Question 1

Which of the following is true of the agricultural revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) It decreased human productivity over that of earlier hunting, gathering, and pastoral societies. 
B) It was spurred by the development of innovations such as mass production and scientific management. 
C) The majority of people in agricultural societies produced surplus crops. 
D) The economic role of merchants emerged. 
A) It decreased human productivity over that of earlier hunting, gathering, and pastoral societies. 
B) It was spurred by the development of innovations such as mass production and scientific management. 
C) The majority of people in agricultural societies produced surplus crops. 
D) The economic role of merchants emerged. D

Question 2

Explore the relationship between the growth of the service sector in the United States and its impact on the social class structure.Include discussion of the upper class, middle class, working class, and very poor.

Accepted Answer

Varies.Middle class is shrinking.Upper service sector class is becoming more and more concentrated.Low-wage service sector work growing.

Question 3

Which term often describes low-cost foreign labor?

Accepted Answer

A) outsourcing 
B) post-Fordism 
C) globalization 
D) knowledge workers 
A) outsourcing 
B) post-Fordism 
C) globalization 
D) knowledge workers A

Question 4

Ciara has been offered an entry-level position in marketing.She tries to negotiate her salary, but is in a weak bargaining position due to the large number of qualified applications.Her situation reflects which of the following concepts?

Accepted Answer

A) mass production 
B) industrialization 
C) scientific management 
D) reserve army of labor 
A) mass production 
B) industrialization 
C) scientific management 
D) reserve army of labor

Question 5

Unionization slowed down after the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Arlie Russell Hochschild used the term ______ to describe the commodification of emotions.

Accepted Answer

A) emotional labor 
B) the future of work 
C) the service industry 
D) the technological revolution 
A) emotional labor 
B) the future of work 
C) the service industry 
D) the technological revolution

Question 7

Which of the following is true of work?

Accepted Answer

A) It excludes paid labor in the factory or office. 
B) It excludes unpaid labor at home. 
C) It includes volunteer work in the community. 
D) It includes hobbies pursued purely for personal pleasure. 
A) It excludes paid labor in the factory or office. 
B) It excludes unpaid labor at home. 
C) It includes volunteer work in the community. 
D) It includes hobbies pursued purely for personal pleasure.

Question 8

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the economic system of socialism.

Accepted Answer

Successful in eliminating extreme povert

Question 9

Which of the following refers to when companies seek to maximize profits by chasing opportunities to locate wherever conditions are most likely to result in the lowest costs?

Accepted Answer

A) race to the bottom 
B) globalization 
C) deep integration 
D) short integration 
A) race to the bottom 
B) globalization 
C) deep integration 
D) short integration

Question 10

What is the largest remaining socialist country in the world today?

Accepted Answer

A) India 
B) Russia 
C) South Africa 
D) China 
A) India 
B) Russia 
C) South Africa 
D) China

Question 11

Who introduced modern mass production and the use of assembly lines in the early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

A) Henry Ford 
B) Frederick Taylor 
C) Karl Marx 
D) George Ritzer 
A) Henry Ford 
B) Frederick Taylor 
C) Karl Marx 
D) George Ritzer

Question 12

Explain the difference between the public sector and the private sector in a capitalist country.

Accepted Answer

In capitalist countries, the labor marke

Question 13

Which of the following is true of corporate executive salaries?

Accepted Answer

A) Globalization has had some negative effects on earnings for corporate executives. 
B) Corporate executive salaries have skyrocketed. 
C) Median CEO pay increased slightly during the recession. 
D) Median CEO pay has declined somewhat in the postcrisis period. 
A) Globalization has had some negative effects on earnings for corporate executives. 
B) Corporate executive salaries have skyrocketed. 
C) Median CEO pay increased slightly during the recession. 
D) Median CEO pay has declined somewhat in the postcrisis period.

Question 14

Which of the following is considered a good?

Accepted Answer

A) productive industries 
B) mass production 
C) an automobile 
D) Fordism 
A) productive industries 
B) mass production 
C) an automobile 
D) Fordism

Question 15

Which of the following is not characteristic of postindustrial economies?

Accepted Answer

A) increasing numbers of low-wage, part-time jobs 
B) a decreased emphasis on education 
C) an increased reliance on outsourcing and offshoring 
D) the growth of automation and flexible production 
A) increasing numbers of low-wage, part-time jobs 
B) a decreased emphasis on education 
C) an increased reliance on outsourcing and offshoring 
D) the growth of automation and flexible production

Question 16

Which of the following is true of capitalist systems?

Accepted Answer

A) They emphasize highly regulated markets. 
B) They emphasize private economic decision-making about the goods and services that should be produced. 
C) Governments play a minor role in shaping economic life. 
D) They reject mass production. 
A) They emphasize highly regulated markets. 
B) They emphasize private economic decision-making about the goods and services that should be produced. 
C) Governments play a minor role in shaping economic life. 
D) They reject mass production.

Question 17

The term Fordism is sometimes used to describe scientific management.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which type of society is most likely to feature a barter economy?

Accepted Answer

A) hunting and gathering 
B) agricultural 
C) industrial 
D) postindustrial 
A) hunting and gathering 
B) agricultural 
C) industrial 
D) postindustrial

Question 19

Explain how unemployment is measured in the United States by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Provide a sociological critique of this measurement.Include a discussion of the prevalence of unemployment in a capitalist economic system.

Accepted Answer

Unemployed: people who are jobless, acti

Question 20

Which of the following is true of the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A) The real value of workers' pay rose dramatically. 
B) Consumption continued to decline. 
C) Consumption continued to rise, driven by gains income. 
D) Consumption continued to rise, driven by the growing credit card markets. 
A) The real value of workers' pay rose dramatically. 
B) Consumption continued to decline. 
C) Consumption continued to rise, driven by gains income. 
D) Consumption continued to rise, driven by the growing credit card markets.

Which of the following is true of the agricultural revolution?

Explore the relationship between the growth of the service sector in the United States and its impact on the social class structure.Include discussion of the upper class, middle class, working class, and very poor.

Which term often describes low-cost foreign labor?

Ciara has been offered an entry-level position in marketing.She tries to negotiate her salary, but is in a weak bargaining position due to the large number of qualified applications.Her situation reflects which of the following concepts?

Unionization slowed down after the Great Depression.

Arlie Russell Hochschild used the term ______ to describe the commodification of emotions.

Which of the following is true of work?

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the economic system of socialism.

Which of the following refers to when companies seek to maximize profits by chasing opportunities to locate wherever conditions are most likely to result in the lowest costs?

What is the largest remaining socialist country in the world today?

Who introduced modern mass production and the use of assembly lines in the early 1900s?

Explain the difference between the public sector and the private sector in a capitalist country.

Which of the following is true of corporate executive salaries?

Which of the following is considered a good?

Which of the following is not characteristic of postindustrial economies?

Which of the following is true of capitalist systems?

The term Fordism is sometimes used to describe scientific management.

Which type of society is most likely to feature a barter economy?

Explain how unemployment is measured in the United States by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Provide a sociological critique of this measurement.Include a discussion of the prevalence of unemployment in a capitalist economic system.

Which of the following is true of the 1970s?

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Which of the following is true of the agricultural revolution?

Explore the relationship between the growth of the service sector in the United States and its impact on the social class structure.Include discussion of the upper class, middle class, working class, and very poor.

Which term often describes low-cost foreign labor?

Ciara has been offered an entry-level position in marketing.She tries to negotiate her salary, but is in a weak bargaining position due to the large number of qualified applications.Her situation reflects which of the following concepts?

Unionization slowed down after the Great Depression.

Arlie Russell Hochschild used the term ______ to describe the commodification of emotions.

Which of the following is true of work?

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the economic system of socialism.

Which of the following refers to when companies seek to maximize profits by chasing opportunities to locate wherever conditions are most likely to result in the lowest costs?

What is the largest remaining socialist country in the world today?

Who introduced modern mass production and the use of assembly lines in the early 1900s?

Explain the difference between the public sector and the private sector in a capitalist country.

Which of the following is true of corporate executive salaries?

Which of the following is considered a good?

Which of the following is not characteristic of postindustrial economies?

Which of the following is true of capitalist systems?

The term Fordism is sometimes used to describe scientific management.

Which type of society is most likely to feature a barter economy?

Explain how unemployment is measured in the United States by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Provide a sociological critique of this measurement.Include a discussion of the prevalence of unemployment in a capitalist economic system.

Which of the following is true of the 1970s?

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