Question 1

The international system of states is the Political/Military Network of the modern world-system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The modern world-system is:

Accepted Answer

A)  A single integrated global economy 
B)  The connectedness among peoples in Latin America 
C)  Smaller than the Mongolian Empire 
D)  A system that emerged because China rose to hegemony 
E)  A system in which the tributary modes of accumulation are predominant. 
A)  A single integrated global economy 
B)  The connectedness among peoples in Latin America 
C)  Smaller than the Mongolian Empire 
D)  A system that emerged because China rose to hegemony 
E)  A system in which the tributary modes of accumulation are predominant.

Question 3

Discuss the idea of semiperipheral development and how this may have been involved in the emergence of horticulture.

Accepted Answer

The concept of semiperipheral developmen

Question 4

The countries in the modern semiperiphery are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Either relatively large or smaller but with medium levels of economic development 
B)  Mostly concentrated in Africa 
C)  All former colonies of European states 
D)  All countries that contain relatively high concentrations of natural resources 
E)  Are ripe for revolution and ready to challenge the global centers of power
F) Stealing intellectual property. 
A)  Either relatively large or smaller but with medium levels of economic development 
B)  Mostly concentrated in Africa 
C)  All former colonies of European states 
D)  All countries that contain relatively high concentrations of natural resources 
E)  Are ripe for revolution and ready to challenge the global centers of power
F) Stealing intellectual property.

Question 5

The United States is the most spectacular case of upward mobility in the modern core/periphery hierarchy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A world-system, as defined and discussed in Chapter 2, is:

Accepted Answer

A)  A global transportation and communications conglomerate 
B)  A set of human interaction networks that connect polities with one another 
C)  The ways in which people conceptualize the cosmos 
D)  An international sports association 
E)  All life forms on the Earth 
A)  A global transportation and communications conglomerate 
B)  A set of human interaction networks that connect polities with one another 
C)  The ways in which people conceptualize the cosmos 
D)  An international sports association 
E)  All life forms on the Earth

Question 7

Nations and ethnic groups are both groups of people who identify with one another and share common cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Normative regulation based on consensually-held values does not work well by itself to allow elites to extract surplus from direct producers because:

Accepted Answer

A)  Commoners just want to get fat and have babies 
B)  Elites often squabble amongst themselves 
C)  Non-elites can easily contest the ideologies that mandate them to turn over their surplus product to elites 
D)  People cannot migrate to regions with lower taxes 
E)  Stored food spoils 
A)  Commoners just want to get fat and have babies 
B)  Elites often squabble amongst themselves 
C)  Non-elites can easily contest the ideologies that mandate them to turn over their surplus product to elites 
D)  People cannot migrate to regions with lower taxes 
E)  Stored food spoils

Question 9

Modes of accumulation are qualitatively different logics of social change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Peripheral countries have mainly capital-intensive agriculture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Explain the iteration model of sociocultural evolution presented in Chapter 2 that relates population growth to hierarchy formation and technological change.

Accepted Answer

The iteration model of sociocultural evo

Question 12

Explain the idea of settlement systems and give examples.

Accepted Answer

Settlement systems refer to the processe

Question 13

The spatial boundaries of world-systems:

Accepted Answer

A)  Got larger as communications and transportation technologies developed 
B)  Include important types of interaction that may have different spatial ranges 
C)  Are often smaller for low-value goods than for high-value goods 
D)  Include networks of fighting and allying polities 
E)  All of the above. 
A)  Got larger as communications and transportation technologies developed 
B)  Include important types of interaction that may have different spatial ranges 
C)  Are often smaller for low-value goods than for high-value goods 
D)  Include networks of fighting and allying polities 
E)  All of the above.

Question 14

Core/periphery relations are important in all world-systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The word "world" in "world-systems" refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  The planet Earth 
B)  Europe 
C)  A group of polities that are importantly interconnected. 
D)  The World Series 
E)  The ways in which places are conceptualized by people. 
A)  The planet Earth 
B)  Europe 
C)  A group of polities that are importantly interconnected. 
D)  The World Series 
E)  The ways in which places are conceptualized by people.

The international system of states is the Political/Military Network of the modern world-system.

The modern world-system is:

Discuss the idea of semiperipheral development and how this may have been involved in the emergence of horticulture.

The countries in the modern semiperiphery are:

The United States is the most spectacular case of upward mobility in the modern core/periphery hierarchy.

A world-system, as defined and discussed in Chapter 2, is:

Nations and ethnic groups are both groups of people who identify with one another and share common cultures.

Normative regulation based on consensually-held values does not work well by itself to allow elites to extract surplus from direct producers because:

Modes of accumulation are qualitatively different logics of social change.

Peripheral countries have mainly capital-intensive agriculture.

Explain the iteration model of sociocultural evolution presented in Chapter 2 that relates population growth to hierarchy formation and technological change.

Explain the idea of settlement systems and give examples.

The spatial boundaries of world-systems:

Core/periphery relations are important in all world-systems.

The word "world" in "world-systems" refers to:

History and Social Evolution

Biological Bases of Social Evolution

Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

World-Systems of Foragers

The Gardeners Web Chapter Indigenous North American World-Systems Before the Rise of Chiefs

The Sacred Chiefs Part III State-Based Systems

The Temple and the Palace

Public Spaces, Self, and Cognitive Evolution in Early States

The Early Empires: Semiperipheral Conquerors and Capitalist City-States

The Central System Part IV-The Long Rise of Capitalism

The Long Rise of the West

The Modern World-System

The Early Modern Systems in the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

The Global Nineteenth Century

Public Spaces, Individualism, and Cognition in the Modern Age

The Twentieth-Century Age of Extremes

The World-System Since 1945: Another Wave of Globalization, Hegemony, and Revolutions

Late Globalization: The Early Twenty-First Century

The Next Three Futures: Another Round of Us Hegemony, Global Collapse, or Global Democracy

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Exam 2: The Comparative World-Systems Approach

The international system of states is the Political/Military Network of the modern world-system.

The modern world-system is:

Discuss the idea of semiperipheral development and how this may have been involved in the emergence of horticulture.

The countries in the modern semiperiphery are:

The United States is the most spectacular case of upward mobility in the modern core/periphery hierarchy.

A world-system, as defined and discussed in Chapter 2, is:

Nations and ethnic groups are both groups of people who identify with one another and share common cultures.

Normative regulation based on consensually-held values does not work well by itself to allow elites to extract surplus from direct producers because:

Modes of accumulation are qualitatively different logics of social change.

Peripheral countries have mainly capital-intensive agriculture.

Explain the iteration model of sociocultural evolution presented in Chapter 2 that relates population growth to hierarchy formation and technological change.

Explain the idea of settlement systems and give examples.

The spatial boundaries of world-systems:

Core/periphery relations are important in all world-systems.

The word "world" in "world-systems" refers to:

History and Social Evolution

Biological Bases of Social Evolution

Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

World-Systems of Foragers

The Gardeners Web Chapter Indigenous North American World-Systems Before the Rise of Chiefs

The Sacred Chiefs Part III State-Based Systems

The Temple and the Palace

Public Spaces, Self, and Cognitive Evolution in Early States

The Early Empires: Semiperipheral Conquerors and Capitalist City-States

The Central System Part IV-The Long Rise of Capitalism

The Long Rise of the West

The Modern World-System

The Early Modern Systems in the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

The Global Nineteenth Century

Public Spaces, Individualism, and Cognition in the Modern Age

The Twentieth-Century Age of Extremes

The World-System Since 1945: Another Wave of Globalization, Hegemony, and Revolutions

Late Globalization: The Early Twenty-First Century

The Next Three Futures: Another Round of Us Hegemony, Global Collapse, or Global Democracy

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