Question 1

In postsocialist Russia's initial changeover to capitalism,all of the following declined EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the birth rate. 
B)  the poverty rate. 
C)  life expectancy. 
D)  the gross domestic product. 
E)  farm and industry subsidies. 
A)  the birth rate. 
B)  the poverty rate. 
C)  life expectancy. 
D)  the gross domestic product. 
E)  farm and industry subsidies.

Question 2

What term refers to the ideological justification for outsiders to guide native groups in specific directions?

Accepted Answer

A)  development ideology 
B)  intervention philosophy 
C)  coercive philosophy 
D)  development philosophy 
E)  intrusive ideology 
A)  development ideology 
B)  intervention philosophy 
C)  coercive philosophy 
D)  development philosophy 
E)  intrusive ideology

Question 3

The current world stratification system features a substantial contrast between capitalists and workers in the core nations,and workers on the periphery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

This chapter's "Focus on Globalization" discusses outsourcing jobs to countries outside the United States.What is an outcome of this process?

Accepted Answer

A)  decreased profits for U.S. corporations 
B)  an increase in union membership within the U.S. 
C)  corporations realizing the importance of workers' rights 
D)  fewer jobs in the U.S., as they are replaced by machines and outsourced jobs 
E)  more incentives for illegal immigration 
A)  decreased profits for U.S. corporations 
B)  an increase in union membership within the U.S. 
C)  corporations realizing the importance of workers' rights 
D)  fewer jobs in the U.S., as they are replaced by machines and outsourced jobs 
E)  more incentives for illegal immigration

Question 5

________ is the term for the physical destruction of ethnic groups by murder,warfare,and introduced diseases.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sociocide 
B)  Ethnocide 
C)  Biocide 
D)  Genocide 
E)  Patricide 
A)  Sociocide 
B)  Ethnocide 
C)  Biocide 
D)  Genocide 
E)  Patricide

Question 6

According to Marx,who are the bourgeoisie and the proletariat?

Accepted Answer

A)  the products of gender differentiation from Europe's tribal past 
B)  groups destined to reconcile through the postcapitalist process of alienation 
C)  distinct and opposed classes produced by the world capitalist economy 
D)  exogamous social groups 
E)  moiety groups that dominated Western capitalism 
A)  the products of gender differentiation from Europe's tribal past 
B)  groups destined to reconcile through the postcapitalist process of alienation 
C)  distinct and opposed classes produced by the world capitalist economy 
D)  exogamous social groups 
E)  moiety groups that dominated Western capitalism

Question 7

How does the modern world system affect ethnographers?

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A)  There are almost no truly isolated cultures left, making it difficult to do real ethnographic research. 
B)  They need to be aware of the fact that any culture they study is influenced by and has influence on other cultures. 
C)  They must be careful when comparing their findings to those who did work in the first half of the 20th century, when there were many isolated cultures. 
D)  There are no more indigenous peoples. 
E)  It has brought about a blending of the races, which makes it harder to identify specific cultures. 
A)  There are almost no truly isolated cultures left, making it difficult to do real ethnographic research. 
B)  They need to be aware of the fact that any culture they study is influenced by and has influence on other cultures. 
C)  They must be careful when comparing their findings to those who did work in the first half of the 20th century, when there were many isolated cultures. 
D)  There are no more indigenous peoples. 
E)  It has brought about a blending of the races, which makes it harder to identify specific cultures.

Question 8

Belgian colonial administrators were careful to use culturally significant differences to distinguish between the Hutus and Tutsis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

According to Weber,what are the three dimensions of social stratification?

Accepted Answer

A)  the means of production, mode of production, and measure of production 
B)  status, exchange, and religion 
C)  gender, ethnicity, and race 
D)  wealth, power, and prestige 
E)  age, gender, and ethnicity 
A)  the means of production, mode of production, and measure of production 
B)  status, exchange, and religion 
C)  gender, ethnicity, and race 
D)  wealth, power, and prestige 
E)  age, gender, and ethnicity

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT true about the modern world system?

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A)  The distinction between bourgeoisie and proletariat has disappeared. 
B)  The contrast between capitalists and propertyless workers is a worldwide phenomenon. 
C)  Stratification systems are not simple and dichotomous. 
D)  There is a growing middle class of skilled and professional workers. 
E)  Intermediate occupations create opportunities for social mobility. 
A)  The distinction between bourgeoisie and proletariat has disappeared. 
B)  The contrast between capitalists and propertyless workers is a worldwide phenomenon. 
C)  Stratification systems are not simple and dichotomous. 
D)  There is a growing middle class of skilled and professional workers. 
E)  Intermediate occupations create opportunities for social mobility.

Question 11

What is the world capitalist economy? When did it originate,and what are its features? What are core,semiperiphery,and periphery? What is their relationship to world capitalism?

Accepted Answer

The world capitalist economy is a global

Question 12

According to Wallerstein,the nations in the world system can be classified into three types: core,periphery,and frontier.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How did the views of Marx and Weber on stratification differ? Relate their views to the modern global stratification system.

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx and Max Weber had different vi

Question 14

All of the following are true about neoliberalism EXCEPT that it

Accepted Answer

A)  seeks to control costs by lowering wage expenses. 
B)  characterizes the type of policies designed by powerful international financial institutions. 
C)  has been spreading globally. 
D)  refers to a recent revival of economic liberalism. 
E)  is characterized by the policy that environmental protection and job safety are too important to be left unregulated. 
A)  seeks to control costs by lowering wage expenses. 
B)  characterizes the type of policies designed by powerful international financial institutions. 
C)  has been spreading globally. 
D)  refers to a recent revival of economic liberalism. 
E)  is characterized by the policy that environmental protection and job safety are too important to be left unregulated.

Question 15

The labels First World,Second World,and Third World represent a common,if ethnocentric,way of categorizing nations.First World refers to the democratic West,which is traditionally conceived of as being in opposition to a Second World ruled by

Accepted Answer

A)  folk economic and political models. 
B)  primitive neoliberalism. 
C)  Communism. 
D)  dictators. 
E)  imperialism. 
A)  folk economic and political models. 
B)  primitive neoliberalism. 
C)  Communism. 
D)  dictators. 
E)  imperialism.

Question 16

What is the name of the political,social,economic,and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time?

Accepted Answer

A)  apartheid 
B)  colonialism 
C)  alienation 
D)  petty capitalism 
E)  industrialization 
A)  apartheid 
B)  colonialism 
C)  alienation 
D)  petty capitalism 
E)  industrialization

Question 17

In anthropology,history,and literature,the field of postcolonial studies has gained prominence since the 1970s.Postcolonial refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the study of the interactions between European nations and the societies they colonized. 
B)  the period succeeding the slave trade. 
C)  a moral stance toward oppressed peoples. 
D)  the study of social movements that, instead of rejecting colonialism, actually embraced it and transformed it for their own benefit. 
E)  an up-and-coming subfield in sociology. 
A)  the study of the interactions between European nations and the societies they colonized. 
B)  the period succeeding the slave trade. 
C)  a moral stance toward oppressed peoples. 
D)  the study of social movements that, instead of rejecting colonialism, actually embraced it and transformed it for their own benefit. 
E)  an up-and-coming subfield in sociology.

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT true of core nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  They export their raw materials to other countries. 
B)  They consist of the strongest and most powerful states. 
C)  They have advanced systems of production. 
D)  They have complex economies. 
E)  They represent the dominant structural position in the world system. 
A)  They export their raw materials to other countries. 
B)  They consist of the strongest and most powerful states. 
C)  They have advanced systems of production. 
D)  They have complex economies. 
E)  They represent the dominant structural position in the world system.

Question 19

Which of the following statements about Karl Marx is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  He analyzed 19th-century industrial production capitalism. 
B)  He viewed socioeconomic stratification in terms of several classes with different but complementary interests. 
C)  He called the owners of the means of production the bourgeoisie. 
D)  He called the people who sold their own labor the proletariat. 
E)  He emphasized class consciousness. 
A)  He analyzed 19th-century industrial production capitalism. 
B)  He viewed socioeconomic stratification in terms of several classes with different but complementary interests. 
C)  He called the owners of the means of production the bourgeoisie. 
D)  He called the people who sold their own labor the proletariat. 
E)  He emphasized class consciousness.

Question 20

Postsocialist Russia's economy was growing again by 2010,as were its birth rate and average life expectancy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 23: The World System and Colonialism

In postsocialist Russia's initial changeover to capitalism,all of the following declined EXCEPT

What term refers to the ideological justification for outsiders to guide native groups in specific directions?

The current world stratification system features a substantial contrast between capitalists and workers in the core nations,and workers on the periphery.

This chapter's "Focus on Globalization" discusses outsourcing jobs to countries outside the United States.What is an outcome of this process?

________ is the term for the physical destruction of ethnic groups by murder,warfare,and introduced diseases.

According to Marx,who are the bourgeoisie and the proletariat?

How does the modern world system affect ethnographers?

Belgian colonial administrators were careful to use culturally significant differences to distinguish between the Hutus and Tutsis.

According to Weber,what are the three dimensions of social stratification?

Which of the following is NOT true about the modern world system?

What is the world capitalist economy? When did it originate,and what are its features? What are core,semiperiphery,and periphery? What is their relationship to world capitalism?

According to Wallerstein,the nations in the world system can be classified into three types: core,periphery,and frontier.

How did the views of Marx and Weber on stratification differ? Relate their views to the modern global stratification system.

All of the following are true about neoliberalism EXCEPT that it

The labels First World,Second World,and Third World represent a common,if ethnocentric,way of categorizing nations.First World refers to the democratic West,which is traditionally conceived of as being in opposition to a Second World ruled by

What is the name of the political,social,economic,and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time?

In anthropology,history,and literature,the field of postcolonial studies has gained prominence since the 1970s.Postcolonial refers to

Which of the following is NOT true of core nations?

Which of the following statements about Karl Marx is NOT true?

Postsocialist Russia's economy was growing again by 2010,as were its birth rate and average life expectancy.

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