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All of the following statements are true about the rural citizens of Europe before 1650, except: |
| | A) | most tools were made from local products. |
| | B) | production beyond immediate needs was undertaken to create capital. |
| | C) | their diet was largely based on locally grown starches. |
| | D) | most clothing was made from local products. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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The term best used to describe a single world system committed to production for sale or exchange is: |
| | A) | modern world system. |
| | B) | capitalist world economy. |
| | C) | core world economy. |
| | D) | world stratification system. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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The term best used to describe a world in which there is a substantial contrast between both capitalists and workers in the core nations and workers in the periphery is: |
| | A) | modern world system. |
| | B) | capitalist world economy. |
| | C) | core world economy. |
| | D) | world stratification system. |
| | E) | None of the above |
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Which of the following best describes the Japanese position in the world system? |
| | A) | core |
| | B) | semiperiphery |
| | C) | periphery |
| | D) | semiperiphery and periphery |
| | E) | core, periphery, and semiperiphery |
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Which of the following is referred to as the Third World? |
| | A) | core |
| | B) | semiperiphery |
| | C) | periphery |
| | D) | semiperiphery and periphery |
| | E) | core, semiperiphery, and periphery |
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In 1990 which part(s) of the world system is/are industrialized? |
| | A) | core |
| | B) | semiperiphery |
| | C) | periphery |
| | D) | semiperiphery and core |
| | E) | core, semiperiphery, and periphery |
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The Industrial Revolution started in England rather than France for all of the reasons, except: |
| | A) | France had a larger population. |
| | B) | France had better access to trade. |
| | C) | Great Britain had better access to coal and iron ore. |
| | D) | Great Britain had more extensive colonies. |
| | E) | Great Britain had a middle class of Protestant nonconformists. |
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The name for the class of people who are the owners of the means of production is the: |
| | A) | bourgeoisie |
| | B) | periphery |
| | C) | proletariat |
| | D) | caste |
| | E) | semiperiphery |
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All of the following statements about the creation of the middle class are true, except: |
| | A) | they are found primarily in the core. |
| | B) | they consist mostly of skilled and professional workers. |
| | C) | they increase opportunities for social mobility. |
| | D) | the rise of the middle class makes an understanding of class stratification more complex. |
| | E) | they have improved access to economic benefits and political power. |
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Weber believed that social identities based on all of the following attributes could take priority over social identity based on economic status, except: |
| | A) | ethnicity. |
| | B) | race. |
| | C) | religion. |
| | D) | nationality. |
| | E) | Identities based on all of the above can take priority over economic status. |
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All of the following statements about Bangladesh are true, except: |
| | A) | it possesses the climate, soils, and water for extremely productive agricultural production. |
| | B) | there are extensive problems with starvation. |
| | C) | increased linkages between Bangladesh and the world capitalist system decreased wealth and land ownership for most peasants. |
| | D) | currently land is not privately owned. |
| | E) | under British colonial rule, they were encouraged to practice cash-crop farming for export. |
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Which of the following accurately characterizes the opportunities that factory work provides to women of Malaysia? |
| | A) | Women received substantial financial rewards. |
| | B) | Japanese managers are looked down upon in the Malaysian communities. |
| | C) | Women typically work at the factories from puberty until old age. |
| | D) | Factories hire medicine men to ward off spirit possession. |
| | E) | None of the above are true. |
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All of the following are examples of a closed class system, except: |
| | A) | apartheid. |
| | B) | caste system. |
| | C) | slavery. |
| | D) | Weber's description of social stratification. |
| | E) | All of the above are examples of a closed class systems. |
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A political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended period of time is: |
| | A) | colonialism. |
| | B) | genocide. |
| | C) | domestic system. |
| | D) | imperialism. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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In the textbook, it says that corporations that are building large factories in the American South try to avoid areas with high concentrations of blacks, because: |
| | A) | racists corporate policies. |
| | B) | blacks are more likely to unionize. |
| | C) | lower levels of education among blacks. |
| | D) | blacks tend to live in geographical locations unsuitable for factories. |
| | E) | subtle racial preferences by white managers. |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education