Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

1			The term economic system refers to
			A)	business and management in any society.
			B)	the social institution through which goods and services are produced, distributed, and consumed.
			C)	money and banking.
			D)	capitalism.
2			An industrial society
			A)	is always a capitalist society.
			B)	is always a socialist society.
			C)	depends on mechanization to produce its goods and services.
			D)	is necessarily laissez-faire.
3			According to the text, in capitalist economic systems
			A)	the means of production are held largely in private hands.
			B)	the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.
			C)	the degree to which the government regulates private ownership and economic activity will vary.
			D)	all of the above
4			Immediately following the industrial revolution, the prevailing form of capitalism that existed was termed
			A)	laissez-faire.
			B)	government regulated.
			C)	monopolistic.
			D)	contemporary.
5			Political scientist Harold Lasswell defined politics as
			A)	the struggle for power and authority.
			B)	the allocation of valued resources.
			C)	who gets what, when, and how.
			D)	a cultural universal.
6			According to Max Weber, __________ is the ability to exercise one's will over others.
			A)	power
			B)	politics
			C)	authority
			D)	terrorism
7			The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims is referred to as
			A)	politics.
			B)	power.
			C)	authority.
			D)	terrorism.
8			The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others is called
			A)	force.
			B)	influence.
			C)	authority.
			D)	power.
9			Which of the following terms is defined as the exercise of power through a process of persuasion?
			A)	force
			B)	authority
			C)	influence
			D)	terrorism
10			In the game of football, a referee decides whether a penalty should be called. This best illustrates
			A)	power.
			B)	authority.
			C)	force.
			D)	influence.
11			Legitimate power that is conferred by custom and accepted practice illustrates which type of authority?
			A)	charismatic
			B)	rational-legal
			C)	traditional
			D)	influential
12			Which type of authority involves power made legitimate by law?
			A)	rational-legal
			B)	charismatic
			C)	traditional
			D)	informal
13			Mahatma Gandhi, Malcolm X, Adolf Hitler, and Martin Luther King, Jr., all possessed which type of authority?
			A)	absolute
			B)	rational-legal
			C)	traditional
			D)	charismatic
14			According to C. Wright Mills, power rests in the hands of the
			A)	people.
			B)	representative democracy.
			C)	aristocracy.
			D)	power elite.
15			According to the __________, many conflicting groups within the community have access to government so that no single group is dominant.
			A)	corporate-conservative coalition
			B)	liberal-labor coalition
			C)	power elite model
			D)	pluralist model
16			Which of the following terms refers to the systematic, widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants?
			A)	affirmative action
			B)	deindustrialization
			C)	gentrification
			D)	postindustrialization
17			What is meant by the term downsizing?
			A)	deindustrialization
			B)	postindustrialization
			C)	reduction in a company's workforce
			D)	none of the above
18			Under ________, the means of production and distribution in a society are collectively rather than privately owned.
			A)	capitalism
			B)	socialism
			C)	communism
			D)	oligarchy
19			Who originated the phrase the sociological imagination?
			A)	Émile Durkheim
			B)	Karl Marx
			C)	Max Weber
			D)	C. Wright Mills