Question 1

Jared Diamond's explanation of the collapse of Rwandan society:

Accepted Answer

A)  focuses on ethnic rivalries that remain in Rwanda 
B)  emphasizes cultural and political explanations and minimizes environmental factors 
C)  emphasizes environmental factors and minimizes political and cultural factors 
D)  focuses on political instability 
A)  focuses on ethnic rivalries that remain in Rwanda 
B)  emphasizes cultural and political explanations and minimizes environmental factors 
C)  emphasizes environmental factors and minimizes political and cultural factors 
D)  focuses on political instability

Question 2

According to the text, one of the next steps in the technology race is:

Accepted Answer

A)  time 
B)  compression of space and time 
C)  nanotechnology 
D)  microtechnology 
A)  time 
B)  compression of space and time 
C)  nanotechnology 
D)  microtechnology

Question 3

As a result of globalization, humans now face risks created by the effects of their own knowledge and technology on the natural world, or:

Accepted Answer

A)  external risk 
B)  manufactured risk 
C)  natural risk 
D)  hyperrisk 
A)  external risk 
B)  manufactured risk 
C)  natural risk 
D)  hyperrisk

Question 4

Sociologists who see an agenda in the spread of Western-made films and television programs that promote the West's political, social, and economic interests call this process:

Accepted Answer

A)  hyperglobalization 
B)  cultural imperialism 
C)  Westernization 
D)  differentiation 
A)  hyperglobalization 
B)  cultural imperialism 
C)  Westernization 
D)  differentiation

Jared Diamond's explanation of the collapse of Rwandan society:

According to the text, one of the next steps in the technology race is:

As a result of globalization, humans now face risks created by the effects of their own knowledge and technology on the natural world, or:

Sociologists who see an agenda in the spread of Western-made films and television programs that promote the West's political, social, and economic interests call this process:

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Global Inequality

Gender Inequality

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Aging

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Exam 20: Globalization in a Changing World

Jared Diamond's explanation of the collapse of Rwandan society:

According to the text, one of the next steps in the technology race is:

As a result of globalization, humans now face risks created by the effects of their own knowledge and technology on the natural world, or:

Sociologists who see an agenda in the spread of Western-made films and television programs that promote the West's political, social, and economic interests call this process:

What Is Sociology

Asking and Answering Sociological Questions

Culture and Society

Socialization and the Life Course

Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

Groups, Networks, and Organizations

Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Stratification, Class, and Inequality

Global Inequality

Gender Inequality

Ethnicity and Race

Aging

Government, Political Power, and Social Movements

Work and Economic Life

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education

Religion in Modern Society

The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality

Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Filters