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Compared to poverty in the United States, poverty throughout the world as a whole is more widespread and more severe.

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True

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During the twentieth century, the standard of living in high-income countries, where the Industrial Revolution took place, increased dramatically.

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True

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Global inequality is partly a problem of technology, and it is also a political issue

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True

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

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they sell raw materials to rich nations

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Compared to poverty in the United States, poverty throughout the world as a whole is more widespread and more severe

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True

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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

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Which world region contains the largest percentage of the world's street children?

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Latin America

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In Walt Rostow's model of economic development, the first stage before the modernization process begins is called "take-off stage."

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False

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Modernization theory was created as a criticism of U.S. foreign policy

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False

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

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$2,500 and $12,000

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In the world's lowest-income nations, two in ten children born die by the age of

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Five

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In low-income nations, the majority of the people live in villages and small towns where farming is the most common way to make a living

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True

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Modernization theory claims that

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the main causes of poverty involve culture and technology

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In Walt Rostow's model of economic development, the first stage before the modernization process begins is called "take-off stage."

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False

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The poorest 20 percent of the world's people live on just 2 percent of the world's income

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True

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Some forms of marriage found in the world today amount to slavery

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True

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Which type of slavery refers to one person owning another?

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Chattel slavery

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Some forms of marriage found in the world today amount to slavery

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True

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Although poverty continues, the world has ended the practice of slavery

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False

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From a global perspective, economic productivity is lowest in precisely the regions where

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population increase is highest

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

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Increased

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3. Japan, Canada, and the nations of Western Europe are all classified as

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high-income countries

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

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multinational corporations exploit the economy of a poor country

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Global inequality is partly a problem of technology, and it is also a political issue

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True

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Typically, people in low-income countries do more physical labor, but they consume fewer calories than people in rich nations

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True

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Of the roughly 1 billion people in the world who are living in absolute poverty, what percentage are women?

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70 percent

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"Las Colonias" refers to settlement

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All of these are correct

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8. Which type of slavery refers to one person owning another?

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Chattel Slavery

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One of the countries listed below is NOT a high-income nation. Which one is it?

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South Africa

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In past centuries, European nations colonized countries in

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All of these are correct

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Which of the following is an important exception to male domination of the U.S. workplace?

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Women now own more than 10 million entrepreneurial businesses

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Most cases of female genital mutilation occur in

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Africa

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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

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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

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In general, western states have a higher percentage of legislators who are women than southern states

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True

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In the United States today, women working for income is the rule rather than the exception

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True

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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

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In the United States, on average, males live longer than females

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False

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Women earn what share of all associate's and bachelor's degrees in the United States?

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59 percent

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While playing in peer groups, girls are less likely to play the "win-lose" games favored by boys

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True

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Which concept refers to attitudes and activities that a society links to people of each sex?

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Gender roles

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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

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Sexual harassment is an important social issue because

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half of working women report receiving unwanted sexual attention

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Minority women are more economically disadvantaged than white women

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True

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

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matriarchy

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George Murdock found that, in the case of many tasks, what one society considers "masculine" another may consider "feminine.

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True

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

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mathematical; verbal

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On average, do women or men live longer?

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On average, women outlive men by about five years

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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

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A social-conflict account of the history of gender stratification was developed by Friedrich Engels.

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True

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A social-conflict account of the history of gender stratification was developed by Friedrich Engels.

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True

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

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57 percent

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

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Have gained opportunities and power

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Traditional conceptions paint masculine and feminine in opposing terms

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True

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Structural-functional analysis points out that industrialization encourages

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growing gender equality.

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Liberal feminism seeks the elimination of gender itself

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False

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