Exam 16: Structural Sources of Social Change: Economic and Demographic

About one million people legally migrate into the United States every year. How many unauthorized people per year enter the country and stay?

About _____ of elderly women and _____ of elderly men live alone in the United States.

The elderly make up about 13% of the U.S. population, and consume _____ of all health care in the United States.

Peter, a third-generation Mexican American, goes by this name instead of his birth name (Pedro) because he does not speak Spanish and just finds it easier. He works as an architect and is married to a young woman of Korean descent who only speaks Korean with her parents. As a member of an ethnic minority whose life is no different from his White peers, Peter can be considered

Currently, the elderly account for around 20% of the voting public. By 2038, they are projected to make up _____ of the electorate.

Sectors of the economy that fade in importance or will die out completely are known as

The chapter cites two fundamental turning points in human history. What and when was the first of these two major turning points?

Mary lives in Detroit, Michigan. She once worked as a customer service representative for a major automobile manufacturer, but lost her job when the company started _____ its customer service functions to India.

The states with the most _____ have the highest levels of anti-immigrant feeling.

Economist Paul Krugman points out that _____ has actually reduced the demand for white-collar workers.

Among other changes, new _____ have, most significantly, magnified the connections among all peoples across the globe.

Financed by payroll taxes, premiums paid by recipients, and a government subsidy, _____ automatically entitles everyone to hospital insurance, home health care, and hospice care through this program.

Arizona has a particularly tough law penalizing employers who hire illegal immigrants (who are paid significantly less than American citizens). The irony of this situation is that

The chapter argues that immigration can be understood as an act of _____, because people make a choice to leave all they know behind in order to come to a new place for economic opportunity or to flee repression.

Today, _____ of the people in the United States are either African American, Latino, Asian American, or Native American.

During the Industrial Revolution, which began in the _____ century, the application of steam power and later oil and electricity as energy sources for industry, mining, manufacturing, and transportation brought fundamental changes to the economy, the nature of work, family organization, and a transition from rural to urban life.

Manufacturing was the backbone of the U.S. economy in the 20th century, but is no longer dominant. In 1917, the largest U.S. corporation was U.S. Steel. Today, the largest U.S. corporation is

The term sunrise industry describes one that

What is defined as the proportion of the population who are workers compared to the proportion not working?

Ironically, wages have declined since 1973, while worker _____ actually rose.