Question 1

South Korea has recently been reclassified from a middle-income to a high-income economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which tool used by the United Nations involves measurement of these indicators: gross national income,life expectancy,education,and living standards?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Human Capacity Scale 
B)  the Human Development Index 
C)  the Country Capacity Index 
D)  the Development Scale 
A)  the Human Capacity Scale 
B)  the Human Development Index 
C)  the Country Capacity Index 
D)  the Development Scale

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an indicator for the Human Development Index?

Accepted Answer

A)  life expectancy 
B)  infant mortality rate 
C)  adult literacy 
D)  proportion of overweight children under age five 
A)  life expectancy 
B)  infant mortality rate 
C)  adult literacy 
D)  proportion of overweight children under age five

Question 4

What would sociologists be measuring if they compared a family's household income in India with the cost of buying a staple such as rice?

Accepted Answer

A)  relative poverty 
B)  real poverty 
C)  global poverty 
D)  absolute poverty 
A)  relative poverty 
B)  real poverty 
C)  global poverty 
D)  absolute poverty

Question 5

If you followed the work of prominent economists,what category would you use to measure well-being or development?

Accepted Answer

A)  human welfare 
B)  income 
C)  spending power of households 
D)  property ownership 
A)  human welfare 
B)  income 
C)  spending power of households 
D)  property ownership

Question 6

According to the text,what happened with food aid to Somalia in the 1970s and 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It demonstrated the great effectiveness of food as a form of aid. 
B)  It may have increased the political stability of the country. 
C)  It increased the price of locally produced food. 
D)  It led to the destruction of the agricultural base. 
A)  It demonstrated the great effectiveness of food as a form of aid. 
B)  It may have increased the political stability of the country. 
C)  It increased the price of locally produced food. 
D)  It led to the destruction of the agricultural base.

Question 7

According to the new international division of labour theory,high-income countries provide transnational corporations with a situation in which they can pay lower wages and taxes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is exemplified by comparing Anna's income to Gavin's income?

Accepted Answer

A)  subjective poverty 
B)  comparative poverty 
C)  relative poverty 
D)  gendered poverty 
A)  subjective poverty 
B)  comparative poverty 
C)  relative poverty 
D)  gendered poverty

Question 9

Which theory best explains a toy company that has manufacturing centres in China,India,and Guatemala,but a business base in the United States and Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  dependency theory 
B)  world systems theory 
C)  modernization theory 
D)  new international division of labour theory 
A)  dependency theory 
B)  world systems theory 
C)  modernization theory 
D)  new international division of labour theory

Question 10

What theory would suggest that U.S.-African relations reinforce poverty in African countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  dependency theory 
B)  modernization theory 
C)  new international division of labour theory 
D)  development theory 
A)  dependency theory 
B)  modernization theory 
C)  new international division of labour theory 
D)  development theory

Question 11

What theory of global stratification argues that we live in a world where capital movements are international?

Accepted Answer

A)  the world systems theory 
B)  the dependency theory 
C)  the new international division of labour theory 
D)  the modernization theory 
A)  the world systems theory 
B)  the dependency theory 
C)  the new international division of labour theory 
D)  the modernization theory

Question 12

Discuss the effects of women's education on the household.

Accepted Answer

Educated women marry later,hav

Question 13

Who argued that a "spirit of capitalism" facilitated economic development in Western nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andre Gunder Frank 
B)  W.W.Rostow 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Karl Marx 
A)  Andre Gunder Frank 
B)  W.W.Rostow 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Karl Marx

Question 14

The modernization theory of global stratification is part of what approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  the interactionist approach 
B)  the functionalist approach 
C)  the feminist approach 
D)  the postmodern approach 
A)  the interactionist approach 
B)  the functionalist approach 
C)  the feminist approach 
D)  the postmodern approach

Question 15

If you were to use the World Bank economic categories to classify Brazil,Denmark,Nigeria,and Chile,which of the following categories would you use?

Accepted Answer

A)  underdeveloped,developing,and developed nations 
B)  low-income,lower-middle income,upper-middle income,and high-income economies 
C)  first,second,third worlds 
D)  human development index categories 
A)  underdeveloped,developing,and developed nations 
B)  low-income,lower-middle income,upper-middle income,and high-income economies 
C)  first,second,third worlds 
D)  human development index categories

Question 16

Brazil-U.S.relations exemplify what consequence identified by world systems theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  the ease with which peripheral nations can change their structural position in the capitalist world economy 
B)  the success of modernization 
C)  how disparity between the rich and the poor within the major cities is increased with urban growth tied to economic relations with core nations 
D)  decreased disparity between the rich and the poor with urban growth brought about by core nations 
A)  the ease with which peripheral nations can change their structural position in the capitalist world economy 
B)  the success of modernization 
C)  how disparity between the rich and the poor within the major cities is increased with urban growth tied to economic relations with core nations 
D)  decreased disparity between the rich and the poor with urban growth brought about by core nations

Question 17

What country ranks number one (the best)on the 2014 Human Development Index?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sweden 
B)  Canada 
C)  Norway 
D)  China 
A)  Sweden 
B)  Canada 
C)  Norway 
D)  China

Question 18

What approach to the study of social stratification did social analysts introduce in order to distinguish among nations on the basis of their levels of economic development and the standard of living of their citizens?

Accepted Answer

A)  levels of development approach 
B)  "three worlds" approach 
C)  classification of economic approach 
D)  world systems approach 
A)  levels of development approach 
B)  "three worlds" approach 
C)  classification of economic approach 
D)  world systems approach

Question 19

The new division of labour is part of a global economy based on free trade among countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Where are low-income economies primarily found?

Accepted Answer

A)  Latin America 
B)  Asia and Africa 
C)  North America 
D)  Europe 
A)  Latin America 
B)  Asia and Africa 
C)  North America 
D)  Europe

Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

South Korea has recently been reclassified from a middle-income to a high-income economy.

Which tool used by the United Nations involves measurement of these indicators: gross national income,life expectancy,education,and living standards?

Which of the following is NOT an indicator for the Human Development Index?

What would sociologists be measuring if they compared a family's household income in India with the cost of buying a staple such as rice?

If you followed the work of prominent economists,what category would you use to measure well-being or development?

According to the text,what happened with food aid to Somalia in the 1970s and 1980s?

According to the new international division of labour theory,high-income countries provide transnational corporations with a situation in which they can pay lower wages and taxes.

Which of the following is exemplified by comparing Anna's income to Gavin's income?

Which theory best explains a toy company that has manufacturing centres in China,India,and Guatemala,but a business base in the United States and Canada?

What theory would suggest that U.S.-African relations reinforce poverty in African countries?

What theory of global stratification argues that we live in a world where capital movements are international?

Discuss the effects of women's education on the household.

Who argued that a "spirit of capitalism" facilitated economic development in Western nations?

The modernization theory of global stratification is part of what approach?

If you were to use the World Bank economic categories to classify Brazil,Denmark,Nigeria,and Chile,which of the following categories would you use?

Brazil-U.S.relations exemplify what consequence identified by world systems theory?

What country ranks number one (the best)on the 2014 Human Development Index?

What approach to the study of social stratification did social analysts introduce in order to distinguish among nations on the basis of their levels of economic development and the standard of living of their citizens?

The new division of labour is part of a global economy based on free trade among countries.

Where are low-income economies primarily found?

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