Elites in poor nations are often opposed to population control programs because:
a. Such programs often run contrary to religion.
b. Elites believe that their own chances of economic success are best with a very large family.
c. Elites fear the social unrest that could result from attempts to force the poor to control their population.
d. They suspect that wealthy nations promote population control in poor nations for their own self-interest.
e. They believe their continued prosperity rests upon the fact that the poor of their nation remain poor because they have large families.
Question 2
In her study of China's one-child policy, Anthropologist Susan Greenhalgh worries that:
a. The policy might not be sufficient to prevent China's population from increasing rapidly.
b. Chinese children will be very smart but very self-centered and, as adults, will not make very sophisticated leaders.
c. The policy is not very effective because it is rarely enforced.
d. China's rural families might not have sufficient workers to generate adequate levels of agricultural production.
e. The high number of abortions required by the policy will have a devastating emotional effect on Chinese women.
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