Exam 12: Economics and Politics

The primary sector accounts for some share of economic output in countries at all income levels. In which category of nations would you expect the share of economic output from the primary sector relative to the other two sectors to be the largest?

The Marxist political-economy model suggests that capitalist societies are democratic, giving some political voice to everyone.

In the 2008 U.S. presidential election, about of _____registered voters went to the polls

A recent trend in the United States is the rise in the share of small businesses owned by women.

The United States is considered a mostly capitalist nation because

A power-elite approach to the U.S. political system claims that

Socialist societies create greater economic equality than capitalism, but they provide a lower overall living standard.

The Industrial Revolution was based on

Which of the following did NOT play a part in the emergence of the economy as a distinct social institution?

Turning metals into automobiles is work that falls within the economy's

A sociological approach to war shows us that

For almost fifty years during the Cold War, a strategy of _____kept the peace between the world's two nuclear superpowers.

The expansion of service work marks the growth of the economy's

Extensive civil liberties make democratic societies very vulnerable to terrorism.

One reason some people say that the U.S. political system is not truly democratic is that, in the game of politics, "money talks."

Between 1989 and 2009, political freedom around the world

Read the following statements about the Information Revolution. Which statement is NOT correct?

Yesterday's family farms have given way to

The text describes three technological revolutions that transformed all of social life. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Even as immigration rates rise, the U.S. work force is becoming more "white."