Sociology Vocabulary Crossword

a couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit. (2 words)
closely related people of several generations (2 words)
the study of the interaction between society and the natural environment, including the social causes and consequences of environmental problems (2 words)
change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades (2 words)
release of harmful materials into the environment
refers to the idea that, while people may be aware of the necessity of some unpleasant realities, such as prisons, landfills, or chemical plants, they insist theses place be located away from where they live
patterns of development that expose poor people, especially minorities, to environmental hazards (2 words)
the collective of nongovernmental organizations engaged in activism related to the issues of climate change (3 words)
discarded electronic equipment such as computers, cell phones, television sets, etc.
the pumping of water at high pressure to break apart rocks in order to release natural gas
the scientific study of population characteristics.
the average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country (2 words)
the number of males per 100 females in the population. (2 words)
number of deaths from a disease in relation to the population in a given time (2 words)
largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support (2 words)
the area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their environment. (2 words)
someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border (3 words)
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee (2 words)
an increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.
working and middle-class white people move away from racial-minority suburbs or inner-city neighborhoods to white suburbs and exurbs (2 words)
a process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-occupied area.
a very large, heavily populated city or urban complex.
a large city; the chief city of an area
communities that arise farther out than the suburbs and are typically populated by residents of high socioeconomic status
Residential areas surrounding a city. Shops and businesses moved to suburbia as well as people.