Question 1

According to world systems analysis, poor and developing nations are

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A)   at the core.
B)   on the periphery.
C)   on the semiperiphery.
D)   on the marginality.

Question 2

Multinational corporations have established "global offices" as well as global factories in nations all over the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Over 2.5 billion people worldwide are living on less than $2 a day.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The federal bailouts of the banking and auto industries can be considered

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A)   unemployment.
B)   corporate welfare.
C)   welfare reform.
D)   None of these answers is correct.

Question 5

Through the establishment of the Pan-Cordillera Women's Network for Peace and Development in the Philippines, which of the following have the women volunteers accomplished?

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A)   negotiated thousands of peace pacts among indigenous peoples
B)   reduced incidences of infanticide by half
C)   provided microfinancing for the majority of small farmers
D)   largely ended incidences of extreme poverty

Question 6

Discuss how stratification within the United States compares with stratification in other nations. What factors appear to be consistent within all nations?

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Question 7

Which of the following statements about the patterns of intergenerational mobility in industrial nations is true?

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A)   Structural factors influence opportunities for social mobility.
B)   Immigration does not play a significant part in mobility patterns.
C)   There is consistent migration from urban to rural areas.
D)   Most women resist mobility.

Question 8

Modernization theory-as an explanation of global inequality-falls under which sociological perspective?

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A)   functionalist
B)   conflict
C)   interactionist
D)   feminist

Question 9

Which perspective would study how "welfare scapegoating" ignored federal handouts to individuals and families?

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A)   functionalist
B)   interactionist
C)   conflict
D)   feminist

Question 10

Explain why the processes of modernization in developing countries have often had a negative impact on the well-being of women and their levels of social mobility.

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The processes of modernization in develo...

Question 11

According to world systems analysis, the United States, Japan, and Germany are all core nations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Explain why terms such as modernization and developed have an ethnocentric bias.

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Terms such as modernization and develope...

Question 13

In order for the Millennium Project to succeed, United Nations planners estimated that the industrialized nations must each set aside how much aid for developing countries?

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A)   2.15 percent of gross national income
B)   1 percent of gross national product
C)   0.45 percent of gross national product
D)   0.51 percent of gross national income

Question 14

In which of the following countries does the top quintile of the citizenry receive 59 percent of the country's total income, while the bottom quintile receive only 3 percent of total income?

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A)   United States
B)   Japan
C)   Brazil
D)   Mexico

Question 15

Conflict theorists conclude that, on the whole, multinational corporations have a positive social impact on workers in both industrialized and developing nations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Current modernization studies generally take a(n)  ________ approach, which focuses on how societies are moving closer together.

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A)   conflict
B)   interactionist
C)   dramaturgical
D)   convergence

Question 17

According to a study by the International Monetary Fund, the division between core and periphery nations has changed significantly over the last 100 years.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Modernization refers to the

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A)   elimination of old housing and its replacement with modern skyscrapers.
B)   process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.
C)   colonial domination of Third World nations by Western powers.
D)   process of development that, at this time, has occurred only in core nations such as England, France, Japan, and the U.S.

Question 19

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, passed by Congress in 1996, ended the guarantee of assistance to

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A)   registered Democrats.
B)   every poor family that meets eligibility requirements.
C)   every poor family regardless of whether they meet eligibility requirements.
D)   every family in the U.S.

Question 20

Sociologists are quick to note that terms such as modernization and development contain a(n)  ________ bias.

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A)   economic
B)   class
C)   ethnocentric
D)   scientific

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