Question 1

A majority of the world\'s people live in

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middle-income nations.

Question 2

Absolute poverty is

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life threatening.

Question 3

According to Anti-Slavery International, about how many men, women, and children live today in conditions that amount to slavery?

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200 million

Question 4

According to Walt Rostow, nations begin at the _____ stage of development and may eventually reach the stage of _____.

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traditional; high mass consumption

Question 5

According to dependency theory, poor countries have become dependent on rich nations because

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they sell raw materials to rich nations.

Question 6

Dependency theory differs from modernization theory by

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explaining global inequality in terms of the exploitation of poor countries by rich countries.

Question 7

For the world as a whole, about how many people suffer from chronic hunger that leaves them less able to work and places them at high risk of disease?

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925 million

Question 8

If you were applying modernization theory to the problem of global poverty, you might expect rich nations to aid the economic development of poor nations by

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All of these are correct.

Question 9

In middle-income nations, average personal income is in the range of

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$2,500 and $12,000.

Question 10

In poor countries, the disadvantages women face relative to men are

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greater than in rich nations.

Question 11

In poor nations, poverty is_____ than in the United States.

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more widespread and severe

Question 12

Modernization theory identifies which of the following as the greatest barrier to economic development?

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tradition

Question 13

One criticism of dependency theory is that it

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treats global wealth as a \"zero sum\" so that one country benefits only at the expense of another.

Question 14

Over the course of the last century, the extent of global economic inequality has

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increased.

Question 15

Taken together, the sociological approaches to global poverty show us that poverty is

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All of these are correct.

Question 16

The concept of \"colonialism\" refers to the process by which

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some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of others.

Question 17

The concept of \"neocolonialism\" refers to the process by which

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multinational corporations exploit the economy of a poor country.

Question 18

The global region that has made the greatest strides out of poverty is

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Asia.

Question 19

The poorest 20 percent of the global population receives about what percentage of all global income?

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2 percent

Question 20

What concept refers to a global economy in which multinational corporations exploit people in low-income nations?

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neocolonialism

Question 21

Which theoretical approach claims that rich nations of the world are \"overdeveloped\" while poor nations are \"underdeveloped\"?

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dependency theory

Question 22

Which type of slavery consists of employers holding workers by paying them too little to cover their debts?

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debt bondage

Question 23

Which type of slavery refers to one person owning another?

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chattel slavery

Question 24

With regard to the role of rich nations, dependency theory

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claims rich nations are to blame for global poverty.

Question 25

While modernization theory focuses on _____, dependency theory focuses on _____.

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production of wealth; distribution of wealth

Question 26

A majority of U.S. women in which of the following categories enter the labor force?

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All of these are correct.

Question 27

According to intersection theory, which of the following is a source of social disadvantage?

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All of these are correct.

Question 28

Approximately what percentage of U.S. women are working for income today?

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60 percent

Question 29

As of 2011, women held about what share of seats in Congress?

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17 percent

Question 30

For which of the following categories of the U.S. population is it true that women do most of the housework?

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All of these are correct.

Question 31

Comparing the performances of female and male athletes over time shows

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women have been closing the gap with men in most athletic performances.

Question 32

In his global study of how societies view gender, George Murdock found

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All of these are correct.

Question 33

In today\'s U.S. workforce,

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women are concentrated in several categories of jobs.

Question 34

In what percentage of rapes and attempted rapes on college campuses does the woman know her attacker?

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85-90 percent

Question 35

In which of the following job categories are the workers mostly women?

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elementary school teachers

Question 36

Looking back over U.S. history, we see a general trend by which women

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have gained opportunities and power.

Question 37

Margaret Mead\'s research on gender in three societies in New Guinea illustrates that

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traits that are defined as feminine in one society may be masculine in another.

Question 38

On average, do women or men live longer?

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On average, women outlive men by about five years.

Question 39

On average, young men show greater ____ ability than young women; young women show greater _____ ability than young men.

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mathematical; verbal

Question 40

Sexual harassment is an important social issue because

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half of working women report receiving unwanted sexual attention.

Question 41

The \"beauty myth\" refers to the idea that

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women learn to measure their personal importance in terms of physical appearance.

Question 42

The concept of \"comparable worth\" means that

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people should be paid according to the level of skill and responsibility involved in the work.

Question 43

The concept of \"glass ceiling\" refers to

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the barrier that prevents women from being promoted.

Question 44

The concept of gender refers to

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the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male.

Question 45

Throughout the life course, gender shapes

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All of these are correct.

Question 46

Today, women represent ______ of all students on college campuses across the United States.

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57 percent

Question 47

What is the form of social organization in which females dominate males?

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matriarchy

Question 48

Which type of feminism links the social disadvantages of women to the capitalist economic system?

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socialist feminism

Question 49

Women have served in the U.S. armed forces

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since colonial times.

Question 50

Which type of feminism seeks to end patriarchy by eliminating the idea of gender itself?

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radical feminism

Question 51

A good example of the culture theory of prejudice is

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Bogardus\'s research on social distance.

Question 52

A minority is defined as a category of people who are

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set apart by that society and experience subordination (disadvantage).

Question 53

A national civil rights movement, which ended most instances of lawful discrimination, took place during

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the 1950s and 1960s.

Question 54

According to Theodor Adorno\'s authoritarian personality theory, prejudiced people  Correct!

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view society as naturally hierarchical.

Question 55

According to the most recent data, African Americans accounted for about what percentage of the U.S. population?

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13 percent

Question 56

Assimilation refers to the process by which

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minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture.

Question 57

Based on research using the social distance scale, you can correctly say that U.S. college students today

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All of these are correct.

Question 58

Conflict theory states that prejudice is  Correct!

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a tool used by powerful people to oppress others.

Question 59

Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton documented which of the following patterns in U.S. inner cities?

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hypersegregation

Question 60

Four states currently have a \"minority majority.\" Which are they?  Correct!

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Texas, New Mexico, California, and Hawaii

Question 61

From which world regions do most of today\'s U.S. immigrants come?  Correct!

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Latin America and Asia

Question 62

In the United States, minorities typically have less

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All of these are correct.

Question 63

Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that

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bias is built into the operation of social institutions.

Question 64

Native Americans gained the right to U.S. citizenship in

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1924.

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