Question 1

White-collar workers are the most essential type of employee in a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  postindustrial society. 
B)  industrial society. 
C)  technology society. 
D)  urban society.

Question 2

Which of the following would be considered a manufactured risk?

Accepted Answer

A)  the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear disaster in Pennsylvania 
B)  Florida being pummeled with four hurricanes in 2004 
C)  the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina 
D)  the toxic gases released by the eruption of Washington State's Mount St.Helens in 1980 and 2004

Question 3

Which perspective in the globalization debate argues that regionalization within the world economy produces less integration and that national governments continue to play a vital role in the economy?

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A)  the hyperglobalizers 
B)  the skeptics 
C)  the transformationalists 
D)  the critics

Question 4

Max Weber argued that revolutions resulted from competition between different groups attempting to gain access to

Accepted Answer

A)  the means of production. 
B)  power. 
C)  capital. 
D)  raw materials.

Question 5

According to globalization skeptics,compared with patterns of trade a century ago,today

Accepted Answer

A)  the world economy is less global and more regionalized. 
B)  the world economy is more global and less regionalized. 
C)  there is less trade because there are too many types of currency. 
D)  the world economy has not changed much.

Question 6

Any action (by a nonstate organization)that is intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians to convince a government or organization to stop doing something is the definition of

Accepted Answer

A)  globalization. 
B)  secularization. 
C)  postindustrial society. 
D)  terrorism.

Question 7

Compare and contrast the three schools of thought in the globalization debate.Which position do you find most compelling? Why?

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The answer of Compare and contrast the three schools of...

Question 8

The transformation of the social institutions and culture of a society over time is called

Accepted Answer

A)  social change. 
B)  evolution. 
C)  forced change. 
D)  social continuation.

Question 9

In a knowledge-based economy,many industrial workers have been left unemployed and without the skills required to find good jobs.According to the textbook,this is due to

Accepted Answer

A)  new social problems,such as long-term unemployment. 
B)  global trade and new forms of technology. 
C)  long-standing employment patterns. 
D)  new types of education,which are training workers for the knowledge economy.

Question 10

New social movements are at the heart of _____,which is the sphere between the state and the marketplace occupied by family,community associations,and other noneconomic institutions.

Accepted Answer

A)  social mobilization 
B)  structural strain 
C)  institutional control 
D)  civil society

Question 11

Why do critics of free trade claim that these policies are not the solution to poverty and global inequality?

Accepted Answer

A)  They argue that it leads to unnecessary investment in "human capital" instead of investment in technology. 
B)  They argue that weak enforcement of intellectual property rights allows wealthier countries and the corporations within them to steal from poorer countries. 
C)  They argue that wealthy countries like the United States are unfairly targeted by free trade policies. 
D)  They argue that free trade largely benefits wealthy countries and exacerbates poverty in the global south.

Question 12

The increasing influence people,organizations,and events around the world have on our lives is known as

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A)  social change. 
B)  globalization. 
C)  protesting. 
D)  warfare.

Question 13

Capitalism stimulates social change in an unprecedented way because it

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A)  promotes constant revision of the technology of production,which increasingly draws religion into the process. 
B)  involves ever-increasing equality. 
C)  involves the constant expansion of production. 
D)  grants workers the means of production.

Question 14

Which of the following examples is representative of social change through culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  The indigenous population of Australia has remained hunters and gatherers,rather than cultivators of farmland. 
B)  Japan has remained a highly forested state because of policies established centuries ago to protect the natural environment. 
C)  Several modern discoveries in science were brought about by the space race between the United States and Russia. 
D)  Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.led a movement for social change based on the tenets of liberation theology.

Question 15

Transnational corporations account for _____ of all world trade.

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A)  half 
B)  one-third 
C)  two-thirds 
D)  nine-tenths

Question 16

According to Karl Marx,the primary source of conflict that leads to revolution is a

Accepted Answer

A)  change in the minds of the proletariat. 
B)  change in the minds of the bourgeoisie. 
C)  change in the forces of production. 
D)  change in the political system.

Question 17

The most far-reaching economic influence on social change has been

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A)  global capitalism. 
B)  the invention of the wheel. 
C)  the invention of money. 
D)  the technology of the agrarian revolution.

Question 18

Transformationalists depict globalization as a tension between international and transnational social forces.Which is the most accurate description of what these social forces are?

Accepted Answer

A)  International forces refer to ways that cultures and social thought diffuse across the world,such as the spread of music from one region to another,while transnational forces refer to the ways that nations may interact with and influence one another,such as through peace treaties. 
B)  International forces refer to country-specific organizations and governments,whereas transnational forces refer to multicountry agencies such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). 
C)  International forces refer to ways that nations may interact with and influence one another,such as through trade agreements,while transnational forces refer to ways that cultures and social thought diffuse across the world,such as the spread of social movements across regions within a short period of time. 
D)  International forces refer to multicountry agencies such as the WTO,while transnational forces refer to country-specific organizations and governments.

Question 19

The textbook defines social change as

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A)  social order in social institutions. 
B)  the transformation of the social institutions and culture of a society over time. 
C)  the growing disputes over national boundaries around the world. 
D)  the transformation of the physical world.

Question 20

The increased risk of skin cancer is a manufactured risk that likely relates to

Accepted Answer

A)  the depletion of the ozone layer. 
B)  chemicals in common household products. 
C)  people not wearing enough sunscreen. 
D)  changing beauty norms.

Exam 16: Globalization in a Changing World