Exam 13: Technology, the Environment, and Social Movements

Werner works for an organization that covers the costs of the majority of new research and development of technological applications today. What type of organization does he work for?

Since the Industrial Revolution, the burning of fossil fuels has increased dramatically. The resultant accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere allows more solar radiation to enter the atmosphere and less heat to escape-a process that contributes to global warming.

According to the textbook, which of the following is generated by the dramatic increase in the military and large corporations providing economic lures to attract researchers to commit to specific research projects?

Global warming threatens everyone, but the degree to which it is perceived as threatening depends on the social organizations defining it as a social issue.

There are three factors that suggest that market forces alone can solve environmental problems: consumer responses to prices and supply, corporate responses to consumer demand, and political pressure that backs consumer choices.

Carly's younger brother has asked to her to help him with a presentation for his Grade 6 social studies class. His topic is on the sources of pollution around the world, and he has to present evidence on the country that produces the most pollutants responsible for global warming. On which of the following countries would Carly tell her brother to do his presentation?

While somewhat upset about the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska, Miriam realizes that this event is sometimes just the cost of progress. Based on this information, how does Miriam most likely feel about the less positive outcomes that accompany technological advances?

Which of the following groups are most at risk for environmental racism?

Which of the following describes changes to government funding support for research and development?

Research a Canadian case that illustrates the following claim: "Technology transforms society and history, but human need, which is increasingly influenced by multinational corporations and the military, shapes technological growth."

Opponents of social movements typically employ the strategy of "muddying the waters" to compete for public support.

Robert Brym relates an anecdote about a high school model parliament in which he was unable to motivate his schoolmates to undertake political protest. His anecdote underscores the difficulties bound up in creating which of the following?

German sociologist Ulrich Beck created the term risk society to describe how the use of technology in modern society distributes danger to all categories of the population.

Most collective action is part of a power struggle, and the struggle intensifies as groups whose members feel disadvantaged become more powerful relative to other groups.

The fact that environmental problems affect different categories of people with varying degrees of hardship is evidence of which of the following?

Explain why environmental disasters such as tornadoes appear to strike only those least able to withstand the events.

Which of the following is the term used by solidarity theorists to describe the process through which disadvantaged groups increasingly engage in collective action as they gain new members and become better organized?

Describe the Sydney tar ponds and the environmental and social consequences that it has had on the people of Sydney.

Highly educated people who belong to social, educational, and cultural fields are well represented in which of the following?

According to the textbook, which of the following has the largest influence over which technologies are developed and how they are used?