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Discuss the contradictions between the desire of capitalists to make a profit anywhere, and their claim to be loyal (patriotic) to their national states.

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The Portuguese circumnavigated Africa in order to

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A)   reinforce Venetian control over the spice trade
B)   develop the techniques of ocean-going navigation
C)   find a route to the East Indies that could be used to import spices
D)   obtain valuable raw materials from Africa

Question 3

Capitalism became the predominant mode of production in a world-system

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A)   when capitalist states existed in the semiperiphery
B)   when capitalism became industrialized
C)   when merchant capitalism existed in Italy
D)   when capitalist states emerged in the core

Question 4

Describe the waves of European colonial expansion and decolonization.

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The logic of accumulation based on taxation and tribute-taking got weaker when core states emerged that were under the control of capitalists.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The interstate system is functional for capital because:

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A)   it encourages self-reliance
B)   it allows capital to escape efforts to regulate it
C)   it promotes patriotism
D)   it prevents people from identifying with humanity as a whole

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Discuss the long-run evolutionary process in which state power held by capitalists moved from the semiperiphery to the core.

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Peripheral capitalism is

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A)   mostly a waste of the labor time of poor people in the global south
B)   Functional and necessary for core capitalism
C)   A type of production that uses coerced labor
D)   Small business
E)   b and c

Question 9

After 1800 the three core regions of the Central System Europe, West Asia and South Asia became integrated into a single integrated core.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following are characteristics unique to the modern world-system

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A)   the increase in the rate of scientific innovation
B)   the increase in the numbers of wars
C)   the increased happiness of people
D)   the increase in the morality of people

Question 11

Discuss the idea in Chapter 13 that the balance between coercion and consensus has shifted toward consensus in the transition from tributary to a capitalist world-system. Describe the changes that seem to indicate such a shift.

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In Chapter 13, the idea is discussed tha...

Question 12

Most sociologists treat the political development of nation-states as if they existed independently of each other.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Before the rise of the modern system state power was always used to support accumulation based on taxation and tribute.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Discuss the changes in the patterns of rise and fall that have occurred with the emergence of the capitalist world-system.

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The emergence of the capitalist world-system has brought about significant changes in the patterns of rise and fall. In the pre-capitalist world, power and wealth were often concentrated in the hands of a few ruling elites, and the rise and fall of empires and dynasties were common occurrences. However, with the spread of capitalism, the dynamics of power and wealth have shifted.

One of the key changes in the patterns of rise and fall is the rise of nation-states as the primary political units in the capitalist world-system. This has led to the decline of empires and the emergence of a more decentralized global political order. Additionally, the rise of capitalism has led to the growth of a global market economy, which has reshaped the patterns of economic rise and fall. Instead of empires and dynasties, it is now multinational corporations and global economic powers that rise and fall in the capitalist world-system.

Furthermore, the emergence of capitalism has also led to changes in the patterns of social and cultural rise and fall. The spread of capitalist values and ideologies has led to the decline of traditional social structures and the rise of new social and cultural movements. This has resulted in the rise of new centers of cultural and intellectual power, as well as the decline of traditional cultural and religious institutions.

Overall, the emergence of the capitalist world-system has brought about significant changes in the patterns of rise and fall, shifting power dynamics from traditional empires and ruling elites to nation-states and global economic powers. These changes have also reshaped the patterns of social and cultural rise and fall, leading to the emergence of new centers of power and the decline of traditional institutions.

Question 15

Decolonization has eliminated the core/periphery hierarchy.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 16

Discuss the similarities and differences between the modern system and earlier systems as described in Chapter 13.

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In Chapter 13, the modern system is desc...

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Neocolonialism is

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A)   The recent establishment of colonies
B)   Plans to terraform Mars
C)   Institutions that allow core states to exploit and dominate the periphery without formal colonialism
D)   a new religion based in Southern California
E)   a notion propagated by fundamentalists

Question 18

The processes of semiperipheral development takes the following form(s) :

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A)   Semiperipheral world regions
B)   Semiperipheral marcher chiefdom
C)   Semiperipheral marcher states
D)   Semiperipheral capitalist city-states
E)   Semiperipheral modern statesF)  All of the above F

Question 19

Discuss the ways in which the predominant pattern of imperialism has changed with the emergence of a capitalist world-system.

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Imperialism has evolved significantly wi...

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Capitalists are likely to favor the establishment of an effective world state

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A) True 
 B)False

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