SOC WEEK 10 QUIZ 6

07 Jul SOC WEEK 10 QUIZ 6

Zygmunt Bauman has written on what he describes as ____, where modern citizens vie for a relationship to physical spaces and places, including countries.

[removed]		A globalized conflict
[removed]		Resource differentiation
[removed]		A space war
[removed]		Global tourism

Question 2

With a population over 1 billion, about ____ of Indians live on less than $2 a day.

[removed]		50%
[removed]		25%
[removed]		2/3
[removed]		10%

Question 3

The comparative economic measure that uses international dollars to indicate the amount of goods and services someone could buy in the United States with a given amount of money is known as:

[removed]		GNI-PPP
[removed]		GDP
[removed]		Gross Domestic Income
[removed]		Gross Purchasing Power

Question 4

The world’s richest ____ people own as much wealth as the bottom half of the planet’s population.

[removed]		10
[removed]		1,200
[removed]		85
[removed]		350

Question 5

The idea that poverty of some countries is a consequence of their exploitation by wealthy, capitalist states is known as:

[removed]		World systems theory
[removed]		Dependency theory
[removed]		Global conflict theory
[removed]		Imperialist-colonization theory

Question 6

The science of population size, distribution, and composition is defined as:

[removed]		Ethnography
[removed]		Population studies
[removed]		Demography
[removed]		Demographics

Question 7

The average number of births per woman is referred to as:

[removed]		Crude birth rate
[removed]		Female fertility rate
[removed]		Total birth average
[removed]		Total fertility rate

Question 8

Net migration is:

[removed]		The number of births per year
[removed]		In-migration minus out-migration
[removed]		Migration to the cities minus migration to the suburbs
[removed]		The number of new immigrants

Question 9

Which of the following countries is experiencing high population growth as a result of migration, rather than natural population increase?

[removed]		United States
[removed]		China
[removed]		India
[removed]		Ethiopia

Question 10

E-waste accounts for what percentage of toxic waste?

[removed]		70
[removed]		5
[removed]		15
[removed]		50

Question 11

Which of the following is true of fads and fashions?

[removed]		It must be adopted by the masses to be considered fashionable
[removed]		Only includes clothing and hairstyles
[removed]		Reflect a tension between people’s desire to be different and their desire to conform
[removed]		Are entirely at the whim of people’s tastes and not influenced by marketers

Question 12

Temporary gatherings of closely interacting people with a common focus are known as:

[removed]		Crowds
[removed]		Riots
[removed]		Masses
[removed]		Contagions

Question 13

Traditional, homegeneous societies are characterized by _____ solidarity, while diverse, modern societies are characterized by _____ solidarity.

[removed]		mechanical; organic
[removed]		mechanical; industrial
[removed]		organic; industrial
[removed]		interdependent; independent

Question 14

_____ norms are those that are situationally created to support a collective action.

[removed]		Emergent
[removed]		Situational
[removed]		Crowd
[removed]		Social movement

Question 15

Which of the following theorists highlighted the importance of ideas in maintaining order and oppression in society?

[removed]		Karl Marx
[removed]		Max Weber
[removed]		Antonio Gramsci
[removed]		Pierre Bourdieu

Question 16

Voluntary, goal-oriented action that occurs in relatively disorganized situations is known as:

[removed]		Collective action
[removed]		Collective behavior
[removed]		Crowd mentality
[removed]		Social protest