church resists birth control policies and large percent of women use some form of artifical birth control According to the PBS Newshour video (2011) "In Brazil Women's Changing Roles...," the observed decreasing trend in fertility rates for Brazil is attributed to the propagation of traditional family values by TV soap operas or "novelas" - Answer️️ -True According to Godin and Martin (2019) in "'No Help is C